Michigan

Leading the EV Ecosystem Forward in Michigan

Justine Johnson, Michigan’s Chief Mobility Officer and head of the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME), talks with CleanTechnica about how Michigan’s mobility and electrification strategy, guided by the MI Healthy Climate Plan, is innovating and moving the EV ecosystem forward. They are leading the way on some … [continued]

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Trump’s Tirades To Michigan: Tariffs, Tragedy, And Teamsters

When former President Donald J. Trump appeared before Michigan workers earlier this week for a campaign town hall, he responded in typical meandering fashion to questions about the future of the US auto industry. He offered tangential thoughts about tariffs boosting the labor force. “We’re going to charge them – … [continued]

Graphic of EV manufacturing sites courtesy of EV Jobs Alliance

EV Jobs Are On The Rise & New Ads Hope To Spark Interest In Them

While the purported slowdown in demand for EVs seems to find automakers halting or slowing their original electrification plans, EVs have actually reached 20% of global auto sales. That number is expected to increase exponentially, and so will EV jobs numbers. In fact, by 2035, EVs could potentially account for … [continued]

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“Clean Energy REVolution” Tour Touts Impacts of EV Investments in Michigan

Representatives from environmental efforts, local business and government gathered in Lansing Thursday to outline the environmental and economic impacts federal electric vehicle (EV) investments have had on the state. Mary Frances Repko, deputy national climate adviser and deputy assistant to President Joe Biden; EDF Action President David Kieve; Lansing City … [continued]

BlueOval City, Ford's electric vehicle and battery manufacturing campus in West Tennessee, begins production in 2025, and will be home to Ford’s second-generation electric truck, codenamed Project T3, and will be capable of producing 500,000 EV trucks a year at full production. Site shown as of March 10, 2023. Photo courtesy of Ford.

$50 Million to Strengthen America’s Auto Communities & Bolster Domestic Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

Investing in America Agenda Will Help Drive Collaboration between States and Small- and Medium-Sized Manufacturers to Maintain Jobs and Retool Manufacturing Facilities for Electric Vehicle Component Production  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through the Office of Manufacturing … [continued]

Ethan Lei, University of Michigan Solar Car Team driver and U-M mechanical engineering undergraduate student, drives his team’s car, Astrum, along the Stuart Highway south of Erldunda, Australia on October 24, 2023 as part of the 2023 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. Image credit: Levi Hutmacher, Michigan Engineering

U-M Solar Car Team Returns To The American Solar Challenge

For the first time since 2018, the University of Michigan solar car team will stake their claim as one of the nation’s best Sporting a brand new roll cage, the University of Michigan solar car team’s latest vehicle will speed down parts of the Oregon Trail and seven other national historic … [continued]