The Detroit auto show is typically reserved for impressing media and generating buzz among car fans. But the 2010 show marks the first time in the history of the auto industry that two automakers need to impress an entirely new audience: their majority owner, the American taxpayers.
Michigan has some natural advantages that could help it become a significant player in the renewable energy sector, but challenges remain with the financing and public policy necessary to make it happen, according to a panel of entrepreneurs and industry experts at the University of Michigan Friday morning. Speaking at ...
University of Michigan engineering professor Ann Marie Sastry, a global battery expert and CEO of Ann Arbor-based Sakti3, is featured on the cover of November's "Inc." magazine. The New York-based publication, which focuses on hot companies and emerging technologies, highlighted electric vehicles in its November cover story. Sastry is pictured ...
The gradual evolution of Michigan’s emerging battery industry is generating demand for electric vehicle intelligence.That’s why the Ann Arbor region’s growing status as the intelligence center of Michigan’s electric vehicle battery industry is vital to the industry’s progress. Investors' $438 million welcome last week for A123Systems' initial public offering serves ...
A baseball player. A fire performer. A female drag racer. About 30 teens, with these aspirations and others, showed up in Ypsilanti High School’s auditorium on Tuesday afternoon to apply for a spot on the MTV show “Made.”
The role of risk takers in boosting Michigan’s entrepreneurial economy cannot be understated. Without risk, our economic turnaround efforts could stagnate or falter. Thus why outside investors such as renowned clean tech venture capitalist Vinod Khosla can have a significant impact on Michigan's economy. The Silicon Valley-based Khosla, one of ...
The auto industry’s rapid embrace of lithium-ion batteries for future electric vehicles is fueling an oasis of investment for Ann Arbor in the midst of the economic desert that’s drying opportunity in Michigan. Ann Arbor’s scientific contributions to the battery development race are evident in the success of researchers and ...
What does a job posting for a battery production specialist look like? What skills do you need to work in an advanced manufacturing facility where lithium cells are converted into battery packs for electric vehicles? The manufacturing skills required to work at a battery plant are reasonably comparable to those ...
Michigan’s budding vehicle battery industry, charged by several companies in the Ann Arbor region, is anxiously awaiting the federal government’s battery grants announcement Wednesday at NextEnergy in Detroit. The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to issue grants to a range of battery companies. Several startup companies with Ann Arbor ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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