CLARE—Advanced Battery Concepts LLC, the Clare-based company bringing advanced technologies to the lead-acid batteries long used in automotive applications, has announced an agreement with Englewood, Colo.-based GreenCore EV Services LLC to supply its GreenSeal batteries for an estimated 10,000 solar electric vehicle charging stations by the end of the decade. The ABC GreenSeal technology represents
ANN ARBOR—May Mobility, developers of autonomous vehicle technology, has closed a Series C round of funding with an investment of $83 million, led by the Tokyo-based Mirai Creation Fund II, a Sparx Group Co., Ltd. managed fund that is renowned for supporting high-growth, high-tech companies, and which has made 76 investments to date. New investors include
DEARBORN—Ford Motor Co. announced a joint venture with the security services provider ADT called Canopy that combines ADT’s professional security monitoring and Ford’s AI-driven video camera technology to help customers strengthen security of new and existing vehicles across automotive brands. “The combination of our technologies and our deep security experience creates a new category of protection
DETROIT - General Motors is finding new markets for its hydrogen fuel cell systems, announcing that it will work with another company to build mobile electricity generators, electric vehicle charging stations and power generators for military camps. The emissions-free generators will be designed to power large commercial buildings in the event of a power outage,
ANN ARBOR - Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new battery technology that could create electric vehicle batteries with five times the capacity of the industry-standard lithium ion batteries used today. A network of aramid nanofibers, recycled from Kevlar, can enable lithium-sulfur batteries to overcome their Achilles heel of cycle life—the number
BOULDER, Co. – A new report from Guidehouse Insights estimates plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) adoption in the US and Canada on national, state/province, and sub‑state/province levels by examining electric vehicle (EV) technology innovations, incentives, policies, and vehicle availability. A variety of factors are contributing to accelerated electrification trends in the North American automotive industry, including
DEARBORN—Officials at Ford Motor Co. announced plans to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightningpickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand. Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning. “With nearly 200,000 reservations,
DETROIT - The epic fight over who controls the future of the car industry is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Tesla Inc., the pioneer and pacesetter, has dominated the early rounds of the new-energy age, capturing investors’ imaginations with a vision for what the next generation of vehicles looks like and seizing
DETROIT - The storied Chrysler brand, now owned by Stellantis, is set to add a fully electric vehicle — or battery electric vehicle — by 2025, and it's resurrecting the Airflow name from its 1930s past. The Airflow, teased without the Chrysler name at a couple of Stellantis events last year, has already sparked comparisons to the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Tesla Model
LANSING - Michigan’s new economic development incentives, mostly designed to help Michigan better compete with other states for new electric vehicle assembly and battery plans, remind me of a hilarious scene in the 1996 hit movie, “Jerry McGuire.” McGuire, a sports agent played by Tom Cruise, is desperate to keep pro football client Rod Tidwell,
