ROCHESTER HILLS - Three Detroit area organizations - Wright & Filippis, ROUSH CleanTech, and Clean Energy Coalition - are growing a greener future through the use of domestically produced, clean-burning propane autogas technology. Thanks to a U.S. Department of Energy Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant secured by the Clean Energy Coalition, Wright & Filippis, a
MUSKEGON - WindTronics announced the launch of its Honeywell Wind Turbine noted for always turning and generating power in as little as two miles per hour. ?Our vision is to make renewable wind power truly distributed and widely available,? said Reg Adams, president of WindTronics. ?The ability to generate onsite power will help communities around
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University students from the College of Engineering have been chosen to participate in EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future, a program established by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors giving the next generation of automotive engineers knowledge and skills needed to continue the evolution of
LONDON, United Kingdom - Mavizen will offer A123's advanced Nanophosphate lithium ion battery technology for two-wheeled high-performance motorsports applications. Initially, Mavizen will offer A123?s AMP20 prismatic cells and over the course of the relationship, intends to offer the full portfolio of A123?s lithium ion battery cells, which are designed to deliver a combination of high
PALO ALTO ? Tesla Motors launched the Design Studio, a tool that allows consumers to customize, view and share their own Tesla electric vehicles on the web, on their smartphones and iPads, and at Tesla stores. Visitors to the Design Studio on the Tesla website can build their dream Roadster, choosing hard top or soft
GRAND RAPIDS ? Van Andel Institute's 240,000 square foot Phase II building has been awarded LEED Platinum status by the United States Green Building Council. The award marks VAI as only the second facility awarded Platinum LEED for New Construction in Michigan, and sets the Institute and its facility apart with a dozen national peers
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems said, in honor of Earth Day, it's doing its part to help make the manufacturing community greener by reducing three green measurable: energy consumption, paper and print supply usage and carbon emissions. Plex Systems helps customers connect and manage processes throughout their enterprise and significantly reduces the use of resources
ANN ARBOR - Sakti3 announced the inclusion of its advanced solid state battery technology among MIT Technology Review's 2011 TR10, an annual list of the world's ten most important emerging technologies. Each TR10 winner is drawn from the editors? coverage of key fields, and is based on a simple question: is the technology likely to
DEARBORN - Recent hiring announcements in the automotive sector are a welcome sign and one that supports the fact that the industry is rebounding. This new hiring and other workforce trends related to the transformation of the automotive industry will be the focus of the Driving Change: Greening the Automotive Workforce conference, May 3-4 at
NOVI - Michael Finney, President & CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, will discuss the impact of Michigan's economic turnaround on business strategies on May 10 at the DTE Energy and Engineering Society of Detroit Energy Conference & Exhibition at the Suburban Collection Showplace. This conference, which draws an annual crowd of more than