SOUTHFIELD - Eaton announced a new name for its Vehicle Group and eMobility businesses. Eaton’s Mobility Group represents the company’s focus on providing solutions across the propulsion spectrum and meeting the evolving needs of its customers from internal combustion to electrified or a combination of both. “Our new name, Mobility Group, leverages our 100-plus years
BATTLE CREEK - A proposed drone park in Battle Creek has secured $7 million in state funding to advance its development, highlighting the latest in statewide efforts to seize economic opportunity from the nascent industry. The Michigan Unmanned Aerial Systems Park slated for roughly 200 vacant acres on the west side of the Battle Creek
DETROIT–Uptiv Health has launched what it called a new hybrid infusion care experience, providing personalized in-person care and extends beyond the infusion center to support patients and improve outcomes via a consumer-friendly digital platform. Uptiv Health is in-network in Michigan, and its flagship infusion care center in Westland is open for referrals. The center will
YPSILANTI–The Detroit-based cybersecurity firm Block Harbor is joining the American Center for Mobility as its Executive-in-Residence for mobility cybersecurity. In March 2023, ACM released a new strategic plan to broaden its focus to advancing safe, sustainable, and secure mobility technologies. Through this partnership, ACM and Block Harbor will collaborate to develop cybersecurity offerings and promote
DETROIT - Over the last two decades, car manufacturers have been working hard on developing an alternative solution to internal-combustion engines and fossil fuels. Electricity was believed to be the answer since, after all, the first car was electric and not combustion-powered. It’s clear that EVs are not a universal solution and are, at best, a
OAK PARK–Officials at Bollinger Motors Inc. announced the start of its design validation pilot builds of the B4 all-electric Class 4 chassis cabs for testing and demonstration. Manufacturing of the pilot vehicles has kicked off in partnership with Roush Industries Inc. at its plant in Livonia. The first five completed chassis cabs are expected to
TROY– J.D. Power, a global leader in data analytics and consumer intelligence, today announced that its J.D. Power EV Index, an analytics tool to track the growing electric vehicle market in the United States, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to help establish benchmarks and monitor ongoing development of EV infrastructure nationwide.
GRAND RAPIDS – 123NET announced that the company is launching an internet exchange in Grand Rapids to allow content developers, cloud providers, internet service providers and businesses to exchange internet traffic at no cost while improving performance and reliability for users. The new Grand Rapids Exchange (GR-iX) will support West Michigan internet users with improved
TROY–A new sustainability index from the customer experience firm J.D. Power placed two Michigan utilities in the top five for sustainability among the nation’s electric utilities. Detroit-based DTE Energy tied for fourth place and Jackson-based CMS Energy finished fifth. However the index also found deep skepticism among utility customers about utilities’ sustainability claim, and that
SOUTHFIELD - Richard Heist, Ph.D, took his new job as provost of Lawrence Technological University in January. He is interviewed by LTU News Director Matt Roush. Heist discusses academics in general at LTU and also says Artificial Intelligence is exploding now and will have a major impact on universities like LTU. https://youtu.be/kC1MXAyxo7Q
