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DETROIT - General Motors is working with Forge Nano, a materials science startup, to find new ways to enhance the performance and lifetime of electric vehicle battery cells. The automaker’s investment arm, GM Ventures, on Wednesday injected $10 million into Forge Nano, which is developing a thin coating the startup says will help improve safety
LANSING – Six organizations received $15 million in grants from the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification and Michigan Department of Transportation at the inaugural Mobility Conference in Detroit. Launched in early 2024, the program sought grant proposals that addressed mobility gaps and improved access to education, jobs, health care, food, and social opportunities.
DETROIT - Detroit City Council is likely to consider restrictions on marijuana advertisements in the city. Council member Angela Whitfield Calloway is leading the proposed changes to city code that would prohibit marijuana advertisements from being within a 1,000-foot radius of “sensitive property” locations that “may have an impact” on children. The properties include schools, child
WASHINGTON DC - As NASA looks toward long-term lunar missions, a few problems have arisen -- specifically, how to create less trash in space and what to do with the trash that people create. That's why the US space agency started the LunaRecycle Challenge. This challenge is a two-phase competition, NASA says, focused on the
DETROIT - Falling electric vehicle (EV) prices are leaving a growing number of drivers in negative equity, a top dealership chain has warned. Vertu Motors said on Wednesday that car retailers were coming under pressure as EVs coming off financing agreements were found to be worth less than the loan they are attached to. In most
WASHINGTON DC – Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Announces Easy Cancellation for Subscriptions Final Rule also called the “Click-to-Cancel” Rule making it easier for consumers to end recurring subscriptions and memberships as it was to sign up. Most of the rule's provisions will go into effect 180 days after it is published in the Federal Register. 1.
WASHINGTON DC - The Wall Street Journal published a survey on Monday that reported that when it came to inflation, there was one definitive candidate whose economic policy plans would make it worse: former President Donald Trump. Fifty economists responded to the survey, which took place from October 4-8, 2024. The quarterly survey was last conducted in July —
LANSING - After record-breaking Michigan August cannabis sales, September sales plunged nearly 10 percent, the Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced Monday. By the numbers, September sales were $266.9 million versus $294 million in August, with just 1 percent purchased by medical marijuana patients. The $266.9 million in September sales is a slight dip from the roughly
LONDON - A breakthrough cancer treatment plan could be a "cure" for a death sentence form of the disease. An experimental new treatment being pioneered by Dr Paul Mulholland, a brain cancer specialist at University College London, has proved remarkably successful for some patients - and experts say it could be available within five years. Brain
With most individuals and organizations slowly waking up to the reality of the environment, the search for green energy has never been more popular. What was once a simple morning cup of coffee may be the answer to clean energy for millions of consumers. With each passing day, there are new innovations that show how coffee
