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SkillFusion To Address EV Charger Reliability With Certified Skilled Workers

DETROIT — As the electric vehicle market surges, reliable charging infrastructure is more critical than ever. Enter  SkillFusion, a customer success platform for electric vehicle service equipment operations and maintenance providers. The new company launched Oct. 25. SkillFusion’s approach provides charger-agnostic skill enhancement and certification, creating a proprietary database of certified workers available to service

By |2023-10-31T15:49:38-04:00October 29th, 2023|Auto Tech, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Former Ford CEO Has Blunt Warning For Electric Vehicle Industry

DETROIT - The strike against Ford  may be over, but the company's electric vehicle woes are far from solved. The entire auto industry, grappling with steadily softening EV demand over cost and existential infrastructure challenges, is beginning to pull back its efforts to grow the sector. Tesla, of course, is dealing with falling sales figures and gross

By |2023-10-29T14:07:48-04:00October 29th, 2023|Auto Tech, Featured|

Michigan Senate Narrowly Passes Clean Energy Legislation

LANSING — The Michigan Senate voted Thursday to require that all of the state’s energy come from sources that do not emit climate warming gases by 2040. On Thursday, Oct. 26, the Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly approved a bill package that would mandate a stepped increase in Michigan’s renewable power standard over the next seventeen years

Report: Earth Thundering Toward Planet Unfit For Humans

CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Earth is barreling toward “uncharted climate territory” and on track to become uninhabitable for three and six billion people by the end of the century, a new report found. The research, led by Oregon State University scientists, casts dire warnings, saying big changes are needed now. The State of the Climate

University of Michigan Discloses 230,000 People Impacted By August Data Breach

ANN ARBOR - Hackers gained access to the personal information of up to 230,000 individuals through certain University of Michigan systems from Aug. 23 to Aug. 27, a UM spokesperson said Monday, the first the university has described the impact of the security breach. The unauthorized third party was able to access personal information about

By |2023-10-24T17:27:28-04:00October 24th, 2023|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Michigan Awards $18 Million To Support High-Tech Startups

LANSING - Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II announced four Michigan nonprofit organizations will receive initial awards from the Michigan Innovate Capital Fund (MICF), a new program to continue growing a vibrant and robust entrepreneurial ecosystem in Michigan. “Michigan is home to dreamers, doers, innovators and pioneers pushing the boundaries and building the future,” said Lt.

By |2023-10-26T14:42:17-04:00October 23rd, 2023|Entrepreneurs, Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|

Michigan Cannabis Sales In September Remain Flat For Second Consecutive Month

LANSING - Michigan cannabis sales in September came in at $274.7 million, a half percent decline from peak sales of $276.7 million in July. But the good news is September cannabis sales were up nearly 30 percent from the same month a year ago. Looking more closely at the numbers, adult-use sales expanded to $269.8

By |2023-10-16T10:45:45-04:00October 16th, 2023|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Coming To Michigan Highways

LANSING  - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Tuesday allowing the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to designate highway lanes using federal funds as HOV lanes to encourage carpooling and ease highway traffic. An HOV lane is a lane on a highway reserved for buses or vehicles with several occupants, typically marked with large diamond shapes on

By |2023-10-11T16:30:28-04:00October 11th, 2023|Featured, News, Politics, Politics/Government|

Google Announces Generative AI Search Capabilities For Doctors

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - Google Cloud on Monday announced new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities that it said will help health-care workers quickly pull accurate clinical information from different types of medical records. The health-care industry is home to troves of valuable information and data, but it can be challenging for clinicians to find since it’s

By |2023-10-11T13:43:29-04:00October 9th, 2023|Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Life Sciences|

New Process Transforms Unrecyclable Plastics Into Useful Chemicals

NEW YORK - Nearly 80 percent of plastic waste ultimately finds its way to landfills or lingers in the environment. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have pioneered a method that transforms traditionally unrecyclable mixtures of plastic waste into useful chemicals, offering a new approach in the fight against worldwide plastic pollution. The technology, invented by

By |2023-10-11T10:00:44-04:00October 9th, 2023|Featured, Science|