LANSING — Democratic presidential candidates are pushing climate change plans that would require all new cars to be fully electric in the next decade or two, goals that could upend Michigan automakers and reshape the workforce of the state’s largest industry. But experts say the proposals may be unrealistic given political realities, automaker production plans
LANSING - The coronavirus outbreak is, first and foremost, a human health crisis. With tens of thousands of world citizens sickened and over two thousand confirmed dead, the first dimension of this tragedy is human. The second dimension is also human, and it involves the millions of people in China and other countries — including
LIVONIA—A study show consumers in Europe and the United States expect Battery Electric Vehicles to become viable alternative to internal combustion engines over the coming decade. Though 70 percent of Americans plan to buy a gasoline-powered car within the next year, just 37 percent expect to make that same purchase in five to 10 years.
TROY—Algo, a developer of supply chain software, announced that it received a $15 million investment from Los Angeles-based Integrity Growth Partners. Algo software is used by Fortune 500 enterprises to analyze, drive, predict, and prescribe critical business data and functions, including demand and inventory planning, sales forecasting, product lifecycle management, and category optimization. Algo’s customers
LANSING—PlanetM, the mobility initiative of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., announced a fourth round of PlanetM Mobility Grants to four mobility and technology companies. PlanetM Mobility Grants are designed to help mobility companies with the resources needed to deploy their solutions in Michigan, ultimately optimizing the movement of people, goods and data. More than $300,000
ROYAL OAK - iHemp's Blain Becktold makes predictions for industrial hemp production in Michigan in 2020 and tells farmers they should consider adding hemp to their fields. To view this video from MITech TV, click on the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUtE7I_RvAg&t=5s
ROYAL OAK - Immediate past MCWT President Jane Sydlowski announces a new scholarship fund for women pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Match. It's open to high school girls through graduate school. Sydlowski provides all the details in this MITech TV video interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E474qa_-YGY&t=45s
ROYAL OAK - Want to become a Hemp farmer but don't know how? Green Wolverine, a club formed at the University of Michigan, is offering monthly seminars to teach you how to grow the crop that turns into CBD for Medicinal uses. Adam Rosenberg, who leads the Green Wolverine project, provides details in this MITech
GRAND RAPIDS—Data center provider US Signal announced Tuesday that its new Greater Detroit data center, built to Tier 3 standards, will open March 1 in Van Buren Township. The new center will enable US Signal to keep pace with the large-scale adoption of cloud-first, hybrid and off-premises data center strategies—all of which require colocation space.
STERLING HEIGHTS – A spaceport in Northeast Michigan? That’s what the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association announced Monday. citing findings from an initial site-selection process for a potential horizontal space launch site in Michigan. The site-selection process, which was conducted over the past eight months, identified the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport - a former Air Force bas -
