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Report: Annual Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales in North America Will Grow 30 Percent Annually Through 2030

BOULDER, Co. – A new report from Guidehouse Insights estimates plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) adoption in the US and Canada on national, state/province, and sub‑state/province levels by examining electric vehicle (EV) technology innovations, incentives, policies, and vehicle availability. A variety of factors are contributing to accelerated electrification trends in the North American automotive industry, including

By |2022-01-15T14:17:06-05:00January 14th, 2022|Auto Tech, Mobility|
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Ford To Double Production Of Electric F-150

DEARBORN—Officials at Ford Motor Co. announced plans to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightningpickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand. Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning. “With nearly 200,000 reservations,

By |2022-01-09T14:35:00-05:00January 9th, 2022|Auto Tech, Clean Update, Featured|
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Volkswagen, Toyota Coming For Tesla By Spending $170 Billion In EV R&D

DETROIT - The epic fight over who controls the future of the car industry is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Tesla Inc., the pioneer and pacesetter, has dominated the early rounds of the new-energy age, capturing investors’ imaginations with a vision for what the next generation of vehicles looks like and seizing

By |2022-01-07T16:18:17-05:00January 7th, 2022|Auto Tech, Clean Update|
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Is Chrysler Ready To Launch Ford Mach-E Rival?

DETROIT - The storied Chrysler brand, now owned by Stellantis, is set to add a fully electric vehicle — or battery electric vehicle — by 2025, and it's resurrecting the Airflow name from its 1930s past. The Airflow, teased without the Chrysler name at a couple of Stellantis events last year, has already sparked comparisons to the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Tesla Model

By |2022-01-05T19:16:22-05:00January 5th, 2022|Auto Tech, Clean Update, Featured|
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Rick Haglund: Will Michigan’s Big Tax Incentive Bet Pay Off In New Auto Jobs?

LANSING - Michigan’s new economic development incentives, mostly designed to help Michigan better compete with other states for new electric vehicle assembly and battery plans, remind me of a hilarious scene in the 1996 hit movie, “Jerry McGuire.” McGuire, a sports agent played by Tom Cruise, is desperate to keep pro football client Rod Tidwell,

By |2022-01-03T13:01:59-05:00December 31st, 2021|Auto Tech, Guest Columns|
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Ford Adds Deere CEO To Board To Harvest Autonomous Vehicle Expertise

DEARBORN - Ford Motor Co. has added to its board of directors John May, CEO of Deere & Co., and analysts say that move illustrates the automaker's commitment to new technology in the cutthroat race toward electric and autonomous vehicle dominance. The fact that Deere just resolved a six-week UAW strike, its first in 35 years, is "icing on the cake,"

By |2021-12-30T13:08:05-05:00December 30th, 2021|Auto Tech, ESD|
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EPA Raising Vehicle Mileage Standards To Fight Climate Change

WASHINGTON DC - The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced its final rule for greenhouse gasses for light-duty vehicles, the most stringent to date. The standards, which will apply to model years 2023-2026, are projected to avert more than 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the majority of nationwide emissions in 2019, between

By |2021-12-20T11:59:53-05:00December 20th, 2021|Auto Tech, Climate Change, ESD, Featured|
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CAR Reports On Industry X Auto, Fuel Economy, Industry 4.0 Published

ANN ARBOR - The Center for Automotive Research has published an overview of the research completed by CAR in 2021. Topics include Industry X automotive, Improving Fuel economy for Light-Duty Vehicles, Motor Vehicles manufacturing in the Great Lakes region, JANUARY  |  ​With the support of a unique and powerful consortium of technology companies, the Center for

By |2021-12-19T16:00:17-05:00December 19th, 2021|Auto Tech, Industry 4.0, STEM|
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Forecast: Non-Lithium Stationary Battery Market To Grow At CAGR Of 61 Percent From 2022-2032

DETROIT - IDTechEx forecasts the market for non-lithium battery chemistries in stationary storage to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 61 Percent from 2022 to 2032. To date, Li-ion batteries have been the go-to technology for vehicle electrification and new stationary energy storage systems. However, the supply chain for Li-ion production is coming

By |2021-12-19T14:47:41-05:00December 19th, 2021|Auto Tech, Clean Update|
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Bollinger Cuts New Electric Work Truck Deal With EAVX

OAK PARK—Bollinger Motors, an all-electric truck company, announced a strategic collaboration with EAVX to develop electric work trucks that integrate EAVX’s commercial work-truck bodies and accessories with Bollinger’s electric vehicle platforms. The terms of the collaboration will allow Bollinger and EAVX to design fully integrated electric vehicles for a wide variety of commercial applications, as

By |2021-12-13T09:44:20-05:00December 13th, 2021|Auto Tech, ESD|
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