WASHINGTON DC - The Biden administration is quadrupling US tariffs on electric vehicles manufactured in China. But Chinese-made cars are still finding their way into a receptive North American market — just to the north. Canada is seeing a surge of imports of Chinese-made EVs, particularly Tesla Inc. models made in Shanghai. The number of
DETROIT – LIFT and Big Bend Technical College have announced a partnership to provide free training to transitioning service members, National Guard, Army Reserves, and their families, along with veterans and other civilians for careers in advanced manufacturing through LIFT’s Operation Next initiative. Operation Next provides an accelerated-hybrid program that combines online education with hands-on
NETHERLANDS - The experts at TU Delft labs in the Netherlands are continuing their mastery of salt — at least as it pertains to battery chemistry. The team made headlines last year when Professor Marnix Wagemaker was highlighted for research into adding a cocktail of salts to batteries, resulting in increased lifespans and decreased lithium dependence. Wagemaker and others, including experts
DETRIOT— University of Detroit Mercy announced a partnership with global educational services provider Kaplan to provide all of its students with free test prep courses for graduate-level admissions exams, including the GRE®, GMAT®, LSAT®, MCAT® and DAT®, and free test prep for professional licensing exams including the bar exam, INBDE®, NCLEX-RN® exam, and Physician Assistant
LANSING - Michigan is offering scholarships to students that attend a select list of Michigan universities to study electrical engineering and software developers. Ava Attari, MEDC’s Director of Higher Education Partnerships, provides details on the Michigander Scholars program and the STEAM Ahead internship program – a 1:1 wage match to employers hiring. The Michigander Scholars
DETROIT - If you're looking for a C-Level executive job, Gary Erickson, managing partner of Executive Search Partners, and his team have placed more than 1000 executives in the decades his business has been recruiting. Now he's offering to share his knowledge about what it takes to craft that resume that gets the candidate that
ANN ARBOR–The Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity and the Michigan Municipal League have launched the Michigan Funding Hub, MIFundingHub.org, an online technical assistance program to help communities access grant funds. The free program serves all municipalities in Michigan, including villages, townships, cities and counties. “The Michigan Association of Counties sees the value of this
LANSING–To celebrate National AI Literacy Day, Michigan Virtual is hosting an online webinar on Friday, April 19 at 11 a.m. for educators and parents to learn more about how to navigate the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence within schools. Parents and teachers are encouraged to register to attend for free. “With how quickly AI is evolving and
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan has issued a challenge to the developers of autonomous vehicle technologies: show us what you've got. The Mcity AV Challenge will pit researchers in academia and industry against each other, measuring the performance of their decision-making modules in a world-leading, realistic simulated environment. "What's unique about the Mcity AV Challenge
DETROIT - As General Motors aims to be a leader in the electric vehicle market, a new patent for EV battery cells shows it might be shaking up production. First reported by Motor 1, General Motors applied for a patent for an oddly shaped EV battery design. Normally, electric vehicle batteries are either rectangular or cylindrical. However, GM's patent suggests exploration
