OAK PARK–Officials at Bollinger Motors Inc. announced the start of its design validation pilot builds of the B4 all-electric Class 4 chassis cabs for testing and demonstration. Manufacturing of the pilot vehicles has kicked off in partnership with Roush Industries Inc. at its plant in Livonia. The first five completed chassis cabs are expected to
TROY– J.D. Power, a global leader in data analytics and consumer intelligence, today announced that its J.D. Power EV Index, an analytics tool to track the growing electric vehicle market in the United States, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to help establish benchmarks and monitor ongoing development of EV infrastructure nationwide.
GRAND RAPIDS – 123NET announced that the company is launching an internet exchange in Grand Rapids to allow content developers, cloud providers, internet service providers and businesses to exchange internet traffic at no cost while improving performance and reliability for users. The new Grand Rapids Exchange (GR-iX) will support West Michigan internet users with improved
TROY–A new sustainability index from the customer experience firm J.D. Power placed two Michigan utilities in the top five for sustainability among the nation’s electric utilities. Detroit-based DTE Energy tied for fourth place and Jackson-based CMS Energy finished fifth. However the index also found deep skepticism among utility customers about utilities’ sustainability claim, and that
SOUTHFIELD - Richard Heist, Ph.D, took his new job as provost of Lawrence Technological University in January. He is interviewed by LTU News Director Matt Roush. Heist discusses academics in general at LTU and also says Artificial Intelligence is exploding now and will have a major impact on universities like LTU. https://youtu.be/kC1MXAyxo7Q
GRAND RAPIDS – Grand Rapids ranks #7 on CBRE’s list of up-and-coming North American tech-talent markets in the annual Scoring Tech Talent report, which ranks 75 U.S. and Canadian markets according to their ability to attract and grow tech talent. Grand Rapid’s local tech employment has grown by 28% in the past five years and
WASHINGTON – U.S. trucking companies are buying more new, low emission, diesel technology than ever before. Research shows the number of new near-zero emission diesel trucks on the road increased 10.2% between 2021 and 2022 according to the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF). Near-zero emission trucks are advanced diesel technology manufactured in the 2010 and later
TOKYO - Toyota has hitherto seemed staunchly opposed to EVs, its research and development department has been developing what may be the biggest breakthrough in EV batteries away from the prying eyes of publicists: a solid-state car battery with a range of 745 miles and a charge time of ten minutes. For the first time in the
SHANGHAI — When Shanghai held its international auto show this spring, the world’s biggest names were there: Toyota, Ford, BMW and more. But Chinese brands such as BYD and NIO stood out with electric vehicles that are cutting-edge — and affordable. China’s electric vehicle companies have grown rapidly in recent years, becoming major competitors for U.S. automakers like
GRAND RAPIDS–Kent County Bioenergy Facility LLC, a subsidiary of Burlington, Ontario-based Anaergia Inc., has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission to support the development of the bioenergy plant in partnership with the Kent County Department of Public Works. The project is designed to increase recycling, reduce Kent County’s dependence
