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State Partners With Daimler And DTE Energy To Build Michigan’s Truck Stop Of The Future

LANSING – The State of Michigan announced a new, real-world prototype program known as the Mobility Charging Hub, which will help to enable companies to transition their fleets to electric commercial vehicles (EVs) and future-proof their businesses by testing new technologies, digital services, and business models designed to accelerate deployment of commercial EVs at scale

By |2023-06-30T15:32:57-04:00June 30th, 2023|Auto Tech, Featured, Mobility, Politics|
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MPSC Approves $50 Million In Low-Carbon Energy Infrastructure Grants

LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission approved nearly $50 million in state funds for low-carbon energy infrastructure enhancement and development projects across the state, supporting projects including grid-scale energy storage, community solar, electric vehicle infrastructure, renewable natural gas and expansion of natural gas to areas now reliant on propane. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the

By |2023-06-11T18:24:29-04:00June 11th, 2023|Clean Update, Politics, Politics/Government|
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MPSC Technical Conferences To Bolster Reliability And Resilience Of Michigan’s Electric Grid

LANSING - Building on its ongoing work to address widespread power outages in Michigan, the Michigan Public Service Commission today announced it will conduct several technical conferences aimed at addressing utility resilience and reliability to better understand challenges facing the state’s electric grid, as well as on residential energy storage, an emerging component of the

By |2023-04-17T10:29:33-04:00April 16th, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Politics, Politics/Government|
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MEDC Sr. V.P. Natalie Chmiko Updates Industry 4.0 Support Program

LANSING - Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, takes manufacturing into the tech age by using such advanced products as 3D printing, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Self-Diagnostic machines, Digital twins and much more. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. seeks to have 6,200 Michigan manufactures using some elements of I40 within the next two years.

By |2023-03-27T16:32:39-04:00March 27th, 2023|Industry 4.0, mitechtv, Politics, Politics/Government|
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Whitmer’s Tax Reform Plan Passes Senate, But $180 Rebate Checks Remain In Doubt

LANSING - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s tax reform plan passed the Senate on a party line 20-17 vote, but the measure didn’t receive the two-thirds support needed to make it go into effect immediately, which throws the future of the measure into question. Despite the bill being passed, it stayed in the Senate Thursday, since the

By |2023-02-25T13:42:32-05:00February 25th, 2023|News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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Ford’s New $3.5 Billion EV Battery Park Comes With $210 Million From State Government

DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company is dropping $3.5 billion to create an electric vehicle battery park in Marshall, which Michigan's Economic Development Corporation is hoping to back with a $210 million state-funded attraction award. Last Monday, at the Ford Battery Center of Excellence in Romulus, Ford Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley announced how the $3.5

By |2023-02-25T13:35:10-05:00February 25th, 2023|Auto Tech, Politics, Politics/Government|
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MPSC Chair Explains Why Michiganders Will Pay Time Based Electrical Rates

LANSING - In March, Michigan electric utilities will start time-based rates, where if you use electricity during peak daylight hours - such as from 3 to 7 pm - you will pay more than if you are using electricity before or after those times. Michigan Public Service Commission Chairman Dan Scripps explains why MPSC is

By |2023-02-06T17:53:49-05:00February 6th, 2023|Government/Politics, mitechtv, Politics, Politics/Government|
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NASA Tests New Propulsion Tech To Unlock Deep Space Travel

WASHINGTON DC - With the successful launch of Artemis I behind it, NASA has been doubling down on efforts to make deep space travel – and it’s reported future trips to the Moon and Mars – easier to achieve. We’ve already reported on why the Space Launch System used for the Artemis mission isn’t sustainable, but

By |2023-02-07T09:25:30-05:00February 5th, 2023|Industry 4.0, Politics, Politics/Government|
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MPSC Posts Applications For $50 Million In Low-Carbon Energy Grants

LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission Jan. 17 posted the responses to its request for proposals (RFP) for Low-Carbon Energy Infrastructure Enhancement and Development Grants. Public Act 53 and Public Act 166 of 2022, approved by the Michigan Legislature and signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, provide for a combined $50 million in grants for

By |2023-01-17T13:46:20-05:00January 17th, 2023|Clean Update, Politics, Politics/Government|
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What Is Known Now About The Domestic Flight Shut Down Wednesday

WASHINGTON DC - Departures of domestic flights are resuming across the country after the Federal Aviation Administration restored a system that warns pilots of hazards during their upcoming flights. The FAA first issued an advisory just past 4 a.m. on Wednesday that a technical issue impacted its Notice to Air Missions system (NOTAM), and it announced a

By |2023-01-11T14:58:01-05:00January 11th, 2023|Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|
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