JACKSON—Officials at the Jackson-based electric and gas utility Consumers Energy said the company would celebrate Earth Week by announcing it has now built the backbone for its growing fast charging network for electric vehicles across Michigan. Charging stations that allow emissions-free EVs to power up quickly are in place in 24 locations, reaching 250 miles
LIVONIA—Guelph, Ontario-based Linamar Corp., announced that it has entered the evaluation phase for its fuel cell electric delivery vans under a technology contract with the Center for Transportation and the Environment, partnering with Livonia-based Roush CleanTech and Burnaby, British Columbia-based Ballard Power Systems Inc. to provide delivery vans to UPS for a service demonstration in
NOVI—DuraMag, a brand of the Shyft Group’s specialty vehicles business unit, will engineer, manufacture, and install vocational body upfits for Boston-based EV Transportation Services Inc. and its FireFly vehicles, making the all-electric lightweight utility vehicle well suited to a variety of essential service and electro-mobility (e-mobility) functions. DuraMag, an all-aluminum truck body manufacturer, will build food
LANSING - At this very moment, Michigan is in a race with companies in Silicon Valley, and in countries around the world, to revolutionize how people, goods, and services get from point A to point B. For decades, we’ve dreamt about what the future of mobility would look like — from the Jetsons to Back
SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla’s battery research partner has released a new paper on a battery cell that could last over 1 million miles, which they say is going to be particularly useful in ‘robot taxis’ — something that Tesla wants to bring to market. When talking about the economics of Tesla’s future fleet of robotaxis
TRAVERSE CITY - Toyota on Monday unveiled the second iteration of its hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck before dozens of press and industry leaders during the first day of the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars. The new truck, known internally as "Beta," expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s first Project Portal
NOVI - ITC is getting into the Holiday spirit by lighting up 10 of its 150-foot transmission towers with Happy Holidays signs and bright stars at the top. The light show begins Monday and runs through Jan. 5. ITC’s Michigan entities ITCTransmission and Michigan Electric Transmission Company own and operate the high-voltage electricity grid in
