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Electric Powertrain Company ALTe Forms Joint Venture For Storage
ALTe Powertrain Technologies, the Auburn Hills developer of a range-extended electric powertrain, last week signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture with Plymouth-based Inmatech Inc., a developer of advanced supercapacitors, to produce and sell hybrid electric storage devices composed of batteries, supercapacitors and control electronics.
Stabenow Wants Rebate Up Front For Electric Cars
Consumers who buy plug-in electric vehicles could get a rebate of up to $7,500 at the point of sale. This, under legislation proposed by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
Ford to Add 7,000 U.S. Workers in Next Two Years
Ford Motor Co. Monday announced it will add 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs between this year and next in the United States, many in high-tech engineering areas.
Projection: Only 7.3% Of Cars Electric By 2020
Future worldwide demand for some types of electric vehicles may be over-hyped, according to one research firm.
Home Already Found For Used Chevy Volt Batteries
General Motors announced an agreement with Zurich, Switzerland’s ABB Group to work together on pilot projects for re-using the batteries from the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle, which hasn’t even gone on sale yet. The two companies […]
White House To Highlight Stimulus Projects
Building battery plants in Michigan. Rehabilitating New York’s Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Cutting a new highway through Nelsonville, Ohio. In a report being released Friday by Vice President Joe Biden, the White House pushes back […]
President Phones In His Support for Electric Vehicles
“Governor Granholm, this is your friend Barack Obama…” A phone call from the President livened up the audience at a lengthy dedication ceremony for the A123 Systems lithium ion battery plant in Livonia. “This is […]
President Obama 09/13/10
President Obama calls in during ceremony to dedicate A123 Battery Systems plant in Livonia.
KUBT Gets Engineering Partner
Bloomfield Hills-based KUBT Inc. Tuesday announced an engineering technology partnership with Design Systems Inc. of Farmington Hills. Design Systems will provide facility engineering for upcoming KUBT Inc. battery manufacturing projects.
Obama Touts Investment In Mich. Battery Plant
Seeking to boost economic spirits, President Barack Obama on Thursday hailed the construction of another car-battery plant as a symbol of a made-in-America rebound from desperate times.
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