Electric Vehicles

Michigan officials approved millions of dollars in incentives for some electric vehicle-related projects today.

The state of Michigan is offering $10,000 scholarships to students entering the electric vehicle industry.The Michigander EV Scholars program is intended to help fill thousands of vacancies in the industry.

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Monday she would like to see electric vehicles make up half of the nation’s new car and truck sales within eight years.

The governor, congresspeople, and other lawmakers gathered in Novi on Thursday, October 20, to cut the ribbon on a project approved for over $200 million in state incentives.The electric vehicle battery maker “Our Next Energy” plans to spend over a billion dollars on a new operation in Wayne County and other regional investment. A spending bill signed last month that fed money into a fund for attracting large-scale projects freed up money for the incentives.

A coalition of health and environmental groups is calling on the state legislature to set an ambitious target for electric vehicles.The group says Michigan should set a goal of 100-percent emissions-free new car sales by 2030.

New details about an electric vehicle charging partnership in Michigan came out today.

Ford Motor Company has announced it will lay off three thousand employees.

Efforts to add electric school buses to districts across the state are moving forward.Clean energy officials met at Bay College in Escanaba yesterday to talk about funding and education opportunities for public schools.

Newly passed legislation requires car companies to source a major portion of key components and assemble electric batteries in the U.S. or a country with a free trade agreement within a few years.

When people imagine a battery fire, they might think of a Tesla lithium-ion battery burning on the side of the road.