Bollinger Motors moves to new HQ
OAK PARK—Bollinger Motors has announced a move of its headquarters to a larger building in Oak Park to accommodate the rapid company-wide personnel expansion as it ramps up toward production. …
CMS buys wind farm, opens charging stations
JACKSON—Two green energy moves Friday by Jackson-based CMS Energy Co. and its subsidiary, Consumers Energy. First, Consumers Energy announced that the first PowerMIDrive fast charging stations for electric vehicles are …
Northern Michigan’s first fast-charge EV station installed
TRAVERSE CITY—Blain’s Farm & Fleet, in partnership with Cherryland Electric Cooperative, celebrated the installation of the first universal DC Fast-Charge electric vehicle station in northern Michigan last week. The two …
J.D. Power finds consumers skeptical of autonomous cars, EVs
TROY—Consumer confidence in future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers’ plans to bring self-driving and battery-electric vehicles to the marketplace, according to the J.D. Power 2020 Q1 Mobility Confidence Index …
Escalent launches EVForward for consumer insight on EVs
LIVONIA—Escalent, a human behavior and analytics firm, has launched EVForward, a new insights platform that helps automakers and utilities plan for the continued growth of electric vehicle market share. Company …
Online surveys find consumers expect to ditch gasoline cars for EVs within 10 years
LIVONIA—Escalent, a human behavior analytics firm, announced the publication of a report outlining consumer expectations of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and their viability as replacements for traditional gasoline-powered cars, or …
Auto supplier gets state aid for expansion for electric vehicles
LANSING—Warren-based Paslin Co. has received a $1 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant to support a $45 million expansion of its Warren manufacturing plant that is expected to create …
Munro to share EV battery insights at The Battery Show
AUBURN HILLS—Demonstrating its technical insight about today’s leading electric vehicles, Munro & Associates’ Cory Steuben, account director, will offer automotive engineers objective technical information about today’s leading EVs during two …
The Battery Show returning to Novi
NOVI—The Battery Show, an annual trade show and conference that draws engineers and innovators to discuss the latest battery advances in the automotive, consumer electronics, medical device, and power storage …
Ford electric F-150 tows over a million pounds
DEARBORN—Ford Motor Co. has released a new video showing Linda Zhang, chief engineer of the Ford F-150, showing a prototype all-electric F-150 towing 10 double-decker rail cars and 42 2019-model …