electric vehicles

Four Michigan companies are getting federal grants through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to boost domestic the supply chain for advanced batteries.

Today, we talk about the new Wayne County jail and the problems with the new site. Then, we hear why certain used EV owners are having a difficult time claiming the credit from the IRS. Later, the nuance in the battle of small Michigan towns and rural areas against renewable energy. Plus, the barriers faced by sickle cell anemia patients just looking to get basic care and pain management.

Today, we talk to two Bridge Michigan reporters about how Chinese electric vehicles became a campaign issue for Michigan Republicans. Then, we talk to a psychology professor about how to get through an election year relatively anxiety free. Later, we speak to a journalist who recorded oral stories of female journalists that covered the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe. Plus: an essay on change.

A $250,000 grant will provide a 45-day pilot program for automated electric bus rides at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Northern Michigan.

Today, with Vice President Kamala Harris running for president in this upcoming election, can she sway Michigan’s Arab American and Muslim voters. Additionally, two reporters hit the road in a rented EV to test the state’s charging circuit. Then, we hear about a new film that chronicles the collision of the Civil Rights Movement with Detroit’s Olympic bid in 1963.

The Biden administration has awarded $1.7 billion in EV grants to auto companies in eight states, with most of the funding going to companies based in Michigan.

State funding for economic development is a hot topic. Today, we get details on what companies starting EV battery plants in Michigan have delivered. Also, artist Elizabeth Youngblood talks about getting abstract forms to express an almost spiritual sense of time and change. And podcaster Courtney Andersen on upfront sobriety.

Officials from several levels of government gathered in Ann Arbor Monday afternoon to highlight the benefits of the EPA's Clean School Bus program.

The EPA has awarded 27 Michigan schools and school districts money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to buy electric- and propane-powered buses.

Governments and auto manufacturers have big plans for switching the United States to electric vehicles. It's one of many efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change. But there's a key ingredient in electrification that could put a crimp in that plan: copper.