electric vehicles

A $4.4 million EPA grant will pay for 15 EV heavy-duty trucks used for picking up recycled goods, replacing diesel trucks in some communities in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

In today’s episode, a company that created a lamppost with built in EV chargers. Then, a conversation with a Kalamazoo-born contemporary artist about their new film. Lastly, how an African American network is serving the community through quilting education.

The EV1 was the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker — pioneering some technologies you can still find in today's EVs. But the model was controversial, and short-lived.

We discussed what’s ahead for Stellantis now that the auto giant’s CEO has stepped down. Then, we met the man behind a well-loved coffee house and community space in Hamtramck. Plus, Alma Cooper on her journey through the Michigan pageant circuit to the Miss USA crown.

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.