EVs

Gotion, a Chinese-owned advanced battery manufacturing company, says it won't pay back a $23.7 million grant from the state of Michigan, after its project to build a massive EV battery plant in Mecosta County failed.

There was an article in The Wall Street Journal this week quoting General Motors CEO Mary Barra at a GM all-hands meeting. She was opining about a recent trade agreement between Canada and China in which Canada will allow 49,000 electric vehicles (EVs) to be imported from China in 2026.

Ford Motor Company is pivoting away from its once-ambitious electric vehicle plans as the company takes financial losses and finds consumer demand for EVs waning.

EV and hybrid registration fees are increasing next year. The extra money will go to fund Michigan roads.

Ford says it will invest nearly $2 billion to retool a Kentucky plant to produce electric vehicles after producing gas-powered vehicles for decades. The automaker says the goal is to produce EVs that are more affordable, profitable to make and outcompete rival models.

At a Monday news conference, leaders with the Dearborn automaker will share plans to design and assemble electric vehicles in America.

According to the complaint, the Trump administration has left Michigan without roughly $29 million dollars of promised money to finish building out its EV charger network.

General Motors plans to shift some production from Mexico to U.S. manufacturing plants as the automaker navigates tariffs that could drive prices higher.

First, what Trump's wide-ranging tariffs mean for the state's auto industry. Then, poetry from a Yooper with a sense of adventure. Plus, how to better charge your EVs in the cold. And, a review of Michigan author Nicholas Rombe’s second book Lisa 2.

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.