Pure Eco Environmental Solutions » advanced batteries http://www.pureecoes.com/blog Pure Eco Environmental Solutions Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:58:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Michigan Gets Over $1 Billion for Advanced Batteries & Materials Manufacturing http://www.pureecoes.com/blog/?p=283 http://www.pureecoes.com/blog/?p=283#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:02:40 +0000 Ryan http://www.pureecocs.com/blog/?p=283 With the electrification of the American auto industry in mind, Michigan has for years been positioning itself as America’s new battery capital.  At Detroit’s groundbreaking and high-tech NextEnergy Center, Vice President Joe Biden announced more than a billion reasons Michigan may just make it.  The Obama administration announced $2.4 billion in grants to accelerate the development of next-generation batteries and electric vehicles.  And more than $1 billion of that money will be coming to Michigan in several major grants, which should create tens of thousands of jobs in the Great Lakes State.

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