If you live in the Midwest you are all too familiar with winter and how quickly the weather can shift to dangerous conditions. Mother Nature has certainly taken her toll on us this winter with extreme weather ranging from the Polar Vortex to damaging ice and high winds.
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I need to open with the caveat that I am NOT an expert from the auto industry. What I am is a provocative thinker, and through my role as CEO of NextEnergy in Detroit, Michigan, I have had the pleasure of working with many of you in a variety of ways. Hopefully what I have to say about millennials will be interesting, or at least provocative, to those of you in the trenches.More
Around this time every year, the Thanksgiving holiday prompts us to consider the things in our lives and the world for which we are thankful. Friends, family, health, and wealth generally top the list for many of us. Since this blog seeks to constrain itself to musings and advice on funding for energy and transportation tech companies, let us celebrate in the spirit of Thanksgiving and give thanks to a primary anchor of technology innovation in the US: the Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program.More
When you think “Pure Michigan®” in the fall what typically comes to mind is crisp clear weather, beautiful fall foliage, and cider mills. What you may not realize is that Pure Michigan® in the fall also means batteries, with two highly-regarded battery technology events happening right here.More
ITS World Congress only comes to the US once every three years. In their most recent stateside trip, they chose Detroit – and for good reason. Detroit is more than the Motor City. Yes, this region is the home to the “Big 3”, but it also contains one of the highest concentrations of engineers, software developers and business development professionals in the world.More
Ford and NextEnergy today issued a challenge for suppliers to come up with advanced automotive lighting products.More
As a result of the rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT), interfaces between vehicles, buildings and the grid are becoming increasingly important areas of technology and business development. One example is the emergence of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) as a hot area for technology innovation and investment.More
The University of Michigan Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research and Transformation (SMART) initiative, announced it is seeking applications for the 2014 MobiPrize.More
The Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) has been awarded a $500,000, two-year grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech) Program to fund their proposal titled “Strengthening the Domestic Power Electronics Ecosystem”. NextEnergy, a leader in accelerating advanced technologies and PEIC member organization, will receive over $300,000 as a sub award to support grant activities.More
Michigan entrepreneurs are ramping up for the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, which will take place in the historic Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in downtown Detroit from November 12 through November 14.More
