Entrepreneur's Corner

LANSING - Advanced Battery Concepts won the $25,000 GLEQ Grand Prize Award in the Emerging Company category. The Midland company has developed battery electrode technology which enables dramatic improvements in battery performance...

ANN ARBOR - Current Motor Company, an Ann Arbor-based company that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles and scooters, won the top prize in the fall 2009 Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan competition and a cash prize of $5000 in the Emerging Business category...

ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest New Business Category winner was Global Energy Innovations, a Flint-based Kettering University spin-out that commercializes technology to accelerate the transition to the hydrogen and fuel-cell economy. GEI won $2000...

ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest New Business Idea Second Place Award - $1,000. Nalu Solar Software. Represented by president, Jennifer McLaughlin, Ypsilanti-based Nalu Solar Software provides web-based software offering operational support to photovoltaic contractors...

DETROIT - The National Automotive Center, part of TACOM, the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, is showcasing at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit an electric-powered Army scout vehicle...

DETROIT - Sherif Marakby, Chief Engineer, Global Hybrid Engineering for Ford, said an all electric van will be added to the Ford green vehicle line-up, which includes a myriad of hybrids including the Fusion sedan, named car of the year, by fall...

DETROIT - Tony Posawatz, Vehicle Line Director for the Chevy Volt, said the details for the all electric vehicle will be released this spring, including pricing and production schedules. But look for the first Volts on the streets by fall...

DETROIT - David Cole, Chairman of the Center For Automotive Research, said the North American International Auto Show in Detroit was electric this year, not only in the powertrains on display but also with the connected vehicles that will redefine the automotive industry and its role in society...