https://www.wcmu.org/tags/electric-vehicles Electric Vehicles en-US Copyright Sat, 14 Feb 2026 02:53:42 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-02-13/chinese-company-says-it-wont-pay-back-state-grant-after-plans-for-battery-plant-fail 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. Sat, 14 Feb 2026 02:53:42 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-02-13/chinese-company-says-it-wont-pay-back-state-grant-after-plans-for-battery-plant-fail Tracy Samilton https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-02-12/why-michigans-rural-residents-are-reluctant-to-drive-electric-vehicles New U-M survey finds only about 5% of rural Michigan residents say they would choose an electric vehicle as their next car. Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-02-12/why-michigans-rural-residents-are-reluctant-to-drive-electric-vehicles Bauyrzhan Zhaxylkov, Capital News Service https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-01-21/legal-battle-escalates-over-botched-construction-of-mid-michigan-ev-battery-plant In a new legal filling, China-based company Gotion is seeking fiscal damages from Green Chart Township. They argue the township’s opposition to the plant constituted a contract breach and has rendered the plant “no longer viable.” Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:24:21 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-01-21/legal-battle-escalates-over-botched-construction-of-mid-michigan-ev-battery-plant Alvin (AJ) Jones https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-24/state-scraps-controversial-ev-battery-plant-near-big-rapids The Michigan Economic Development Corporation said in a letter made public on Thursday that the Chinese company Gotion Inc. has not met its contractual obligations. Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:52:26 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-24/state-scraps-controversial-ev-battery-plant-near-big-rapids Rick Brewer https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-05-28/slotkin-talks-medicaid-cuts-in-gops-big-beautiful-bill-voting-against-california-ev-mandate WDET caught up with the junior senator at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference to talk about proposed cuts to Medicaid, supporting EV manufacturing and more. Wed, 28 May 2025 22:25:39 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-05-28/slotkin-talks-medicaid-cuts-in-gops-big-beautiful-bill-voting-against-california-ev-mandate Russ McNamara https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-01-03/msu-expert-says-u-s-ev-production-likely-to-slow-in-2025 A Michigan State University professor says the slowdown is in response to a combination of softening sale performances and the incoming Trump administration. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:20:56 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-01-03/msu-expert-says-u-s-ev-production-likely-to-slow-in-2025 Melorie Begay https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-12-17/all-electric-recycling-trucks-will-replace-some-diesel-garbage-trucks-in-se-michigan 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. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:09:42 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-12-17/all-electric-recycling-trucks-will-replace-some-diesel-garbage-trucks-in-se-michigan Lester Graham https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-10-09/president-of-ev-battery-maker-to-be-deposed-by-mid-michigan-township Chen Li, the president of Gotion High-Tech will be deposed by the lawyers of Green Charter Township, a small Michigan city outside of Big Rapids where a multi-billion-dollar EV battery plant is set to be constructed. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 21:55:43 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-10-09/president-of-ev-battery-maker-to-be-deposed-by-mid-michigan-township Alvin (AJ) Jones https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-09-13/gotion-seeks-to-avoid-having-president-deposed-by-mid-michigan-township Chinese battery maker Gotion has filed in federal court looking to seek a protective order that would stop their company president, Chen Li, from being deposed in a lawsuit centered around an EV battery manufacturing plant near Big Rapids. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 18:47:50 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-09-13/gotion-seeks-to-avoid-having-president-deposed-by-mid-michigan-township Alvin (AJ) Jones https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-05-14/new-state-agency-holds-clean-energy-ev-transition-roundtable-in-detroit State officials discussed how they can ease Michigan's shift toward clean energy and electric vehicles in Detroit Monday. Tue, 14 May 2024 15:24:52 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-05-14/new-state-agency-holds-clean-energy-ev-transition-roundtable-in-detroit Colin Jackson | MPRN