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You’ve seen the new autonomous robot driving back and forth from San Morello to the UTX, but how does this upcycling process work?

We broke it down into five easy steps!

Thanks to all the partners who made this happen! ♻️

Be sure to check out next door to ! You’ll see several of our partners’ technology on display including and .

NEWS: We are pleased to announce the promotion of two staff members who will help progress decades-long technology and mobility work to bolster equity and efficiency in Michigan.

Congrats to Lauren Mattar and Nick Thomas on your new roles!

We visited the and got a full tour! We saw some of the equipment funded through the GEM program and talked about their goals for 2025 and beyond.

Happy Holidays from the NextEnergy team! We had our annual holiday party today at Five Iron Golf to celebrate another successful year. See you in 2025!

Hydrogen power! We visited Cadillac Square in downtown Detroit to check out a hydrogen fuel cell generator that used clean energy to power on-site food trucks!

Thanks to and for hosting this great event with and !

The new CONNECT shuttle launches today! You can now ride from the east riverfront to Corktown with stops around downtown. The shuttles will soon be fully autonomous and are equipped with handicap accessibility.

Our own Lauren Mattar was at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo this week and saw some amazing new tech plus strong Michigan representation!

The second photo features our friends from , plus a background shot of their tech in the Detroit Smart Parking Lab.

We are proud to support .co fast-charging technology!

One of ElectricFish’s initiatives involved working with to transform its century-old infrastructure into a modern smart grid by investing $7 billion in its electricity distribution system over the next five years.


Our Helena Metka works directly with grantees to help them deploy their projects. ElectricFish was named a Michigan Mobility Funding Platform (MMFP) round three grantee in April 2022 and their real-world deployment project officially began that November.

ElectricFish will also attend the where they will be debuting their next-generation system, so be sure to stop by!

Today we visited Michigan Central to see the installation of wireless road charging! This is part of project with and other partners.

The NextEnergy team in attendance, from left: Jamie Leonard, Jim Saber, Kate Bell, and Eric McDonald.