Plans are moving forward on a new Electric Vehicle Center at the University of Michigan.
The university hasannounced it is receiving $130 million from the state to help build the facility.
Alan Taub will be the center’s director. He says they’re still designing the building, but they know what they want to do with it.
“The goal is really to make sure we’re at the epicenter of reinventing new personal mobility."
Taub says they are going to focus on achieving three specific goals with the center:
- They want accelerate research and development of electric vehicles.
- Help build the workforce needed for this new field.
- Develop the infrastructure needed to promote further research and education into electric vehicles.
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