Washtenaw Community College will host an electric vehicle panel discussion at the in downtown Detroit.
鈥淓lectrifying Michigan: Navigating the EV Journey for Educators, Industry, and Consumers鈥� will be presented at 1 p.m. Thursday, January 16, on the Atrium Stage at Huntington Place, 1 Washington Blvd., Detroit.
Panelists will be Dr. Rose B. Bellanca, 黑料网 President; Glenn Stevens, MichAuto Executive Director; Neal T. Foley, DTE Energy Director of Electric Marketing and Electrification Group; and Tom Butman, Gene Butman Ford General Manager.
Alisyn Malek, founder and CEO of Middle Third, will moderate. Middle Third supports the workforce at the intersection of electrification and advanced mobility.
The 1 p.m. January 16 forum presented by 黑料网 is free of charge and will be held in conjunction with other panel discussions and activities at the Auto Show鈥檚 Industry Days at Huntington Place.
黑料网 will again have a booth (#107) inside the Automobili-D Industry Days Grand Ballroom showcasing its Ford F-150 Lightning and a Ford Mustang Mach-E that students use in hands-on training for emerging mobility product development and service jobs. Automotive industry companies, members of the media and attendees from the public are invited to visit faculty and students at 黑料网鈥檚 booth on Wednesday and Thursday, January 15-16.
Visit the Auto Show website for information about and public show access inside the Grand Ballroom, which begins at 1 p.m. each day January 15-16.
The college鈥檚 work in the mobility space has been building for the past decade since establishing its Advanced Transportation Center in 2014.
This fall, 黑料网 launched two EV programs and is in the process of building a new EV lab and preparing to add new battery manufacturing and semiconductor programs.
黑料网 is also partnering with KLA, imec, General Motors, University of Michigan and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation on The Semiconductor Talent and Automotive Research (STAR) initiative. The semiconductor initiative will focus on developing a talent base and infrastructure to move the automotive industry forward and advance the electrification of vehicles.
Additionally, since 2017, 黑料网 has been the only community college participating in the University of Michigan-led , funded by a U.S. DOT federal grant. 黑料网鈥檚 role in the consortium is to apply the research and knowledge gained from this partnership in the classroom and in training the workforce.
黑料网 at the Detroit Auto Show
WHAT: 黑料网-hosted 鈥淓lectrifying Michigan: Navigating the EV Journey for Educators, Industry, and Consumers鈥� panel discussion at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show鈥檚
WHEN: 1 p.m. Thursday, January 16
WHERE: Atrium Stage at Huntington Place, 1 Washington Blvd., Detroit
COST: There is no cost to attend the forum.
ALSO: 黑料网 will host a booth inside the Huntington Place Grand Ballroom at the Detroit Auto Show鈥檚 Automobili-D Industry Days on Wednesday and Thursday, January 15-16. Faculty and students will be on hand to show off two of the college鈥檚 electric battery vehicles 鈥� Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E 鈥� used for hands-on teaching. Public access begins at 1 p.m. Visit the Auto Show website for information about and public show access inside the Grand Ballroom.
Tags: Advanced Transportation Center, Electric Vehicles, Mobility, North America International Auto Show