{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/peters-stabenow-applauded-over-8-million-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-funding-for-michigan-technological-university", "Peters, Stabenow Applauded Over $8 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Michigan Technological University", "2022-11-16", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Gary C. Peters", "P000595", "www.peters.senate.gov", "garypeters", "https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today applauded the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s award to Michigan Technological University $8,137,783 to develop and advance critical technologies and processes needed to recycle and reuse electric vehicle batteries. This federal investment comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law that Peters and Stabenow helped enact a year ago.\n\n\u201cMichigan is a global leader in automotive innovation and developing advanced technologies, thanks in part to work being done at institutions like Michigan Tech,\u201d said Senator Peters, Chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports. \u201cThis federal investment will help give Michigan Tech more resources to develop the technologies needed to recycle and reuse electric vehicle batteries and their materials \u2013 which will be absolutely critical to strengthening electric vehicle supply chains nationwide and the future of our automotive sector in Michigan.\u201d\n\n\u201cMichigan workers are the best in the world and Michigan Tech is home to some of the brightest engineering minds,\u201d said Senator Stabenow. \u201cThis funding not only recognizes Michigan Tech\u2019s world class leadership in science and technology, but helps keep jobs in America and positions our state to lead the way on cutting edge battery recycling.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis robust investment will support Michigan Tech's researchers, faculty, and students\u2019 continued efforts to develop and deploy the next generation of technologies to recycle electric vehicle batteries that will guide the future of the auto industry in Michigan and nationwide,\u201d said Rick Koubek, President of Michigan Technological University. \u201cWe thank Senators Peters and Stabenow for their continued support, along with Professor Lei Pan for his leadership of this project.\u201d\n\nIn roughly the past two years, more than 1.2 million electric vehicles have been sold in the U.S. \u2013 and demand for critical EV battery minerals, such as lithium and graphite, is projected to increase by as much as 4,000% in the coming decades. Advanced batteries are vital to the entire clean energy economy, but America currently does not produce enough of the critical minerals and battery materials needed to power these clean energy technologies. If unaddressed, the lack of domestic mining, processing, and recycling capacity will hinder clean energy and transportation development and adoption, leaving the nation dependent on unreliable foreign supply chains. This funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law will support efforts at Michigan Technological University to strengthen the recycle and reuse segment of the domestic battery supply chain \u2013 enabling accelerated battery production in the U.S. and helping to mitigate battery supply chain disruptions.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/peters-stabenow-applauded-over-8-million-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-funding-for-michigan-technological-university"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4875170309096575, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}