Detroit Liquid Ventures Sponsoring 100th Bayview to Mackinac Race
Detroit Liquid Ventures has signed on as the official beer sponsor of the 100th running of the Bayview to Mackinac race Saturday and is launching Century Sail Ale, a commemorative low-alcohol, low-carb brew to keep captain and crew hydrated along the way, or for their finish line celebration.
The competition is officially called the 2024 Bayview Mackinac Race presented by National Fleet Services.
“I’m especially proud to support the 100th annual Bayview to Mackinac race — it’s an iconic event that’s an important part of Detroit’s past, present and future — it’s Pure Michigan all the way,” says Mark Rieth, president of Detroit Liquid Ventures. “Our full line of crisp, refreshing craft and non-alcoholic beers and natural energy drinks are a perfect complement to a glorious day spent racing on the Great Lakes, with the wind in your sail and, hopefully, blue skies above.”
Century Sail Ale is DLV’s exclusive new citrus blond “boat beer” featuring just 3.9 abv and low carbs.
“Century Sail Ale, like our N.A. beers, delivers the full beer flavor profile with no, or low, alcohol. They are ideal for a day in the sun, sailing, golfing, or anytime you thirst for a beer but want to stay fresh and hydrated,” Rieth says.
The Bayview to Mackinac race began in 1925 with fewer than a dozen boats (and only three that crossed the finish line). In the 99 years since, it’s become a marquee event for sailors and is the world’s longest continuously run long-distance freshwater yacht race.
“This growth in participation speaks volumes about the enduring appeal and significance of the sport of sailing and the race,” says Michael Helm, 2024 commodore of the Bayview Yacht Club. “While we anticipated an increase in the number of participants for our 100th, I attribute the immense response to a broader trend of people seeking outdoor activities and embracing the natural beauty that Michigan has to offer.”
Century Sail Ale is the latest brewed-in-Detroit beer from Detroit Liquid Ventures. In May, DLV released Arsenal of Democracy, a Detroit-style lager meant to celebrate Detroit’s efforts in World War II. DLV previously introduced a line of Irish style ales, including Old Head Red, Old Head Milk Chocolate Stout, and Old Head Extra Pale Ale. DLV’s FÜL Beverages offer non-alcoholic beers and natural sports drinks that are designed as a smarter alternative to quench any thirst at any time, while at the same time giving your body exactly what it needs to relax, recover or simply enjoy.
“I sometimes wish I could go back in time to the 185’s when Detroit was the brewing capital of America, or to the 1940s when Detroit men and women were laboring to turn the tide in WWII, or to 1925 when the inaugural Bayview to Mackinac race set sail,” says Rieth. “I can’t do that, but I can pay homage to those great Detroit moments, and many more like them, by brewing exceptional beverages that celebrate our Detroit past with a contemporary twist. I’d like to think those 1925 racers would like what they see, and taste, at this year’s event.”
City of Dallas Selects Ford Pro to Advance EV Charging Infrastructure
The city of Dallas, America’s fourth-largest metro area, selected Ford’s commercial division, Ford Pro, to help move its climate goals forward, aiming to improve air quality through electrifying the city’s vehicle fleet by 2040.
Ford Pro and Dallas entered a 10-year agreement to grow and manage EV charging infrastructure for the city’s fleet operations. As part of the agreement, Dallas will install Ford Pro chargers at the city’s worksites and use Ford Pro smart charging software to customize and manage EV charging performance. Through the integrated software and hardware solution, Dallas can help ensure its fleet vehicles are charged optimally and ready for work when they need them.
In 2020, Dallas approved a Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan that includes efforts to reduce carbon emissions, in part by installing EV chargers throughout the city and adding light-duty EVs to the city’s fleet of 5,400 vehicles.
In Related News: Stellantis is launching its Free2move Charge website and Free2move Charge app as the company begins to launch its first all-new, all-electric vehicles this year.
The Free2move Charge website and app assist consumers before, through, and after the buying process, educating and helping them understand battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and the charging options available to them as new BEV owners. The Free2move Charge app, available in the U.S. and Canada, can be downloaded via Apple and Google app stores.
For more information, visit here.
Applied Intuition Launches All-terrain Autonomy Stack
Applied Intuition, a California-based provider of vehicle software to the automotive, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture and defense industries with an office in Detroit, has its new all-terrain autonomy stack solution that enables safe navigation in complex unstructured terrain.
Off-road autonomy is highly complex. The dynamic and inconsistent nature of off-road terrain can impact basic autonomous vehicle (AV) system functions like obstacle detection and avoidance, creating challenges for safe and efficient off-road navigation. Off-road environments also pose safety risks and put a high cognitive load on operators. Autonomy stacks can address reductions in manpower while contributing to operational efficiency and increased productivity across various industries. However, they require complex infrastructure and can be costly and challenging to develop and maintain in-house.
To help organizations navigate these challenges, Applied Intuition provides an off-road autonomy stack that can run on production hardware and navigate in real environments. The technology has been designed by a team of experts who understand both the latest machine learning (ML) techniques and the constraints of rugged environments. The stack consists of separately factored modules that can be individually integrated into a customer’s robotics system.
Applied Intuition’s newest offering includes software capabilities such as:
- Simultaneous localization and mapping: Enables a vehicle to understand rough, unstructured, and unmapped environments without requiring a consistent or accurate GPS signal.
- Perception and object tracking: Provides a high-fidelity holistic view of surrounding environments in real time, including semantic understanding and 3D geometric modeling, for both static terrain and dynamic objects.
- Sensor fusion and calibration: Collects data across multiple modalities using both traditional geometric and cutting-edge ML methods.
- Planning and controls: Navigates the vehicle along a safe and efficient path that avoids rollover, entanglement, and collision using an approach that is proven across multiple vehicle types and models.
Applied Intuition’s off-road stack works with the company’s base software platform, while supporting third-party integrations, secure environment testing and data management. Organizations can also use the off-road autonomy stack in conjunction with Applied Intuition’s definitive ADAS/AD toolchain for simulation-driven development. To learn more about the off-road autonomy stack go to appliedintuition.com/off-road-autonomy-stack.
Cybersecurity Leaders Join Forces in Protecting Businesses from Growing Threats
PDI Technologies, a global leader delivering solutions and insights that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem, announced its acquisition of Nuspire, a leading managed security services provider in Commerce Township.
This acquisition is the first expansion by M&A for the PDI Security Solutions business since the company launched its cybersecurity and managed network services business segment in 2020. In addition to providing a wide range of cybersecurity services for convenience stores and gas stations, PDI helps to reduce network complexity and enhance security for quick-service restaurants (QSRs), fast casual dining, and other restaurant and specialty retail locations.
Nuspire provides a broad range of solutions. Key offerings include managed security services (MSS), managed detection and response (MDR), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and cybersecurity consulting capabilities such as incident preparedness, threat modeling, and executive advisory services.
Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit Treats First Patient with New Device
Ohio-based Genetesis Inc. has launched the MICRO2 trial, marked by the enrollment of the trial’s first patient at Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, under Drs. Edouard Daher, MD, and Nishtha Sareen, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, both of whom are interventional cardiologists.
MICRO2 (Magnetocardiography as a Noninvasive Diagnostic Strategy for Suspected Myocardial Ischemia with the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease) is a multicenter, prospective, observational study powered to validate magnetocardiography’s ability to detect myocardial ischemia caused by underlying coronary microvascular dysfunction. The study will compare the diagnostic performance of MCG to a reference standard of invasively measured Coronary Flow Reserve (CFR). MICRO2 is expected to enroll at least 135 patients and will be conducted with the support of at least six enrolling sites – Ascension St. John Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, Saint Luke’s Health System Kansas City, The Christ Hospital, and University of Florida – and is funded by Genetesis, Inc.
Evidence clearly supports the recognition of CMD as a distinct clinical entity, but diagnosing CMD effectively poses a major challenge for the current standard of care, as traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease, like atherosclerosis, have not proven to correlate with the presence of CMD. For patients seeking a diagnosis, the first step in their journey typically involves being classified as suffering from ischemia with no evidence of obstructed arteries (INOCA).
“Many of the patients we speak to who suffer from CMD often describe a diagnostic journey that begins with being told their symptoms are non-cardiac due to a negative result on CCTA or invasive angiography. Unfortunately, these patients are being told something that is later proven to be untrue,” said Rhea Malhotra, Vice President of Product Development at Genetesis. “Offering these patients a 90-second diagnostic option for diagnosing ischemia that could be used at the beginning of this diagnostic journey would be a huge step forward in fixing this unmet clinical need today.”
INOCA is currently estimated to impact at least 4 million people in the United States today, with over 50% of these patients believed to suffer from some form of CMD. Worse still, there is overwhelming evidence demonstrating that these patients will see more physicians and have more hospitalizations than otherwise healthy people while suffering from measurably worse outcomes, both in terms of quality of life and long-term health. For reasons that are not entirely understood quite yet, the vast majority of these patients today are women.
The application of CardioFlux MCG for diagnosing these patients would represent a significant opportunity to reduce the cost and burden typically associated with a diagnosis without compromising on diagnostic accuracy, and if validated by MICRO2, could make the possibility of a diagnosis far more accessible than it currently is today.
MICRO2 trial enrollment is expected to close by the end of 2024, with results reported in Q1 of 2025. Positive results would be followed by a De Novo request for market authorization to FDA shortly thereafter, and if successful, would represent the first diagnostic to be FDA approved for this application.
Stahls Automotive Collection Hosting Sixth Annual Autos for Autism Saturday
Tickets are now on sale for the Stahls Auto Collection’s sixth annual Autos for Autism charity fundraiser benefitting the Ted Lindsay Foundation. The event will take place from 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday at 56516 N. Bay Drive in Chesterfield Township.
Autos for Autism will feature an array of activities including meet and greets, photo opportunities, live entertainment, exploration of the Stahls museum, and more.
Tickets for entry to the museum are available at two price levels:
$40 VIP tickets allow early entry into the museum and provide access to a special VIP meet and greet and interview sessions with “Chasing Classic Cars” host Wayne Carini, dragstrip racer Al Bergler, car show legend Bob Larivee Sr., Detroit Red Wings’ organist Lance Luce, and Red Wings alumni Nick Libett, Kevin Miller and John Blum. VIP ticket holders will also receive a photo standing next to a faux NHL Stanley Cup, along with opportunities for pictures taken inside the Flintstone car and a single-seat Dallara racing car. VIP ticket holders will also be able to watch a live podcast interview hosted by Carini with Bergler, Larivee and two local Sprint Car racers. VIP entry begins at 10:30 a.m.
$25 general admission tickets provide access to the museum and photo opportunities with the Dallara car and faux Stanley Cup. General entry begins at 12:30 p.m.
During the charity event, a community-driven car show where people can bring their classic cars for public viewing, will be held from noon to 4 p.m. The cruise-in will be held in the parking lot adjacent to the museum. Food and drinks also will be available for purchase courtesy of Pop Eats on the Streets food truck.
The collection is bringing back its Donation Pyramid after success in recent years. The pyramid will be on display on Stahls museum floor featuring donors of all levels from $50 to $5,000. Pyramid donors will be acknowledged on Stahls’ social media channels and website, with those donating $1,000 or more receiving recognition at the event.
All funds raised during Autos for Autism will go toward the Ted Lindsay Foundation. From its inception in 2001, the Foundation has raised more than $5 million to support autism research and educational programs. The Foundation was started after legendary Detroit Red Wing hero, “Terrible Ted” learned that his friend, John Czarnecki ‘s son, Dominic, was diagnosed with autism at the age of two. Soon after, the Ted Lindsay Foundation was created with the mission to support research and educational programs focusing on the cause and management of autism spectrum disorder. Awarded Hockey Hall of Famer, Lindsey played 14 seasons on four Stanley Cup teams and was known as one of the most competitive, tough, and talented players in hockey history.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit here.
2024 Venture Awards Celebrate Startups Partnering with Stellantis to Enhance Customer Experience
In a celebration of innovation and successful collaborations, Stellantis N.V. honored seven top-performing technology startups, three in the U.S., with the third annual Stellantis Venture Awards. These awards highlight Stellantis’ commitment to delivering customer-centric technology and features, driving the Dare Forward 2030 vision of clean, safe and affordable mobility.
“We are dedicated to creating technologies that seamlessly integrate into people’s lives,” says Ned Curic, chief engineering and technology officer at Stellantis. “We are truly grateful to the startups that help us deliver technology that delights and enhances our customers’ experiences.”
This year’s honorees were selected based on their impact on the customer experience, the novelty of their technology and potential scalability within Stellantis. The 2024 Stellantis Venture Awards recognition includes:
CARE:
Glanceable (France) offers an AI-powered solution for customer experience that automatically centralizes, analyzes and helps act on all consumer feedback using an intuitive interface and proprietary AI.
Niron Magnetics (United States) advances the manufacturing process for the mass production of permanent magnets based on iron nitride, free of rare earth and other critical materials. By using environmentally friendly materials, this innovation enables a revolution in the design of new electric motors and generators.
TECH:
Epitone (United States) is at the forefront of automotive augmented reality innovation with its LiveWindow system, which enhances safety by projecting navigation and other crucial information onto the windshield in the driver’s line of sight. This advanced technology fully integrates with various levels of autonomous driving.
Voltbras (Brazil) provides companies with innovative white-label electric-vehicle charging management software for monitoring and managing the operation of electric-vehicle chargers.
Ample (United States) offers a modular-designed drop-in battery-swapping system that can be integrated into electric vehicles without requiring a reengineering of the vehicle platform. Ample’s modular solution can deliver energy to multiple vehicle platforms using the same low-cost and fast-to-deploy swapping infrastructure.
VALUE:
Wheel.me (Norway) robotics and IoT company that offers a pioneering solution to indoor mobility, specializing in autonomous wheels. By transforming existing infrastructure into self-driving robots, they help businesses enhance efficiency and productivity on their automation journeys.
Emotiva (Italy) is dedicated to deciphering human attention and emotions with AI-powered technology that analyzes customer reactions to enhance advertising effectiveness.
In addition, Stellantis congratulates the other 22 finalists and their projects: 4Screen, Bioxegy, Chunjian, Comet ML, Deep ESG, Deep legal analytics, DeepHawk, Fleeti, Forge 3D, Gaming, Gnani, Hevo, HMRexpert, Hubject, Inbolt, Minviro, Mira, Myelin, Nebula Link, Proovstation, Sowhen, Volix.
Michigan Experiencing Emergency Blood Shortage
Versiti Blood Center of Michigan in Grtand Rapids has issued an emergency appeal for blood donations due to a dangerously low blood supply. Certain blood types have less than a day’s worth of availability, endangering the lives of local patients. Summer donations have dropped drastically, reaching a critical low. Last week, Versiti recorded its lowest donation count of the year. To meet the needs of hospitals and ensure they have enough blood for patients, 4,000 donors are urgently needed in the next seven days.
All blood types are needed, with O-positive and O-negative being the most in demand. O-positive is the most common blood type, while O-negative blood is the universal type that can be safely received by all patients in emergencies when the blood type is unknown.
In addition to unfilled appointments and a rise in cancellations and no-shows, Versiti’s partner hospitals have required a significant volume of blood this past month to support organ transplant procedures and other traumas.
What happens if blood is not available for patients?
When the local blood inventory gets as low as it is now, it jeopardizes the health and safety of patients who rely on life-saving blood transfusions. In some cases, hospitals are forced to postpone surgeries or delay critical treatments.
Trauma victims from car accidents or shootings are at the highest risk, as their survival often depends on a healthy blood inventory. If these types of cases occur in the coming days, we might not have the blood needed to keep them alive.
Patients undergoing organ transplants and battling cancer, and even mothers in labor, could face treatment delays or complications due to a limited blood supply.
To schedule an appointment to donate blood, call 866-642-5663 or visit versiti.org. Walk-in donors are also welcome.
Donor center locations:
- Farmington Hills – 29305 Orchard Lake Rd.
- Grand Rapids – 1036 Fuller NE
- Grandville – 3140 Wilson SW
- Joseph – 2710 Cleveland Ave.
- Kalamazoo Area – 524 East Milham Ave.
- Saginaw – 1771 Tittabawassee Rd.
- Bay City Donor Center – 1017 North Johnson St.
- Midland Dow Diamond – 825 East Main St.
- Traverse City – 2575 Aero Park Dr.
- Gaylord – 133 W. Main St. Suite 101
Donating blood takes about an hour. Anyone aged 16 or older who is in good health and meets eligibility requirements is encouraged to give. Parental consent is required for donors aged 16 to donate blood. Donors should bring a photo ID that includes their birth date.
Teens From Around the World Coming to Compete in Kalamazoo for CrossFit Games
Starting on Aug. 28, Kalamazoo is hosting the 2024 Teenage CrossFit Games. The world class teen CrossFit competition known as “The Pit” will bring in 270 athletes from 29 countries for the week.
Athletes will be representing Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Iceland, and more. The Teenage CrossFit Games will be the first international sporting event for Kalamazoo.
The competition for the athletes will be at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo Aug. 28-29, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. “Pit Day” will be Friday, Aug. 30 in Three Rivers, for the fifth year of putting athletes under the shadow of the iconic “copper hopper.” The Pit Fitness Ranch, a 65-acre piece of land with woods and water, slag and sand, was previously a gravel pit. It is home to Triple River CrossFit, an affiliate owned by Brock and Autumn Yost, directors of the 2024 Teenage CrossFit Games.
Athletes, spectators, and fans can visit the event’s website for more information.
