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 DETROIT — More than a dozen of the 41 new vehicles launched during the press preview of the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit were hybrid, plug-in hybrid electric or all-electric vehicles.
But last year, only 20,000 full-electric or plug-in electric hybrids were sold in the United States, including 9,674 Nissan Leafs and less than 8,000 Chevrolet Volts, compared to nearly 269,000 hybrids — roughly 2.4 percent of total U.S. auto sales.
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 KALAMAZOO — Ben Angelo grew up listening to music from his folks’ giant collection of vinyl records. But when CDs took over the music scene in the 1990s, he left analog recordings behind.
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WEST MICHIGAN — Local colleges can’t keep up with the demand from employers for information technology graduates.
Next spring, Grand Valley State University expects to graduate 60 students with bachelor’s degrees in computer science and information systems, and another 10 with master’s degrees. Calvin College has 15 bachelor’s candidates and Hope College has just one. Western Michigan University plans to graduate about 20-25 from its program.
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WEST MICHIGAN — While businesses don’t often turn down money, some of West Michigan’s developing companies are finding their prize-winning prestige is more important than financial reward.
In November, 13 companies from across the state took home prizes in the second annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, a contest that links technology entrepreneurs with venture capitalists and industry colleagues in various stages of product development.
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LANSING - The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded Connect Michigan approximately $3 million in additional funding, under the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program (SBDD), to further implement broadband initiatives over the original five-year award period. Connect Michigan is a statewide broadband expansion initiative and public-private partnership between the Michigan Public Service Commission and Connected Nation.
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GRAND RAPIDS — One look at Universal Mind’s client list — which includes the likes of Apple, Sony, FedEx, Kodak, Hasbro, Oppenheimer Funds, NASA, General Electric, Artistry, Johnson Controls and Adobe — and you’d be forgiven for guessing the company was located on one of the coasts or in Silicon Valley.
MUSKEGON – It should come as no surprise to find the book “Blue Ocean Strategy” on the bookshelf of Eric Ringelberg and his wife, Michele.