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A123 Systems is a window on how the government's multibillion-dollar electric-vehicle gambit is working. The company was founded at MIT in 2001 with a $100,000 Department of Energy grant. One of its early products was lithium-ion batteries for power-tool maker Black & Decker. Last year, A123 Systems got a $249 million federal grant to open at least three lithium-ion-battery plants in Michigan that will employ hundreds of workers. Michigan is home to or close to many of the plants where electric vehicles are being made, of course, and the state has a surplus...
...became the first Asian-American elected to the Cambridge City Council in November last year and is concurrently pursuing a double degree at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. And before that, Cheung was a “rocket scientist” (that was actually his title) at Space Adventures, a Virginia-based company that sends private citizens into space...
Cheung also has another accomplishment under his belt: he has been on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In a segment that aired on Aug. 12, 2009, Cheung appeared alongside several other MIT and Harvard grad students to discuss an ethics oath for MBA students. Check it out here...
Although their food is vegetarian, Clover’s MIT fan base has reached far beyond the vegetarian community. Muir notes that more than three quarters of their patrons are not vegetarian...
Muir said he hopes that Clover’s new location will be the first of many restaurants. He will also continue with the Clover food truck at MIT, and has plans for opening another truck in either the Longwood Medical or Back Bay area...