What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
Busy show for you podcast listeners today. Ford is laying off 1,000 employees at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant, but offering them positions in other Ford plants, with about half expected to take jobs at the Livonia Transmission plant. Meanwhile, GM is adding 1,000 jobs at Flint Assembly to make heavy-duty Chevy and GMC trucks. Those jobs will be offered first to workers affected …
It was an especially bad start to the week for many salaried employees at General Motors, as the automaker started handing out pink slip in a bid to eliminate 4,000 white-collar employees over the next two weeks. It's part of plans GM announced in November and discussed on our podcast to slash 14,000 jobs and save $6 billion by 2020. In other news, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer …
A new polar vortex is bearing down on Michigan and the upper Midwest, forcing widespread school closures, forcing Wayne State University and Michigan State University to cancel classes and the Detroit Zoo to close. On today's episode, we run down some of the knock-on effects of the dangerously cold weather, which is expected to produce subzero temperatures and dangerously …
Despite its new owner’s promises to build a brewery, office space, a hotel and more, Detroit’s infamous Packard Plant is once again subject to foreclosure by Wayne County in 2019, according to notices published in the Detroit Legal News last month. That’s due, at least in part, to unpaid bills to the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. But the amount shows up as tax …
On today's episode, we speak with Diane Cross, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Transportation, about the still-unfolding transportation apocalypse on northbound I-75 in Oakland County. There, potholes have proliferated since Monday, damaging cars, forcing the closure of the freeway and creating massive traffic snarls. Cross says it's a textbook example of …
We thought when we went into the office today, it'd be a short day. We were wrong. Here's what to know around town: I-75 is crumbling. Both the Northbound and Southbound lanes have major emergency repairs underway. A highly dispiriting for Martin Luther King Jr. Day - The Detroit News reports that a former political aide to Warren Mayor Jim Fouts says the mayor …
As we’ve been teasing on social media and our podcast, Daily Detroit is branching out to your teevee set. Last night, our first segment aired on the Detroit Public Television program One Detroit. It’s a visit to the Plymouth headquarters of electric vehicle upstart Rivian, which rocketed out of obscurity when it debuted its eye-catching, zero-emissions SUV and pickup truck …
For today's Daily Detroit, we talk everything North American International Auto Show with our Sven Gustafson who spent a couple days on the floor at Cobo Center. Topics covered include the general feel of the show, plans for next year's show that will be held in June, the Toyota Supra reveal, the new Ford Explorer, the power of the Mustang brand, the Kia Telluride, a new Ram …
It's Monday, Dec. 17 in the mystical land known as Detroit. Here's what you get when you listen to your beloved Daily Detroit podcast today: Lincoln has made good on its pledge to reintroduce suicide doors on the Continental luxury sedan. The 80th Anniversary Coach Door Edition is an homage to the first Continental introduced in 1939 and to the center-opening doors that …
In a very special episode of the podcast recorded on Noel Night at the Podcast Detroit studios in the Detroit Shipping Company: We run down the Detroit contributions to the L.A. Auto Show The Jeep Gladiator And Rivian, a locally-based electric car company that emerged from obscurity to being the focus of all the buzz Also, Sven Gustafson, Nuri Gocay and the team …
General Motors dropped a bomb on Monday, saying it will likely close three assembly plants including Detroit-Hamtramck in a pre-emptive move to cut costs and headcount ahead of an expected downturn. The moves mean the elimination of as many as 14,000 jobs — including 1,500 at Detroit-Hamtramck — and the elimination of slow-selling sedans like the Chevrolet Volt and Impala …
Dan Gilbert made headlines this week when he issued an ultimatum to state lawmakers: Find a fix for Michigan's broken no-fault auto insurance system by mid-2019 or I'll bankroll an effort to put a proposal on the statewide ballot in 2020. On today's show, Jer interviews Jared Fleisher, vice president of government relations for the Quicken Loans Family of Companies, about …
General Motors is branching into e-bikes. The company has unveiled images of what it calls “innovative, integrated and connected eBikes” that it says will go on sale in 2019. One is folding and the other is compact. But neither of them have a brand name yet, and that’s where the company is soliciting help. GM has set up a website called eBikeBrandChallenge.com where you …
Greetings, friends. Here's your Daily Detroit podcast recorded in the Paris of the Midwest on Monday Oct. 22: Two Detroit funeral homes are under investigation after police found the remains of fetuses and a dead infant. One of the businesses — Perry Funeral Home — was closed by the state, with its mortuary license revoked. Sven reports to us about his trip from Las …
Michigan's auto insurance costs consistently rank the highest in the nation. Same for the city of Detroit, which can cost double the state's already high average. How to fix this madness that's emptying the pockets of Michiganders? Lawyer and Auto Law Blog writer Steve Gursten has some ideas. In this thoughtful conversation with Sven Gustafson, Steve lines out the …
So what will be the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs? The answer of how this trade war with China will impact the economy is very important to Michigan and Metro Detroit, from the obvious like the automotive industry to the many other industries that deal with global trade. To help sort it all out — and add some experience to the conversation — Sven Gustafson …
On our Daily Detroit podcast, Autoblog editor Greg Migliore joins Sven Gustafson to talk about what's been happening in the auto industry. Topics include: Is Ford nearing crisis territory? What about that Mach vehicle for 2020? The Mustang-looking SUV? What impact the death of Sergio Marchionne has on FCA, and what Greg thinks of new CEO Mike Manley. Is the bloom …
Ford Motor Company is planning to get rid of most of its cars for the American market in favor of more trucks, crossovers and SUVs. But the automaker on Friday said it’s canceling one of the only remaining cars it did plan to offer due to costs associated with President Trump’s trade war. Ford says it’s scrapping plans to import the Focus Active from China because of he …
Is there a bubble brewing in the car business? Sven's guest — Joe Berish, an analyst with the automotive consulting firm Oliver Wyman — says that rising subprime auto loans, rising interest rates and increasing prices for car parts add up to spell warning signs. That's even before we start talking about President Trump’s proposed tariffs on imported cars. Listen to the …
The Detroit Grand Prix is, in fact, returning to Belle Isle. That’s thanks to an agreement announced Friday between race organizers and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The three year deal - with an option to be extended until 2023 - means $450,000 annually for the island. That’s more than a third of the state park’s operating budget for the entire year. $325 …
From the studios of Podcast Detroit in the Cass Corridor, this is your Daily Detroit News Byte recorded on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. We have primary election results, headlines, and today’s deep dive is about P-FAS. The chemical, used in firefighting and a bunch of consumer and industrial applications, has caused a lot of environmental concern. Sven Gustafson talks with …
The Detroit auto show is moving dates, and now we have a good idea as to when. Multiple media reports say that the show will move from January to June in 2020. The move would take advantage of better summer weather and allow for more outdoor experiences, that would aim to better show off the vehicles and the city of Detroit. The Detroit News reports that the event may no …
New podcast! Right under the deadline for finishing the show, we got word that the Detroit City Council has unanimously voted for a new Cass-Henry Historic District. We'll dive into that more tomorrow... The North American International Auto Show looks like it is moving dates, and now we have a good idea as to when. Multiple media reports say that the show will move from …
Greg Migliore from Autoblog joins Sven Gustafson on the Daily Detroit News Byte to talk all things cars. There's President Trump’s tariffs and their impact on the Detroit industry, and why Greg thinks they’re not a great idea. Also, Elon Musk takes shots at Ford, there’s a new Chevy Blazer, and AAA has a new study out about infotainment systems. Finally, the North …
While Ford is making a big splash about its plans to come into the city, another automotive company is now pulling back on its plans to move to downtown Detroit. The seating supplier Adient says it has decided to scrap plans to move its corporate headquarters and 500 employees into the Marquette Building on Congress Street over concerns about the cost of renovation. It’ll …
The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix saw increased attendance and solid TV ratings over its three-day run earlier this month on Belle Isle. The race event drew roughly 105,000 people, up from a 100,000 the year before and setting a record for the second consecutive year for Saturday attendance. TV ratings were also strong for the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Verizon IndyCar …
What do big name companies look for when it comes to locating in Detroit? Last week at the Mackinac Policy Conference Jeremiah sat down with Kevin Bopp, the Vice President of Parking and Mobility for Bedrock. You might already know this, but parking is a huge commodity in downtown Detroit. Bedrock manages between more than 20 garages and lots in the city. That breaks …
Ford Motor Co. is beginning its new chapter in Detroit’s historic Corktown neighborhood. The Dearborn-based automaker has begun moving about 200 employees to a refurbished hosiery factory in Detroit. It’s the first step in what may become a much larger, consolidated urban campus housing the automaker’s electric and autonomous vehicle and mobility operations. Word is an …
How big of a deal is the fire that is disrupting the supply chain for the Ford F-150? Is Ford moving part of their operations into Corktown's old train station in Detroit a good move? And what about Tesla? As part of a new regular segment on the Daily Detroit News Byte podcast, Greg Migliore, the editor-in-chief of Autoblog joins us to give us the download on what's …
Here’s your Daily Detroit News Byte For Tuesday, April 24th, 2018. 13 Truckers do a good deed on a metro Detroit area freeway Royal Oak denies a boozy Taco Bell Cantina Homes in our region are selling faster You might be able to get your next Amazon order delivered to your car Detroit’s bike share service is offering classes And the Detroit Grand Prix is …
On today’s show, Michigan and Metro Detroit have been talking about the callout by Michigan Advance reporter Allison Donahue of State Senator Peter Lucido, after this exchange, excerpted from her first-person account: “You should hang around! You could have a lot of fun with these boys, or they could have a lot of fun with you.” …
