Welcome to a very Motor City-centric edition of your Daily Detroit. Today, we're running down a pair of big stories from the auto industry, speaking with Kristin Dziczek, vice president of the Center …
Tax Incentives And The Future Industries Of Detroit With DEGC President Kevin Johnson
Are tax incentives as a tool to lure large-scale corporate investment and jobs here to stay? That's the question at the heart of this interview today with Kevin Johnson, the president and CEO of the …
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Detroit Will Still Have Highest Auto Insurance Rates In Nation After Reform
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI — Governor Gretchen Whitmer, leaders from the Michigan House and Senate, and officials from Detroit and around the state gathered on the big porch at the Grand Hotel this morning. …
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Should The Grand Prix Race On Belle Isle? This Group Says No
The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear (a mouthful, for sure) marks its 30th anniversary and kicks off three days of racing starting May 31. The annual event attracts nearly 100,000 …
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Could Dan Gilbert Be The One Who Reforms No-Fault Auto Insurance in Michigan?
Welcome to a Car-a-Palooza edition of your Daily Detroit. Today, we dive into the news that Dan "Dantroit" Gilbert is lining up a petition drive effort to force the issue of reforming Michigan's …
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Detroit Bike City? This Ranking Says No, Plus 3 Things To Know Around Town
Detroit: A great bike city, or the best bike city? We dive into that superwonky argument in the wake of Detroit's abysmal showing in PeopleForBike's annual rankings of the Best Cities For Bikes in …
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Ford Invests $500 Million In Rivian, Plans To Build A New Electric Vehicle
Fast on the heels of the reported collapse in talks with GM, electric vehicle startup Rivian announced Wednesday it has won a $500 million minority equity investment from crosstown giant Ford. In …
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Self-Driving Car Factory To Open In Detroit, Reusing Old American Axle Facility
Detroit’s landed a big project that's another signal that the Motor City can also be the mobility city. Google’s autonomous car arm Waymo is opening what they are calling the world’s first factory …
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GM Passing On Rivian Shows How The Amazon-ification Of Automotive May Come
Multiple outlets are saying that the talks between General Motors and soon-to-be electric SUV maker Rivian about an investment have broken down. The reason why is what caught my attention. For …
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Should Detroit Join The War On Cars?
The automobile is synonymous with Detroit. It is, after all, the Motor City. But what if there was a different way forward than a vehicle for every man, woman and even sometimes, child? What if …
VIDEO: Look Inside Rivian, The Electric Auto Company Based In Michigan That Amazon Invested In
A lot of focus is on the Detroit 3 when it comes to coverage around here. Of course there is — they employ thousands and thousands of people directly and through dealers. Not to mention, the …
Auditing Secretive Fund ‘A Good Starting Point’ To Fixing Michigan’s Broken Auto Insurance System, Expert Says
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked the state's insurance regulator to audit the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association after it said on Wednesday it would raise its annual fee by 14.6 percent, or $28, …
New Jeep Plant And Buddy’s Pizza In Detroit, Plus 7 Other Things To Know
Another day, another truckbed-full of news in Detroit. Fiat Chrysler made arguably the biggest splash with its announcement that it plans to invest $4.5 billion in five Detroit-area plants and create …
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Dick Purtan Returns To The Airwaves To Raise Money To Feed The Hungry Plus 6 Things To Know
On today's podcast, Jer tags along with the Salvation Army's Bed and Bread truck, which delivers 3,800 meals each day to hungry Detroiters. He also speaks with former Detroit radio legend, Dick …
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I-75 Road Construction Announced Plus 5 Things To Know Around Detroit
Today on the podcast, an eight-and-a-half-mile section of I-75 that has been falling into third-world disrepair lately is set to see reconstruction soon. The Michigan Department of Transportation has …
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PODCAST: How Michigan Needs More Money For Roads & 6 Other Things To Know
Paul Ajegba, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's nominee to head the Michigan Department of Transportation, faced a grilling in a state Senate committee on Tuesday. And he let slip a rather interesting tidbit, …
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LISTEN: Cars, Bus Fares, Parking Rates And Bridges — Plus 6 Things To Know
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 …
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LISTEN: Detroit Restaurant Week And 7 Other Things To Know
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 …
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LISTEN: Arctic Temps, PFAS And 4 Other Things To Know Around Detroit
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 …
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Detroit’s Packard Plant Is On Wayne County’s 2019 Foreclosure List
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 …
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PODCAST: MDOT Says I-75 Emergency Repairs Will Continue Until Spring
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 …
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PODCAST: I-75 Is Crumbling Plus 11 Things To Know Around Detroit
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 …
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WATCH: Electric Vehicle Maker Rivian Profiled In Our Detroit Public Television Debut
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 …
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Your 2019 Detroit Auto Show Highlight Guide
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 …
LISTEN: A Drag Queen Storytime Brouhaha, An I-696 Update And Lincoln Brings Back Suicide Doors
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 …
PODCAST: Jeep’s Gladiator Shines, Locally-Based Rivian Electric Cars Grabs Spotlight At L.A. Auto Show
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 …
PODCAST: GM’s Monday Massacre And The Closure Of Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly
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 …
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PODCAST: Dan Gilbert’s Point Man On Reforming Michigan’s No-Fault Auto Insurance
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 …
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GM Unveils 2 eBikes, Wants Suggestions For Names
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 …
PODCAST: Police Investigate Detroit Funeral Homes After Remains Found, Ford Taps Bryan Cranston For New Ads & New Life For An Old Detroit Mall
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 …
