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The Future of Electric Vehicles and Battery Tech: Where Are We Now? (ft. Gabrielle Coppola)

Where is Michigan (and America) at with electric vehicles and battery technology? Gabrielle Coppola, a journalist at Bloomberg, joins me for a conversation on the Daily Detroit podcast. Coppola wrote a very interesting piece, “America’s long, tortured journey to build EV batteries,” and it caught my eye because A123 systems — a Michigan company — was bought out of bankruptcy by Chinese investors and their cutting edge tech now is used over there. Over here? Americans are left having to lic...

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In-depth: America's first wireless electric charging road

The first wireless electric charging road in the United States – where, with the right equipment, you can drive on it and charge while moving – has opened in Detroit’s Corktown. Using technology by Electreon and deployed at Michigan Central, it seems only appropriate for this first quarter mile to be here. Me and Norris Howard discuss the technology, the implications, the possibilities, the challenges and more in this single-topic episode of your Daily Detroit. We’re not sure if this w...

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UAW Strike update, EVs and more (ft. John McElroy)

We are near the three week mark of the UAW strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis – a strike that’s gotten international attention as part of a larger labor movement in America. So where are we with things? How is this all impacting – or will impact as it goes on – the Detroit region? What about electric vehicles? Where do we stand? Just how important are the automakers and workers to the local economy, and suppliers, too? There are a lot of questions and to shine some he...

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Inside the Detroit Auto Show // Electric Vehicle adoption slows // Reveals + refreshes

The Detroit Auto Show is on at Huntington Place in downtown Detroit. What can you expect to see? Eric Trytko joins us as he was at media days and checked it all out. We also get into some reveals and refreshes like the Ford F-150, as well as the slowing adoption of electric vehicles. Why is it happening, and what changes may be coming? Thanks to today’s sponsor – Your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. https://www.edwardjones.com/us-en/financial-advisor/jerry-mangona Feedback as...

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New EV charging corridor, License plate readers, plus 6 stories around Detroit

00:22 - A freighter has run aground at Belle Isle as we recorded this 02:33 - A new electric vehicle charging corridor is going in from Quebec to Kalmazoo 14:45 - Speaking of Quebec, they have a new kind of traffic light that changes color depening on if you're following the speed limit 18:15 Detroit wants to roll out 100 more license plate readers 24:51 What could be done to fix up Comerica Park? The bones are good but we discuss some ideas and would love to hear yours 32:49 Events around...

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VinFast, Vietnam and the future of electric vehicles (ft. Eric Trytko)

Today's feature conversation is with Eric Trytko, who traveled to Vietnam to learn more about emergent electric car maker VinFast. We take the opportunity to talk more about the wider space and if Eric thinks automakers are going to hit their targets of selling only electric vehicles. Here's Eric's piece on Fuse: https://fuseautotech.com/blog/speed-scale-intent Then, I share three quick stories you should know around Detroit today. You can become a monthly member on Patreon: https://www.patr...