Detroit Evening Report, July 26, 2022: Federal regulators investigating 2014–2020 Jeep Cherokee over parking brake malfunction

Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know. Federal regulators have...

The proposed legislation to boost semiconductor manufacturing

A semiconductor manufacturing bill in Washington offers more than $50 billion in government incentives to bolster microchip production. With Republicans...

Ford opens its vaults with new digital archive

Ford Motor Company has launched a new website — digitizing all the historic information the automaker has been holding in...

Ford ramps up electric vehicle production with $3.7 billion investment in Michigan, Ohio and Missouri 

Ford Motor Company is investing $2 billion in electric vehicles in Michigan as part of a massive $3.7 billion expansion...

DDOT adds four electric buses to fleet

The City of Detroit has introduced four electric buses to its DDOT fleet. The buses, which are fully paid for...

New Detroit factory makes Stellantis parts, as automaker invests in Ontario

City and auto industry officials held an opening ceremony at a factory built on the former site of Kettering High...

Podcast explores a former Red Wings player and Michigan’s reformed no-fault insurance law

Michigan’s latest auto insurance law is about to decimate part of the care industry. According to recent reporting, agencies that...

New vehicle sales dip in first quarter

  Automakers have signaled in recent months that an end to the semiconductor shortage could be in sight. But despite...

Rep. Dingell talks Biden budget, elder care

President Joe Biden recently unveiled his $5.8 trillion budget proposal. It would increase taxes on billionaires, increase funding for police...

The good and bad of auto insurance changes

  Michigan drivers will soon get a refund on their auto insurance payments. As part of the weekly series MichMash,...

The promises — and limits — of electric vehicles

  Automakers in the United States are now betting on electric vehicles (EVs) as the future of the car market....

University of Michigan, Ford study examines potential greenhouse gas savings tied to EVs

  Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a study into the potential greenhouse gas...