Fiat Chrysler Announces $4.5 Billion Investment in Southeast Michigan Facilities
Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday announced a $4.5 billion investment plan it says wwill increase its workforce in Detroit and the...
Automakers Await Trump Tariff Decision
Jake Neher/WDET Automakers in Detroit and across the globe are waiting to see if President Trump follows through on a...
MichMash: Whitmer Joins Growing Trend of Governing By Hashtag
WDET Digital Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used part of her first State of the State speech this week to get people talking...
Unpaid Auto Loans Skyrocketing
Laitr Keiows/CC New data this week from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows roughly 7 million people in...
Automakers Fight Fear of Driverless Vehicles
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET General Motors is in the midst of restructuring its operations, including cutting jobs and halting production at some...
Henry Ford’s Antisemitism: New Article Explores Dark Side of Legacy
Jake Neher/WDET Henry Ford was an anti-Semite. And not in a passive way. He actively worked to marginalize and discriminate against Jews...
The Flying Car is Getting Closer [VIDEO]
It's 2019, and we still don't have a flying car. But a Detroit company is developing perhaps the closest thing...
Is it Time Detroit Stopped Being the ‘Motor City’?
Hear WDET's report by clicking on the audio player above. Ralph Nader, pedestrians on Woodward Avenue, Detroit City Councilmember Scott...
What’s “Hot” at NAIAS: Thermal Cameras That Could Prevent Crashes [PHOTOS + REPORT]
Patrick Batcheller Automakers could mass-produce and sell autonomous vehicles someday, but they have to answer one key question before consumers...
Detroit’s Last January NAIAS Is Underway
The North American International Auto Show opens to the public at Detroit’s Cobo Center Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of attendees...
Are Auto Companies Doing Enough to Make New Vehicles Affordable for Millennials?
Jake Neher/WDET Click the audio player above to hear the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays 12 p.m. to 2 p.m....
Electric Cars and Trucks At Crossroads as Auto Show Kicks Off
Jennifer Pruss/WDET The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is back, and that means the future of the auto companies...