Auto Show Roars Into Detroit
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It will be a no-show for Nancy Pelosi. The former House Speaker and top Democrat in the U.S. House has decided to cancel her scheduled trip to the North American International Auto Show, after Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot Saturday in an attack in Tucson that killed six and wounded 13.
MDOT will not be closing two lanes Monday morning on east and westbound 8 Mile Road after all.
Indictment alleges corruption, bribery, fraud.
Ford using the North American International Auto Show to debut two very different hybrids based on one vehicle. They will have hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of their new C-MAX, a small utility vehicle.
Chevrolet using the North American International Auto Show as a platform to debut its new sub-compact, the Sonic. Later this year, the made-in-America Sonic will replace the made-in-South Korea Chevrolet Aveo.
My last two company visits at CES Friday were a terrific way to end a terrific event. Jonathon Stein, marketing manager at Rochester Hills-based foneGear, showed me the company's transformation to a new brand name, Fuse. And the folks at Vanguard showed me their latest and greatest in tripods, camera cases -- and their new lines of optics.
Grooveshark, the world's most comprehensive on-demand music service, and Livio Radio, developers of Internet radio devices and accessories, have joined forces.
Auburn Hills-based United Solar, a subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices (Nasdaq: ENER), announced that its Uni-Solar thin, flexible photovoltaic panels have been installed on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas cruise ship.
A new business that brings power to electric vehicles has opened in Macomb County. Clinton Township-based Park-n-Plug installs EV charging stations at commercial developments, parking structures, industrial sites, office complexes, healthcare facilities and more.
For the second consecutive year, ArvinMeritor has entered into a heavy-duty truck design partnership program with one of the nation's leading art-design universities, College for Creative Studies in Detroit.