Jul 23, 2020 | Business, Detroit
Ford Motor and Fiat Chrysler are hiring temp workers and General Motors is restructuring shifts at an assembly plant in Missouri as the auto industry battles to keep factories running amid high absenteeism rates. So many employees are...
Jul 23, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Car Sharing, Detroit
Self-driving car company Waymo LLC and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) are expanding their autonomous vehicle partnership to commercial vehicles, and Fiat Chrysler will develop fully self-driving vehicles exclusively with Waymo going forward, the companies said...
Jul 23, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
Two years ago, MIT launched the Task Force on the Work of the Future, an “institute-wide” effort to study the evolution of jobs during what the college characterizes as an “age of innovation.” The faculty and student research team of more than 20 members, as well as...
Jul 16, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Climate, Detroit, Electric Vehicles
CARS HAVE NOT been good for the environment, to put it lightly. Transportation accounts for 28 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions, and light-duty vehicles for more than half of those. Someday, self-driving cars will appear widely in the US....
Jul 16, 2020 | Detroit, Robots
Detroit has long been known as the Motor City. Maybe “Michigan: the Robot State” will catch on? Officials here are touting a rise in robotics as efforts continue with using advanced machines to keep people safe from the coronavirus … and transitioning to the...
Jul 9, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Government, Mobility
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer formalized the launch of an Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) last week to support transportation innovation efforts already underway in cities across the state. Chief Mobility Officer Trevor Pawl told Smart...
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