Jun 8, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Detroit, Featured
General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra had a message on Friday for investors and rivals who see no profitable future in autonomous vehicles: You’re wrong. Barra told attendees at a Sanford Bernstein conference that she sees a “giant growth...
May 4, 2023 | Detroit, Mobility
Inside the refreshed shell of an 87-year-old building in Detroit that’s been wracked by fire, tragedy, and more than 30 years of abandonment, a new multi-armed venture is trying to shape the future of mobility. The building is the new home of Newlab, a technology...
May 4, 2023 | Business, Detroit, US Economy
Ford CEO Jim Farley said on Wednesday that price cuts in the electric vehicle market were “a worrying trend” after the U.S. automaker dropped prices for its Mustang Mach-E in response to a series of reductions by rival Tesla. Ford on Tuesday announced a...
Apr 27, 2023 | Detroit, Featured, Michigan, Mobility
Newlab at Michigan Central is a building for startups who have a focus on working toward a future of mobility. Newlab, in the rehabbed Book Depository building in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, has more than 25 companies, Ford said Tuesday in a news release,...
Apr 6, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Safety
Government regulators have been increasingly scrutinizing claims about the tech’s capabilities while companies have shifted to focus on developing and improving advanced driver-assist systems. Ford is one of these companies, recently withdrawing a petition to federal...
Mar 2, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
Ford is trying to patent technology that would allow cars to repossess themselves. As first spotted by The Drive, a Ford patent application titled “Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark...
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