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Hagerty Canceling Detroit Concours d'Elegance for 2024

The Truth About Cars

The annual Detroit Concours d'Elegance is being canceled this year so Hagerty can reassess the event. While the company has stated that it remains committed to the Concours, the messaging was mixed enough to leave doubts about whether there will actually be another one. Thanks for riding with us. John's in Plymouth in 2011.

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Detroit Smart Parking Lab opens in September for real-world automated and EV charging testing

Green Car Congress

The State of Michigan is teaming up with Ford, Bedrock and Bosch to launch the nation’s first-of-its-kind, real-world test site for emerging parking technology, called the Detroit Smart Parking Lab. Led by Enterprise, the collaboration also aims to test more seamless and efficient rental car returns.

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General Motors to Move from Long-Running Detroit HQ Into a New Location Across Town

The Truth About Cars

General Motors recently announced a move from the Renaissance Center (RenCen), the building it purchased in 1996, to a new location at the Hudson’s Detroit building further north. The move is scheduled for 2025, but the decision could leave a significant part of the Detroit skyline empty. That’s a significant reduction from RenCen’s 2.3

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Volkswagen’s Scout brand to invest $11M in Detroit

Teslarati

plans to invest $11 million in Detroit. Scout aims to build a new Research and Development (R&D) Center in suburban Detroit, which is expected to create 200 jobs in the area. Jobs at Scout’s Detroit center are expected to pay an average salary of $3,714 per week plus benefits. Volkswagen’s Scout Motors Inc.

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Michigan, Cavnue to create corridor for connected and autonomous vehicles between Ann Arbor and Detroit

Green Car Congress

This public-private partnership will explore the opportunity and viability of this project working with state and local partners, stakeholders, and communities across the corridor from Detroit to Ann Arbor. This includes leading test tracks, universities, automotive companies, and key economic anchors.

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A Ride In A Century-Old Detroit Electric Car Warped My Mind

CleanTechnica EVs

Recently I had the exquisite pleasure of getting a ride in an original 1913 Detroit Electric car built by the Anderson Electric Car Company, and on several levels it was a surprising experience. The 1913 Detroit Electric First of all, the fact that this vehicle is 108 years old is impossible for me to compute. […].

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Detroit Diesel is going electric, in pivot to keep powering Freightliner

Green Car Reports

Detroit Diesel will manufacture electric powertrains for the upcoming Freightliner eCascadia semi truck and Freightliner eM2 medium-duty truck, according to a press release from Daimler Trucks, parent company.

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