article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

Detroit daily hypes then tempers ‘EVs cost more than gas cars’ report

Electrek

The Detroit Free Press just may have been looking to stir the pot a bit over the weekend with its article on a study’s contrarian finding that driving an electric vehicle (EV) costs more than a standard gas-burning car. What the paper apparently got was a Wagnerian choir of “WTF?”

Detroit 120
article thumbnail

City of Detroit unveils its first 100% EV fleet

Teslarati

The City of Detroit has unveiled its first fleet to be comprised of only electric vehicles. Municipal fleets throughout the United States are electrifying to reduce costs and their carbon footprints. And one such City that has taken this task head-on is America’s Motor City, Detroit.

Detroit 98
article thumbnail

Risque Detroit Businesses Give Discounts to Striking UAW Members

The Truth About Cars

Two Detroit-area businesses are looking to help stressed-out, cash-strapped UAW workers with unique discounts for recreational marijuana and visits to the gentleman’s club. While we don’t know how much recreational weed costs at those locations in Michigan, the deal could add up to a healthy sum for the right customer.

Detroit 97
article thumbnail

Union Bargaining Begins in Detroit

The Truth About Cars

For most people living in North America, wages haven’t kept pace with the cost of living and inflationary pressures are exacerbating the issue. workers than GM or Stellantis places it at a $1 billion annual cost disadvantage. Compared to foreign automakers that have nonunion workers, Ford has a roughly $9-an-hour labor cost gap.

Detroit 96
article thumbnail

Report: Automakers see efficiency rules costing billions in fines

Green Car Reports

Lobbyists for the Detroit Three automakers claim a proposal for stricter federal fuel economy standards would set the automakers up for billions of dollars in fines, according to a Reuters report. The report is based on a letter from the American Automotive Policy Council, representing General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis, to the U.S.

article thumbnail

Motiv Power Systems secures $60M to scale EPIC all-electric chassis, establish Detroit operations

Green Car Congress

These funds will support the overall growth of Motiv, including opening a new engineering and manufacturing facility in Detroit, Michigan, as well as facilitate further growth in the large-fleet customer segment. The Series B round of investment was led by investors GMAG Holdings Corp. and Winnebago.

Detroit 170