The Truth About Cars

MARCH 26, 2025

A veteran reporter and public relations operative, Garsten worked for CNN, The Associated Press, The Detroit News , Chrysler's PR department and Franco Public Relations. TTAC Creator Ed Garsten hosts " Tales from the Beat ," a podcast about the automotive and media worlds. He is currently a senior contributor for Forbes.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 24, 2025

Racing teams were sponsored by the likes of Packard, Peugeot, Delage, Hudson, Mercedes, Detroit Motors, and Frontenac Motors. The teams from Indianapolis made their way to the podunk Sharonville track, assuredly quite a journey from most places in the age before highways. There were 36 total teams at the track.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2025

Colias has observed the transformation, and the recent detour back to plug-in hybrids, from a front-row seat in Detroit. Since then, the hard pivot to electric vehicles has sidelined engine design and upended a century of internal order at these companies.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 12, 2025

The “Detroit of the ASEAN” is now ahead of the EV race and is creating a wave of catch-uppers As I was reading the white paper (yes, printed on paper) “Thailand’s EV Powerhouse: Leading the Charge in EV Revolution in a Challenging SEA Automotive Market,” the simple conclusion was, if.

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Plug in America

APRIL 21, 2025

The churches and nonprofits, mainly located in Detroit, MI, receive training and marketing materials through the program. The program now has about 40 sites (each with multiple charging ports, for a rough estimate of at least 80 chargers) online. Dunamis Charge also partnered with ChargerHelp for charger maintenance.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2025

Eric Mayne was the consummate auto scribe, writing for Wards , The Detroit News , the Windsor Star then he jumped ship and became a respected PR guy at whats now known as Stellantis. TTAC Creator Ed Garsten hosts " Tales from the Beat ," a podcast about the automotive and media worlds. He is currently a senior contributor for Forbes.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2025

While Russia would likely welcome them in, the American public is generally more in favor of Ukraine than Russia, and if the Detroit Three reenter the Russian market, it could lead to consumer backlash at home. As for the Americans, they left long before Vladimir Putin engineered an invasion of his neighbor.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 12, 2025

Most Detroit (and, presumably, Yantai-Detroit ) vehicles need to reach 10-15 years of age before they end up in a place like this, unless they get crashed and/or burned (exceptions to this are spectacularly depreciating machines, e.g., Giulietta -based Mopars ).

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 10, 2025

Would you believe that we haven't seen a genuine Detroit machine in this series since 2024 ? Sure, we got a low-production accessible taxi and a Chevrolet-badged Daewoo built in India back in January, but their connections to the Motor City were tenuous at best.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 16, 2025

A veteran reporter and public relations operative, Garsten worked for CNN, The Associated Press, The Detroit News , Chrysler's PR department and Franco Public Relations. TTAC Creator Ed Garsten hosts " Tales from the Beat ," a podcast about the automotive and media worlds. He is currently a senior contributor for Forbes.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Knowing the extremes of the weather in the Anchorage area, he purchased a Rivian R1T electric pickup in 2024, before a cross-country road trip from Detroit, through Canada, to bring it back. This proved invaluable, providing access to privately owned chargers and fostering a supportive network.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Remember those wild and extravagant vehicle reveals at Detroits North American International Auto Show? A veteran reporter and public relations operative, Garsten worked for CNN, The Associated Press, The Detroit News, Chrysler's PR department and Franco Public Relations. He is currently a senior contributor for Forbes.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2025

A veteran reporter and public relations operative, Garsten worked for CNN, The Associated Press, The Detroit News , Chrysler's PR department and Franco Public Relations. TTAC Creator Ed Garsten hosts " Tales from the Beat ," a podcast about the automotive and media worlds. He is currently a senior contributor for Forbes.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 23, 2025

Heres the skinny: Stellantis wanted to recreate some of the magic it captured back in 2011 with that incredible Imported from Detroit ad aired during that years Superb Owl. Stellantis is apparently using the technology to help create a new ad and were not sure how to feel about it.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 9, 2025

I know plenty of these trucks racked up huge final mileage totals, but Detroit mostly stuck with five-digit odometers until ridiculously late in the game. I'm always looking for vehicles with notably large final odometer readings in car graveyards , and this search becomes frustrating with American pickups and vans.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 26, 2025

In the episode of “Drawing Conclusions” embedded below, Jason White, car designer and professor at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit points out the important elements of this Citroen’s styling, explaining why the car is such a design legend, not only a technical masterpiece.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

While a Ford spokesperson would not confirm the move, saying, We do not comment on speculation about future products, three suppliers told Crains Detroit Business about the decision. The Blue Oval recently told suppliers that it was delaying the next-generation F-150 until at least mid-2028, extending the current pickup for another year.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 16, 2025

Local media, specifically The Freep (Detroit Free Press) were among the first to report on the story. Confirming the news yesterday , it will instead assemble an array of light-duty pickup trucks and the Cadillac Escalade, said to be all part of a $4 billion push to meet demand for gasoline-powered vehicles in this country.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2025

Because I'm an older Generation X guy whose parents mostly drove Detroit cars during my childhood, this is the part of the story in which I'm supposed to get teary-eyed about Kingswood Estates and LTD Country Squires.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 5, 2025

A veteran reporter and public relations operative, Garsten worked for CNN, The Associated Press, The Detroit News , Chrysler's PR department and Franco Public Relations. TTAC Creator Ed Garsten hosts " Tales from the Beat ," a podcast about the automotive and media worlds. He is currently a senior contributor for Forbes.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 7, 2025

That last bit would address the biggest complaint from drivers and also put the event more in line with the IndyCar street races in cities like Detroit. Perhaps the course could change to keep Lake Shore Drive open to civilian traffic -- and perhaps more run-off room can be added.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 9, 2025

Brad Keselowski joked that he'd love to see a race in Detroit, since he's a Michigan native. Chicagoland was mentioned as a not-so-bad alternative, with the acknowledgement that the speedway is yet another intermediate-length oval. Larson told me that drivers would need to be conservative early before finding the limit.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2021

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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2020

General Motors announced its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be known as Factory ZERO, reconfigured to an all-electric vehicle assembly plant. billion investment in Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center for retooling and upgrades will position the facility to build EVs at scale. Out with the old, in with the new.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2020

billion at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. Detroit-Hamtramck will be GM’s first fully-dedicated electric vehicle assembly plant. Our electric pickup will be the first of multiple electric truck variants we will build at Detroit-Hamtramck over the next few years.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 11, 2025

A veteran reporter and public relations operative, Garsten worked for CNN , The Associated Press , The Detroit News , Chrysler's PR department and Franco Public Relations. TTAC Creator Ed Garsten hosts " Tales from the Beat ," a podcast about the automotive and media worlds. He is currently a senior contributor for Forbes.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2020

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will cancel its June 2020 show in Detroit in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping across the world and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s expected plans to repurpose TCF Center into a temporary field hospital. NAIAS will hold its next annual show in June 2021.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

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. The announcement took place in front of Michigan Central Station which Ford purchased in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The eCascadia is based on the Detroit ePowertrain, comprising Detroit eAxles—integrating electric motor, transmission and electronics—and batteries. Schneider’s first Freightliner eCascadia, manufactured by Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), is set to roll off the assembly line at the Portland, Oregon, DTNA plant.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

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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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Nissan is in talks with Detroit-based startup Hercules Electric Vehicles to develop an electric pickup truck, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ford Motor Company, Bedrock and Bosch are launching a demonstration project with connected Ford Escape test vehicles that can drive and park themselves inside Bedrock’s Assembly Garage in Detroit using Bosch smart infrastructure.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 19, 2024

A free, autonomous, fully electric shuttle service launched on August 13th in Detroit. The State of Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification, the City of Detroit, Bedrock, Michigan Central, and Perrone Robotics worked together to create the shuttle system, which utilizes Ford E-Transit vans. Even though online there is.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Clair (battery enclosures) and is opening new facilities in Shelby Township (powertrain) and Detroit (seating). A new 110,000 square-foot brownfield seating facility in Detroit will supply seat frames and trim and foam assembly to a US-based automaker. The company is expanding its facility in St.

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InsideEVs

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

AT&T and Voltpost are joining forces to boost curbside EV charging in Michigan and the Metro-Detroit area.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Detroit Diesel is putting the finishing touches on a new purpose-built electric powertrain for Class 8 tractors. The post Detroit Diesel Gets $285 Million Investment To Boost Electric Powertrains appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

The GMC HUMMER EV will be revealed on 20 May 2020 and built in Michigan at General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. billion investment in Detroit-Hamtramck to make it the company’s first fully-dedicated EV assembly plant. General Motors recently announced a $2.2-billion Earlier post.).

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