Automotive
Automotive industry and related auto news like insurance and suppliers.
The merger brings together AAM's expertise in driveline systems with the global metal forming capabilities of Dowlais, creating a more diversified automotive supplier with a bigger geographic footprint. They expect cost savings through operational efficiencies and scale. [AAM Newsroom]
Driving the news: Electric vehicles require far fewer parts than combustion ones, and suppliers are adapting. Whatever happens in the U.S. with EVs, the auto industry is global and players are dealing with different sets of regulations and increased Chinese competition.
Norris Howard is in for a big show. We talk about everything from Detroit music, a prediction on automotive that Jer got right, and the continuing population losses in the region.
01:31 - Emenim
Where is Michigan (and America) at with electric vehicles and battery technology? Gabrielle Coppola, a journalist at Bloomberg, joins me for a conversation on the Daily Detroit podcast.
Coppola wrote a very interesting piece, “America’
Norris Howard is back from vacation and we just into talking about local stories around town.
01:39 – There’s talk of moving the Detroit Auto Show again, back to the winter months as recent
The first wireless electric charging road in the United States – where, with the right equipment, you can drive on it and charge while moving – has opened in Detroit’s Corktown.
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