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1500+ Episodes!

Hey everyone! We made it to 1,500 episodes of your Daily Detroit! For an all-local news podcast, this is a rare milestone. A huge thank you to our listeners, supporters, and sponsors over the years - as well as everyone who has ever helped behind the scenes. Norris Howard and Devon O'Reilly join Jer at the studio in TechTown. Here's what we get into: We reflect on 1,500 episodes, highlighting the show's impact and the variety of guests we've had over the years. We also get into the changes in t...

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WATCH: Electric Vehicle Maker Rivian Profiled In Our Detroit Public Television Debut

As we’ve been teasing on social media and our podcast, Daily Detroit is branching out to your teevee set. Last night, our first segment aired on the Detroit Public Television program One Detroit. It’s a visit to the Plymouth headquarters of electric vehicle upstart Rivian, which rocketed out of obscurity when it debuted its eye-catching, zero-emissions SUV and pickup truck at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. About 350 people work at the Plymouth location, which represents Rivian’s...

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In Metro Detroit We Build And Design New Cars, But We Can't Afford Them

Detroit is still in many ways the home of the American auto industry. But a new report out by Bankrate.com shows that Metro Detroit is second to last when it comes to being able to actually afford those cars, compared to our incomes. Metro Detroit ranked 24 out of 25 regions across the nation when it comes to being able to afford a new car, according to a new affordability survey. Bankrate used the “20/4/10” rule as their guide. They say you should aim to put down at least 20 percent of a ve...

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Detroit Lions Legend And Businessman Mel Farr Dies At 70

Mel Farr, NFL superstar and local businessman has died at his home at the age of 70. Farr was selected by the Detroit Lions as 7th pick in the first round of the 1967 draft and won rookie of the year honors in his first season. His impressive NFL career stretched 69 games, all with the Lions. During that time, he rushed for 3,072 yards and scored 26 touchdowns on the ground, and also caught 146 passes for 1,374 yards and 10 scores. After his NFL career came to an end in 1974, Farr partnere...

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BOOK SNEAK PEEK: The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In, "My Favorite Place On Earth"

If there’s something that’s almost inextricably tied to car culture, it’s the drive-in movie theatre. Detroit, being an epicenter of that, had some of the most amazing ones. Today, it’s the Ford-Wyoming in Dearborn that still stands. Having just finished this book by Karen Dybis (you may have seen her byline before with the Detroit News or DetroitUnspun), instead of going through some sort of in-depth review, we asked if she’d share a sample chapter of her creation “Ford Wyoming Drive-in: Cars...

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The Real Reason Tesla Didn’t Win In Michigan

This week Governor Rick Snyder signed into law House Bill 5606. It is legislation that has been commonly framed as a law to keep electric automaker Tesla and their direct-to-consumer model of selling cars out of the state. Some are wondering exactly why or how this law happened. Not only did it happen, House Bill 5606 sailed through the legislature (if you add both houses together) almost unanimously by a vote of 144 to 1. There was a last-minute legislative addition to tweak language, but I t...