May 23rd, The Detroit Economic Club and Detroit PBS presented a discussion with the highest-ranking woman in the auto industry about the EV revolution, its challenges and opportunities, and GM’s progress as new technologies shift into high gear.
Michigan Business Network
May 31, 2024 7:00 AM
May 23rd, The Detroit Economic Club and Detroit PBS presented a discussion with the highest-ranking woman in the auto industry about the EV revolution, its challenges and opportunities, and GM’s progress as new technologies shift into high gear.
Michigan Business Network
May 29, 2024 8:00 AM
Seven people are killed each day during the summer in crashes involving a teen driver
DEARBORN, Mich., (May 29, 2024) — Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer and a period known as the “100 Deadliest Days for Teen Drivers,” which runs through Labor Day weekend. This is a time when there is an increase in the number of fatal crashes involving teen drivers.
Michigan Business Network
May 27, 2024 4:00 PM
The Auto Club Group Urges Motorists to Get a Vehicle Inspection Before their Road Trip
DEARBORN, Mich., (May 16, 2024) — Nearly 1.3 million Michigan residents are forecast to take a road trip for Memorial Day. Unfortunately, many of them will experience car trouble. Nationwide, AAA expects to rescue more than 378,000 stranded motorists, during the holiday weekend – an increase of 5% from last year. The three most common reasons drivers call AAA are for flat tires, dead batteries, and lockouts.
Michigan Business Network
May 27, 2024 8:00 AM
Michiganders can call (855) 2-TOW-2-GO for a safe ride
DEARBORN, Mich., (May 23, 2024) — As AAA prepares to rescue more than 378,000 drivers nationwide with car trouble during the Memorial Day weekend, it will also work to keep impaired drivers off the road. The Auto Club Group is activating its Tow to Go program in Michigan and other select states (see below), offering a confidential safe ride for would-be impaired drivers and their vehicles.
Michigan Business Network
May 24, 2024 4:00 PM
In a Letter, the Senators Share Concerns that F1’s Decision May Violate U.S. Antitrust Laws
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) joined a bipartisan group of Senators in urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address the exclusion of Andretti Formula Racing, LLC (Team Andretti-Cadillac), an American racing team working in partnership with General Motors, from the Formula One (F1) Championship series.
Michigan Business Network
May 24, 2024 12:00 PM
Michiganders can call (855) 2-TOW-2-GO for a safe ride
DEARBORN, Mich., (May 23, 2024) — As AAA prepares to rescue more than 378,000 drivers nationwide with car trouble during the Memorial Day weekend, it will also work to keep impaired drivers off the road. The Auto Club Group is activating its Tow to Go program in Michigan and other select states (see below), offering a confidential safe ride for would-be impaired drivers and their vehicles.
Michigan Business Network
May 24, 2024 11:00 AM
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan homeowners will likely see an increase in their property tax bill in 2025, according to new analysis from economic consulting firm Anderson Economic Group, LLC. AEG estimates that the taxable value of homes will increase 3.3% in 2025, which is down from back-to-back increases of 5% in 2024 and 2023, and in-line with an increase of 3.3% in 2022.
Michigan Business Network
May 24, 2024 9:00 AM
The Auto Club Group Urges Motorists to Get a Vehicle Inspection Before their Road Trip
DEARBORN, Mich., (May 16, 2024) — Nearly 1.3 million Michigan residents are forecast to take a road trip for Memorial Day. Unfortunately, many of them will experience car trouble. Nationwide, AAA expects to rescue more than 378,000 stranded motorists, during the holiday weekend – an increase of 5% from last year. The three most common reasons drivers call AAA are for flat tires, dead batteries, and lockouts.
Michigan Business Network
May 24, 2024 7:00 AM
AAA: Nearly 1.3 million Michigan Residents Expected to Travel for the Unofficial Start of Summer
Second highest Memorial Day holiday travel forecast since AAA began tracking in 2000
DEARBORN, Mich., (May 13, 2024) — Michigan residents are forecast to travel in numbers that exceed pre-pandemic levels for this year’s Memorial Day weekend. AAA forecasts nearly 1.3 million Michiganders will travel 50 miles or more.
Michigan Business Network
May 23, 2024 7:00 AM
(FLINT, Mich. – May 2024) – The Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance and General Motors (GM) celebrated National Small Business Day by awarding 24 small businesses in Flint a total of $205,000 through the Moving Flint Forward Small Business Grant Program. This fifth round of grants brings the automaker’s total financial support of the initiative –which supports revitalization efforts across the city’s neighborhoods by strengthening local businesses – to nearly $1.2 million.