U-M autonomous-driving research helped create an Ann Arbor AI company now potentially worth $1.4 billion. Michigan taxpayers helped fund its growth. The next test is how many Michigan jobs follow. ANN ARBOR — Michigan has spent millions of taxpayer dollars building an economic-development system designed to turn university research into startups, attract private investment and
Michigan bet billions of dollars and thousands of jobs on an electric-vehicle future. But consumers are increasingly choosing hybrids instead. Before buying your next vehicle, here's how EVs, hybrids and plug-in hybrids compare on price, charging, long-distance travel — and the Michigan winter penalty that can dramatically reduce battery range. DETROIT - Thinking about buying
DETROIT — Michigan has absorbed the highest estimated tariff burden per household in America — the equivalent of $5,619 per household since President Donald Trump returned to office — largely because the state's automotive and manufacturing economy sits directly in the path of the global trade war. Michigan businesses have been hit with an estimated
LANSING — Michigan lawmakers are moving to restrict children from riding electric bicycles on public roads, sidewalks and trails following a series of serious crashes involving young riders and increasingly powerful electric two-wheelers. Under Senate Bill 1156, children younger than 14 would be prohibited from operating an e-bike on a public road, sidewalk or trail
DETROIT — Canada's new retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products took effect Tuesday, putting Michigan jobs, small businesses, manufacturers, farmers and potentially grocery bills directly in the middle of an escalating trade war with the state's largest foreign customer. For Michigan workers, the most immediate concern is jobs. Michigan exports support an estimated 230,000 jobs, including
ANN ARBOR - Mich Auto’s Glenn Stevens Jr. says AI, robotics and advanced manufacturing could create a new generation of high-skilled jobs — but tariffs and slow-moving workforce development threaten Michigan’s competitive edge. Michigan has spent more than a century building the automotive industry. The next chapter may be less about building cars and more
As Washington and Ottawa impose tariffs on each other's products, China is moving in the opposite direction — building scale, driving down costs and aggressively pursuing the global customers Detroit needs. DETROIT — The United States and Canada are now engaged in an escalating trade war that threatens to make North America's deeply integrated automotive
Michigan could be hit “coming and going” as Canada prepares retaliatory tariffs and President Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Canadian vehicles and auto parts. DETROIT — President Donald Trump says tariffs on Canada will protect American manufacturing and encourage companies to move production and jobs to the United States. But an escalating U.S.-Canada trade war
GM is slowing parts of its electric-vehicle transition while protecting profitable gasoline vehicles and preserving enough EV capacity to respond if the market changes. But that strategy creates another risk: Could Detroit lose technological ground to China while Michigan auto workers wait to see where the next generation of jobs will be created? DETROIT —
Wood Mackenzie Says Oil Shocks Could Accelerate Global EV Adoption As Detroit Confronts A Very Different American Transition MICHIGAN'S NEXT ECONOMY DETROIT — Michigan has roughly $28 billion in announced electric vehicle and battery investments riding on the future of transportation. Right now, American consumers aren't following the script. Battery-electric vehicles accounted for only about
