ANN ARBOR—The U.S. auto industry, like the economy at large, couldn’t escape the crosshairs of the COVID-19 global pandemic. But that’s not the only hurdle the industry has to overcome: New data indicate an ongoing, industrywide customer satisfaction decline. Overall customer satisfaction with automobiles and light vehicles slid 1.3 percent to a score of 78
OAK PARK—Bollinger Motors has announced a move of its headquarters to a larger building in Oak Park to accommodate the rapid company-wide personnel expansion as it ramps up toward production. “It couldn’t have come at a better time,” said founder and CEO Robert Bollinger. “We were bursting at the seams with new engineers, putting desks
ANN ARBOR - A survey conducted in August by Dykema, MICHAuto and the Right Place (Grand Rapids) shows virtually all auto respondents expect revenue declines next year, have a negative outlook for 2021 and foresee decreases in supply chain orders. The survey canvassed automotive executives, professionals and service providers to gauge their perspectives on the
ANN ARBOR - The State of Michigan's Chief Mobility Officer Trevor Pawl explains how a 24-month study will be used to build a 40-mile stretch of sensor-laded corridor from Ann Arbor to Corktown in Detroit to test autonomous and connected vehicle technology. The state has partnered with Alphabet, the parent company of Google and Waymo.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A collision avoidance system, or pre-crash alert generated by a vehicle, can often be found as an optional safety feature in today’s vehicles to help reduce possible accidents and save lives. However, these systems are not always tested in a real-world environment prior to the vehicle being owned and operated. A team
LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund Board approved a $700,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant to support an $11.8 million expansion at Ann Arbor-based May Mobility Inc. that the Michigan Economic Development Corp. predicted will create 100 engineering and technology jobs. May Mobility, founded in 2017, is deploying autonomous shuttles to help people get where they need
LANSING - Drivers of electric vehicles will have more locations to recharge their vehicle’s batteries as they travel across Michigan through $1.7 million in grants announced today by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy for direct current fast chargers along well-traveled routes, which will make it more convenient for drivers to reach
DETROIT - Autopilot, ProPilot, CoPilot: Automakers have many names for new systems that allow for hands-free driving, but no safety or performance standards to follow as they roll out the most significant changes to vehicle technology in a generation. Spurred by Tesla Inc's success and eager to start profiting from billions spent on autonomous driving
NOVI - Rivian is well underway to releasing its first products: the R1T pickup and the R1S SUV. As the two vehicles inch closer to production, the automaker's dynamics team has been hard at work making sure they can live up to the expectations of a world-class off-roader. Rivian has released a trio of short videos showing
DEARBORN—Ford Motor Co. and Sirius XM announced that SiriusXM with 360L, SiriusXM’s newest and most advanced audio entertainment platform, will make its Ford debut in the 2021 F-150. SiriusXM with 360L is planned to be available on all future Ford models with its next generation Sync 4 communications and entertainment system. The news was first
