NEW YORK - Toyota is about to become the leader in US auto sales for the first time, taking away a title that General Motors has held for nearly a century. It's yet another sign that US automakers have lost their dominance in their home market. As recently as 2005, Toyota was No. 4 in
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Co. has added to its board of directors John May, CEO of Deere & Co., and analysts say that move illustrates the automaker's commitment to new technology in the cutthroat race toward electric and autonomous vehicle dominance. The fact that Deere just resolved a six-week UAW strike, its first in 35 years, is "icing on the cake,"
WASHINGTON DC - The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced its final rule for greenhouse gasses for light-duty vehicles, the most stringent to date. The standards, which will apply to model years 2023-2026, are projected to avert more than 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the majority of nationwide emissions in 2019, between
ALLENDALE —Jennifer Hall-Jones has been named Grand Valley State University’s first vice president for Student Affairs. Hall-Jones is currently the interim vice president for Student Affairs at Ohio University. Hall-Jones was chosen from a national pool of candidates and was one of the four candidates who visited campus for public interviews in November. GVSU President
OAK PARK—Bollinger Motors, an all-electric truck company, announced a strategic collaboration with EAVX to develop electric work trucks that integrate EAVX’s commercial work-truck bodies and accessories with Bollinger’s electric vehicle platforms. The terms of the collaboration will allow Bollinger and EAVX to design fully integrated electric vehicles for a wide variety of commercial applications, as
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Robofest robotics competition will return to in-person events for its 2022 competition season, leading up to the Robofest World Championships to be held on LTU’s Southfield campus May 12-14, 2022. Robofest kicked off its 23rd annual season Wednesday, Dec. 8 in a Zoom call with teachers, students, and volunteers from around the
NORTHVILLE – Cooper Standard, a global supplier of sealing and fluid handling systems and components, announced leadership changes at the company. William (Bill) Pumphrey, executive vice president and president, Global Automotive and Industrial and Specialty Group, is retiring at the end of the year; and John Li, vice president and managing director China, is leaving
BOULDER, CO – According to a FlexJobs survey, 97 percent of workers want some form of remote work post-pandemic, with 58 percent preferring to be full-time remote and 39 percent opting for a hybrid work environment. What is Remote-first? How to Become a Remote-first Business To provide insight into the broad interest in remote career
SOUTHFIELD—The New Economy Initiative has made a $150,000 grant to the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University to support new and existing small product manufacturers located in Wayne County by members of historically underrepresented groups. The grant will fund a “MicroMakers Evolution Lab” to serve companies led by women, people of color, veterans, people with
WASHINGTON - Partners in the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative announced an ambitious goal to expand support and funding for under-represented groups to pursue a degree in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field at historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs). After exceeding its inaugural goal of funding 150 scholars in 2021, the program will aim
