LANSING - A bill introduced Wednesday by Rep. Aaron Miller would allow Tesla Motors to sell its electric vehicles in the state, although the car company doesn't use the standard dealership model. HB 5312 would strike the state's prohibition on direct sales from a manufacturer. The bill also provides a geographical protection so a Tesla
ANN ARBOR - Despite cheaper gas prices, fewer people bought gas guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks, driving gas mileage higher in January for new vehicles sold in the United States for the first time in eight months, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new
DETROIT - Detroit Comcast residential and business customers will be able to tap into the Internet with ultra-high speed gigabit service in the second half of this year, Comcast announced Tuesday. Detroit (the city of not the entire metropolitan area) will join Chicago and Miami in late summer or fall. Atlanta and Nashville will get
LANSING - Does it seem like everyone you know is selling insurance these days. You could be right. A new report published Monday contends the insurance industry as a whole provides an annual $37.1 billion in spending, 114,000 jobs and $6.3 billion in earnings throughout Michigan. Multiple large insurance providers are headquartered in Michigan, and
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has unveiled a new website that will allow visitors to access Merit’s service offerings, as well as videos, webinar recordings and improved event registration. "Merit's website redevelopment is part of a larger strategy to enhance and modernize communications for our community,” said Merit President and CEO Joe Sawasky. “Later in
HOUGHTON - Three Michigan universities have been accepted to a two-year program to develop aggressive and measurable goals to increase the number of women filling the more than 16,000 job openings in computing. Those jobs are commonly referred to as STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. Michigan Technological University, Michigan State University and
SOUTHFIELD - Jan. 29 is the application deadline for the third $100,000 E-Challenge for Energy Efficiency, to showcase innovative energy efficiency technology in advanced control systems. The challenge is sponsored by DTE Energy, and in partnership with The Engineering Society of Detroit. It encourages demonstration projects that integrate energy efficiency solutions through collaborations, bring under-utilized
LANSING - A report issued Tuesday says the Michigan University Research Corridor - an alliance of Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University - contributed $17.5 billion to Michigan’s economy in 2014, up from $16.8 billion the previous year and $12.9 billion in 2007, the first year the report was published.
DETROIT - Comedy Central has selected Detroit as the backdrop for its upcoming series, Detroiters, a comedy series that follows the travails of two small-time advertising men who produce low-budget, off-beat commercials with an eye toward a bigger dream. Filming is scheduled to begin this summer with pre-production as early as April. The series, which
LANSING - The unemployment rate in the state has dropped, but a larger proportion of those working are under-employed, the Corporation for Enterprise Development said in its 2016 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard. The group ranked Michigan 28 among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., down from 25 in 2015. Among the key findings, some 12
