What’s “Hot” at NAIAS: Thermal Cameras That Could Prevent Crashes [PHOTOS + REPORT]
Patrick Batcheller Automakers could mass-produce and sell autonomous vehicles someday, but they have to answer one key question before consumers...
Detroit’s Last January NAIAS Is Underway
The North American International Auto Show opens to the public at Detroit’s Cobo Center Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of attendees...
Are Auto Companies Doing Enough to Make New Vehicles Affordable for Millennials?
Jake Neher/WDET Click the audio player above to hear the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays 12 p.m. to 2 p.m....
Electric Cars and Trucks At Crossroads as Auto Show Kicks Off
Jennifer Pruss/WDET The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is back, and that means the future of the auto companies...
Is Our Obsession With Cars ‘Insane?’ How Are Those Behaviors Changing?
Remi Jouan The North American Auto Show (NAIAS) kicks off this week as it opens its doors to journalists, industry...
New Technologies Will Be in Spotlight at Auto Show
Jake Neher/WDET Every year, CES (formerly known as the Consumer Electronic Show) gives us a glimpse of what to expect at the...
Looking Back at 1982 Poletown Documentary
WDET/Laura Herberg Thousands of journalists from around the world will be in Detroit next week for the North American International...
Why Is the Motor City Encouraging E-Scooters?
Eli Newman / WDET A version of this story originally aired on Marketplace. For a city that built its name...
‘World’s Smartest Intersection’ in Detroit: Like Adding a Smartphone on Traffic Lights
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Imagine a traffic light that stays yellow long enough for cyclists or pedestrians to get across, no matter...
GM, Gilbert, A Train Station, And The Year In Detroit Business
Laura Weber-Davis, WDET General Motors announced last week it plans to lay off thousands of people and shut down several...
Ford Announces Reduction of Shifts, Without Eliminating Jobs
Pat Batcheller Ford Motor Company announced it will rebalance production at some US plants. Just days after General Motors announced...
GM Decision on Poletown Plant Dredges Up Painful History in Hamtramck, Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET Thirty-eight years ago, the cities of Hamtramck and Detroit helped demolish a neighborhood to make way for the...