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US auto workers target Detroit Three plants for historic strike

September 15, 2023

About 13,000 US auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay.

"It felt like Star Wars"; World’s first flying bike makes US debut

September 16, 2022

The future was on full display, soaring above the ground at the Detroit Auto Show Thursday, with the world's first flying bike making its United States debut.

Biden announces funds for EV charging stations in 35 states

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

President Joe Biden took a victory lap on Wednesday at the Detroit auto show, highlighting automakers' increasing shift to electric vehicles and billions of dollars in new investments in battery plants.

Detroit had more vote errors in 2016 when Trump won Michigan by a narrow margin. He didn't object then.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020

DETROIT - Republican Party leaders who are urging Michigan's state canvassing board to hold off certifying the Nov. 3 election results when it meets Monday have cited what they described as "significant problems and irregularities" in Wayne County, home of Detroit.

Detroit braces for year of slower sales by idling auto plants

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020

Fiat Chrysler is sending workers home at four factories. Ford has two operating on fewer shifts and two others no longer building discontinued products. And General Motors Co. may dial back output despite being just a couple months removed from enduring its longest strike in almost half a century.

Hot trades in sneaker futures

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018

Motor city has more than cars - Detroit is home to the world's first 'stock exchange' for running shoes