MICHauto News

• Grow Detroit’s Young Talent App Showcase

  Grow Detroit’s Young Talent (GDYT), a citywide summer program led by the city of Detroit that trains and employs young adults who are residents of the city, in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan, offered a unique opportunity to 30 participants to learn app design and coding. A team of Apple employees guided the young participants throughout the program as they learned how to build an app prototype that solved a local community challenge in the areas of hip hop, sustainable fashion, and mobility.

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• Staff Announcement: New Let’s Detroit Engagement Manager

  Please join our team in congratulating Jenny Orletski-Dehne on her promotion to Let’s Detroit Engagement Manager. Jenny’s new role and the integration of Let’s Detroit with MICHauto offer exciting opportunities to attract, retain, and grow talent across our state. An extension of our talent work and sponsored by cross-industry corporations, Let’s Detroit provides young talent with the resources to learn about living, playing, and working in the Detroit region through ambassadors who share their real and unique insights and perspectives. Through the Let’s Detroit platform, college students and young professionals are able to connect with ambassadors to grow their professional networks, explore careers in leading industries, and search for jobs posted by Let’s Detroit sponsors.

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• MICHauto Town Hall: The Push to End Distracted Driving in Michigan

  On Aug. 25, MICHauto hosted Town Hall: The Push to End Distracted Driving in Michigan. Participants were called to action by Steven Kiefer, chairman of the Kiefer Foundation, Rep. Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham), and Jennifer Smith, chief executive officer and co-founder of StopDistractions.org to push the passage of hands-free legislation – House Bills 4277, 4278, and 4279 to protect Michigan drivers. The conversation was moderated by Glenn Stevens Jr., executive director of MICHauto.

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• GM requires U.S. salaried employees to disclose vaccination status

  Crain’s Detroit Business Aug. 26, 2021 Hannah Lutz General Motors Co. has required all salaried employees in the U.S. to disclose their coronavirus vaccination status to help guide its safety protocols, the automaker confirmed Thursday. “The reporting of our employees’ …

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• Oak Park’s Bollinger expands commercial lineup with Class 4, 5 EVs

  The Detroit News  Aug. 25, 2021 Breana Noble  Bollinger Motors Inc. said Wednesday it will sell Class 4 and Class 5 electric commercial trucks in addition to the Class 3 vehicles it unveiled last year in a move the Oak …

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• MICHauto’s Carolyn Sauer Joins Tech Talks: Automotive Trends Presented by HELLA

  Carolyn Sauer, senior director of MICHAuto, joined the TechTalks: Automotive Trends Presented by HELLA podcast to share insights on what moves are being made for sustainable change in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through MICHauto’s unique role as Michigan’s only automotive …

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• Opinion: Lawmakers must fight distracted driving that killed my son

  In an opinion piece for The Detroit News, Steven Kiefer, founder of the Kiefer Foundation, tells the story of losing his son, Mitchel Kiefer, who was tragically killed in a distracted driving accident in 2016. Kiefer shares what his foundation is doing to implore lawmakers to pass legislation to stop distracted driving.

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• Rising Michigan COVID-19 cases bust return-to-work plans for businesses

  8/11/21 Detroit Free Press By Adrienne Roberts Many Michigan employers had their eyes set on fall for when business would return to some semblance of normal. State mask requirements were lifted in June, vaccines are widely available and enhanced unemployment benefits are set to expire in …

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• In Case You Missed It: MICHauto by the Bay

  After a one-year hiatus, MICHauto by the Bay returned to the Hotel Indigo rooftop in Traverse City on Aug. 3 for a memorable evening. Held during the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars, over 100 people attended the networking event that served to promote MICHauto’s industry branding campaign, Discover Auto: You Drive the Future.  

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• Michigan #1 State for Automotive Manufacturing According to Business Facilities

  For the second consecutive year, Michigan holds the #1 ranking Automotive Manufacturing Strength according to the Business Facilities’ 17th annual Rankings Report for 2021. Over the past three years, Michigan created 11,000 new auto and mobility jobs. Additionally, the first …

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