MICHauto News

• Michigan OKs electricity rate cut to attract automotive battery factories

  Bridge Michigan  Dec. 22, 2021 Paula Gardner Michigan’s two largest utility companies now can offer large-scale industrial customers lower rates, a move that proponents say will boost the state’s chances to attract billions of dollars in advanced manufacturing investments. Members of …

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• Historic Economic Development Package Passed with MICHauto and Chamber Advocacy

  In a late-night session on Tuesday, Dec. 14, the Michigan House overwhelmingly passed bipartisan economic development legislation, to create significant new economic development tools for the state a day after the bill passed the House. This package of bills called …

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• Michigan Senate approves bills targeting ‘mega’ projects, auto jobs

  The Detroit News Dec. 9, 2021 Craig Mauger The Michigan Senate voted Thursday to set up a funding system through which the state could use government dollars to entice corporations launching major economic development projects. The Senate’s passage of the …

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• MICHauto and Chamber Advocacy Spurs Passage of Economic Development Package

  On Thursday, Dec. 9, the Michigan Senate overwhelmingly passed bipartisan economic development legislation 27-10, to create significant new economic development tools for the state a day after the bill passed the House. This package of bills called the Strategic Outreach …

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• Michigan’s Automotive Innovation Deserves Equally Innovative Policy

  By Glenn Stevens Jr. Michigan is uniquely positioned to lead the electrified mobility revolution, but it needs new economic development policies and that match the innovation occurring across the industry. Michigan voters get it. And they get it across party …

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• EV boom sparks new supply base in Michigan

  Crain’s Detroit Business Nov. 29, 2021 Kurt Nagl  The multi-billion-dollar commitments of automakers and their suppliers to an electric vehicle future has spurred a battery-powered gold rush in Southeast Michigan. Vehicles with a battery core as opposed to an internal …

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• MICHauto Investors Among CADIA 2021 Impact Award Winners

  On Friday, Nov. 12, the Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion, and Advancement (CADIA) announced winners of their annual Impact Awards. The CADIA Impact Awards recognize excellence in and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the automotive industry. This year, CADIA received more than 70 nominations for awards in four categories: Leadership Commitment, Systemic Change, Creating Inclusive Cultures, and Champion for Diverse Talent. Winners and runner ups of this year’s awards included several MICHauto investor companies, including American Axle and Manufacturing Inc., BrogWarner, Brose, Stellantis, and Shape Corp.

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• Securing the Future of Automotive Tech: New Talent Attraction and Retention

  On Nov. 18, Carolyn Sauer, senior director of MICHauto, took the stage during Automotive Tech Week to lead a conversation on Securing the Future of Automotive Tech. The panel discussion brought together experts from the automotive industry, state government, and education sector, to highlight the action that is needed to fill the automotive and mobility talent pipeline for sustainable growth and innovation.

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• President Biden Celebrates Michigan’s Global Automotive Leadership At GM’s Factory Zero

  President Joe Biden came to Michigan on Wednesday, Nov. 17, to help open GM’s retooled Factory Zero Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center. The President was joined by GM CEO Mary Barra, United Auto Workers President Ray Curry, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, members of Michigan’s Congressional delegation, MICHauto executive director Glenn Stevens Jr., and more at the event. It is GM’s second EV plant so far within its North American footprint and is central to the company’s plan to pivot from gas and diesel-powered vehicles to EVs. 

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• Ford sets COVID-19 vaccine mandate for ‘most’ salaried U.S. employees by Dec. 8

  Crain’s Detroit Business Nov. 3, 2021 Michael Martinez  Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it will require most of its salaried employees in the U.S. to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8, in line with the Biden administration’s deadline for …

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