Category Archives: Cars, Trucks & Other Vehicles

Auto industry, unions talk climate change with Congress

March 15, 2007 – 7:46 am

howling jed, my 'baby' by oldbrushes
The AP article Auto industry leaders discuss climate change with Congress reports that the leaders of General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler and the United Auto Workers union appeared yesterday before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee seeking means of dealing with carbor emissions. The thrust of their testimony was an [...]

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Iceboat vs. Chevy on Lake St. Clair

March 13, 2007 – 9:17 am

The news today is kind of heavy, so how about an iceboat racing a Chevy on frozen Lake St. Clair off Mt. Clemens in the 1930 equivalent of viral video?

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Michigan Electric Cars, Revisited

March 5, 2007 – 11:07 am

Chevy Volt Concept by GM Blogs
Here's a couple of nice articles that follow up on some past features on Absolute Michigan. The first, Getting a Jolt from Volt on the GM Fastlane Blog revisits the Chevy Volt (Detroit Auto Show: Chevy Volt an early darling). GM Chairman Bob Lutz writes:
...some cynics accused us of pulling [...]

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The New Ford Simplexity at the Chicago Auto Show

February 8, 2007 – 8:45 am

Sync by pinksage
Paddock Talk (a NASCAR racing site) has a transcript of the remarks of Ford President of the Americas Mark Fields at the Chicago Auto Show. He talks about "simplexity" - the state that exists when something is both simple and complex at the same time - and how it relates to the business [...]

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Grand Rapids Auto Show Multimedia

February 2, 2007 – 10:30 am

Absolute Michigan has produced a multimedia feature from the 2007 Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids.
It features the photography of C.A. Carrigan and we're pretty darned happy with how it came out. Please drop us a line or a comment telling us what you think of it!
You can find much more auto show goodness [...]

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Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

January 25, 2007 – 9:16 pm

Hey there, we thought it might be nice to have a place where folks could say "hello" and tell everyone a little bit about their Michigan business, nonprofit, community organization, or other web site or blog (sorry, only Michigan, and please keep the posts brief). Feel free to add a comment below and definitely include [...]

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Electric news from Tesla Motors

January 19, 2007 – 10:58 am

Tesla Roadster by lucianotourn
Grow Detroit has a post (What? Never heard of Tesla Motors? You will...) on Tesla Motors that piqued our interest in this company that has pledged to build a new manufacturing plant for their electric-powered Tesla Roadster in Michigan. In a Michigan Economic Development Corporation news release Tuesday, Tesla Motors [...]

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9th Annual Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids

January 16, 2007 – 9:51 am

Cadi by JoeJoeSmoe
Thought you'd seen it all with the North American International Auto Show in Detroit? Not quite! There's still the 9th Annual Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids! Buy your tickets online before you head over.
Head over to DeVos Place Thursday, February 1st - Sunday, February 4th, 2007 to check out the latest [...]

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Michigan Automotive History: Olds Motor Vehicle Company

January 15, 2007 – 11:57 am

In association with our coverage of the North American International Auto Show (aka Detroit Auto Show) and the upcoming Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids, we will be posting a series of short features on Michigan's rich auto heritage. It's usually best to start somewhere near the beginning, and that would be at Ransom [...]

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Detroit Auto Show: The Big Three's green machines

January 11, 2007 – 10:30 am

Chevy Volt by webcompanion
part of Detroit Auto Show Cars set
A reader comment prompted us to search for how the GM proposes to recycle the batteries from the Volt and other E-Flex vehicles. We never really found the answer but what we did find was pretty cool.
The Technology behind the Volt
Green Car Congress has probably the [...]

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