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Car Craftsman

By |2019-10-16T16:52:18-04:00October 16th, 2019|Automotive, Guides|

In his work as senior creative designer at General Motors Industrial Design, Christopher J. Webb draws on a childhood fascination for the engineering and elegance of automobiles.

Inside China Automotive Conference Nov. 19

By |2019-10-16T16:49:28-04:00October 16th, 2019|Automotive, Guides|

According to export.gov, China continues to "be the world’s largest vehicle market with the Chinese government expecting that automobile output will reach 30 million units by 2020 and 35 million by 2025." With that kind of projected growth, it's imperative that those involved in Michigan's automotive industry understand how that will impact not only China's industry but U.S. production.

Haunting at the Hackett Auto Museum

By |2019-10-16T16:43:25-04:00October 16th, 2019|Automotive, Guides|

It's undeniable that Michigan's main claim to fame is its century-old automotive industry. And with a variety of car models once produced across many of the state's cities, each holds its own unique car history. [...]

SheHive Workplace Building Workshop

By |2019-10-16T16:42:26-04:00October 16th, 2019|Automotive, Guides|

Creating a cooperative workplace is often a simple task but sometimes, for a variety of reasons, even well-meaning co-workers can get on each others' nerves — especially when in a manager-subordinate position. Ferndale's SheHive is an organization that works to connect women of all professions and is hosting a workshop series titled Like a Boss: Building Workplaces that Don't Suck from October to December on the first and third Thursday of each month. The event will focus on female managers in often male-dominated fields like the automotive industry and IT.

20th Anniversary Global Automotive Summit

By |2019-10-16T16:41:26-04:00October 16th, 2019|Automotive, Guides|

For the past 20 years the PUSH/CEF Automotive Summit has discussed diversity and inclusion in the automotive industry for people of color. Held at the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit on Thursday, Oct. 31, through Friday, Nov. 1, this year's theme is "Expanding the African-American Opportunity Pipeline."

Ford Employee Talks Transitioning in the Workplace

By |2018-10-18T10:28:12-04:00October 17th, 2018|Automotive, Guides|

Lynn Keiser’s transition from male to female in her job at Ford Motor Company could’ve been a nightmare. After grappling with gender confusion and its toll on her mental health for close to two decades, she was unsure what life as a trans woman in the professional workplace would resemble.

UM Dearborn Lecturer Earns Support from Ford Fund

By |2018-10-18T10:24:54-04:00October 17th, 2018|Automotive, Guides|

Dr. Truman Hudson is a lecturer of multiculturalism at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. Hudson, who won the 2018 Ford Fund Community Corps award, is currently conducting a class, EDA 515 – Communities and Schools: Building and Sustaining Partnerships, that will require students to work with LGBT Detroit and Ford GLOBE to co-design a leadership development supplementary educational curriculum. The effort is called the Blank Canvas Project.

Your Lamborghini, Or Mine?

By |2015-10-15T09:00:00-04:00October 15th, 2015|Automotive, Guides|

It wasn't too long ago that the right-wing American Family Association -- known for getting its membership to boycott groups, organizations and products -- targeted Ford Motor Company for running 2005 Land Rover and Jaguar [...]

Cars & Camaraderie

By |2015-10-15T09:00:00-04:00October 15th, 2015|Automotive, Guides|

By Emell Derra Adolphus Lambda Car Club member Troy Congdon comes from a family of General Motors workers. He joined the Car Club in 2009 and owns a 1967 classic Buick. The car, he says, [...]

Insider Scoop Into Ford GLOBE

By |2015-10-15T09:00:00-04:00October 15th, 2015|Automotive, Guides|

Ford Motor Company GLOBE board chairman Bill Peters and former chairman Greg Stone. Peters joined Ford Motor Company two and a half years ago and works as a senior IT project manager in the application [...]

A Driving Force

By |2014-10-16T09:00:00-04:00October 16th, 2014|Automotive, Guides|

By Christopher Treacy Travis Parman predicted the future. As the current director of Corporate Communications at Nissan, Parman oversees all sorts of relationships within the automotive industry. But it wasn't that long ago that he [...]

Adam Bernard: The Car Guy

By |2013-10-17T09:00:00-04:00October 17th, 2013|Automotive, Guides|

BTL photo: Andrew Potter When considering character in these socially progressive times, it'd be impolite to "judge a book by its cover." According to auto aficionado Adam Bernard - associate director of competitor intelligence [...]

Lambda: Cars & Camaraderie

By |2013-10-17T09:00:00-04:00October 17th, 2013|Automotive, Guides|

By Emell Derra Adolphus The Lambda Car Club meets at Westpoint BBQ in Dearborn. Photo: Emell Derra Adolphus Lambda Car Club Detroit president Adam Bernard discovered his love of automobiles at an early age [...]

Baby, I Can Drive Your Car

By |2013-10-17T09:00:00-04:00October 17th, 2013|Automotive, Guides|

By Dana Rudolph Mombian "Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet" goes the old ad jingle. I therefore felt rather all-American on a recent trip to the Pacific Northwest to test drive the Chevy Volt [...]

Hi, Tech :)

By |2012-10-18T09:00:00-04:00October 18th, 2012|Automotive, Guides|

By Jerome Stuart Nichols Technology moves fast. Car tech is moving even faster. From Bluetooth and voice commands to 17-inch touchscreens, increasingly complex in-dash "infotainment" systems are redefining what it means to be behind the [...]

Pretty In Pink

By |2012-10-18T09:00:00-04:00October 18th, 2012|Automotive, Guides|

Because your car isn't gay enough, GM has released their 2013 Chevrolet Spark mini car in a color that's sure to get you noticed as you drive away from the gay bar: Techno Pink. "Pink [...]

Gay-Friendly Automakers

By |2012-10-18T09:00:00-04:00October 18th, 2012|Automotive, Guides|

Research among LGBT consumers shows that the majority of us want to spend our money with companies that have progressive policies toward their LGBT employees. The only problem is, that information hasn't been easy to [...]

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