DETROIT — A new coaching staff, many new faces in the lineup, and expected progress from the holdovers who are a year older and more experienced. That’s the Red Wings as they prepare Thursday for the first practice of training camp, and it all blends i…
General Motors investing in Toledo plant for EV production support
General Motors Co. Toledo Transmission plant on Friday is expected to receive an investment to support electric-vehicle production — marking the first time a GM propulsion plant will receive allocation for EVs. The company said in a media advisory sent…
EPA approves Ultium Cells battery components for Michigan plant
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Ultium Cells LLC to build an electric vehicle battery component at the request of a bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers. The joint venture between General Motors Co. and LG Energy So…
Feds fight new trial bid in Whitmer kidnap case
DETROIT — The ringleaders convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer do not deserve a new trial because they failed to provide credible evidence of juror misconduct or that the judge was biased, prosecutors said in a court filing un…
New Unifor president ready to grow the union’s diminished auto sector
From a pandemic to an internal scandal on top of supply disruptions causing mass temporary layoffs, Lana Payne already has seen Canada’s largest private sector union through a series of trials. But the newly elected — and first female — president of Un…
Gabe Kapler: Tigers’ new president is ‘very, very driven,’ and values other people’s opinions
DETROIT — Gabe Kapler first met new Tigers president Scott Harris in the fall of 2019, when Kapler was interviewing for the Chicago Cubs’ managerial opening. Kapler was passed over for that job, but landed with the San Francisco Giants a month later — …
Hertz to order up to 175K EVs from GM to meet EV fleet goals
The Hertz Corp. is planning to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors Co. over the next five years for its rental fleet, the companies said Tuesday. Hertz will offer GM EVs across all brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and also …
Ford has ‘higher-than-planned’ stock of unfinished vehicles; reaffirms full-year guidance
Ford Motor Co. reaffirmed its full-year financial guidance Monday even as it said it expects to have a “higher-than-planned” number of vehicles assembled but awaiting parts at the end of the third quarter due to supply shortages. The Dearborn automaker…
Tigers to hire Giants’ GM Scott Harris as president of baseball operations
BALTIMORE — The Tigers have their new boss. The Tigers have hired San Francisco Giants general manager Scott Harris as president of baseball operations, a source confirmed Monday to The Detroit News. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. H…
‘Pearl’ review: Mia Goth extraordinary in prequel to porno-slasher ‘X’
Mia Goth is terrific in “Pearl,” writer-director Ti West’s prequel to this year’s “X,” in which Goth played a dual role as the old lady killer who takes out a crew of young pornographers making a movie on her Texas ranch, as well as one of the young st…