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VOL. 85 NO. 2 JANUARY 23, 2017ESTABLISHED 1933 AS NEW CENTER NEWS AND 1983 AS OAKLAND TECH NEWS

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General Motors revealed planson Jan. 17 about how the compa-ny will invest an additional $1 bil-lion in U.S. manufacturing opera-tions.

These investments follow the

$2.9 billion announced in 2016and more than $21 billion GM hasinvested in its U.S. operationssince 2009, said GM spokes-woman Joanne Krell.

The new investments cover

multiple new vehicle, advancedtechnology and component proj-ects. A combination of 1,500new and retained jobs are tiedto the new investments. Detailsof individual projects will be an-

nounced throughout the year,Krell said.

“These investment decisionshave been in the works for quitea while,” Krell said. “You justdon’t decide to do something like

this in a short period of time.”GM will begin work on insourc-

ing axle production for its next-generation full-size pickup trucks

GM’s New $1 Billion Investment Brings 1,500 Jobs to U.S.

The Dodge Demon is supposedto be a new kind of performancecar, so its introduction is using anew kind of media campaign.

Dodge shocked the perform-ance world when it launched themost powerful and fastest mus-cle cars in the world – the Chal-lenger SRT Hellcat and ChargerSRT Hellcat, said Dodgespokesman Dan Reid. Now, twoyears later, Dodge is raising thebar again, he said, with theDodge Challenger SRT Demon.

“Most cars attempt to beeverything to everybody,” saidTim Kuniskis, FCA North Americahead of Passenger Car Brands.

“Then there are the rare fewthat revel in a single objective,rendering them totally irre-sistible to a subculture. TheDodge Challenger SRT Demon isconceived, designed and engi-neered for a subculture of en-thusiasts who know that . . . ahalf-second is your reputation.”

Leading up to the New York re-

veal later this year, Dodge islaunching its first-ever pre-debutvideo teaser campaign, includinga new website www.ifyouknow-youknow.com, where fans andfollowers can get weekly up-dates, download shareable con-

tent and gain insight into the SRTDemon’s engineering prowess,Kuniskis said.

The Demon name has a storiedhistory. According to the Web

Dodge Demon to Haunt Muscle Car Fans

Ford truck lovers receivedsome good news at the 2017NAIAS last week.

Joe Hinrichs, president ofNorth American Operations, saidthat coming this fall is a re-freshed version of the company’sbest-selling F-150 pickup truck.

“It’s always big news whenFord announces something newabout the F-150,” Hinrichs said.

“We are driven to make peo-ple’s lives better. When welaunched the new F-150 on thisvery stage in Joe Louis Arenathree years ago with aluminumbody parts, some called it a risk,but our mission is to always gofurther.”

Todd Eckert, Truck Group Mar-keting manager at Ford, talkedabout just what Ford has donefor the 2018 F-150, which will beon sale in the fall.

“When we talk about taking theF-150 to the next step of our plan,we always meant to refresh thetruck in about three years whenwe announced its launch threeyears ago. And this 2018 is thenext step in that plan.”

Eckert said that this version ofthe F-150 can be described astougher, smarter and more capa-ble.

“Toughness is represented by

2018 F-150 Takes Next Step in Ford PlanGM, not Commissioner Gordon, shined the Bat-Signal on its HQ building.

There’s an old saying – oftenthe difference between men andboys are the price of their toys.

Well, GM has developed a toythat will appeal to men and boys.

Chevrolet, along with studentsfrom Detroit’s Cody Rouge com-munity, A World in Motion andFIRST LEGO League, unveiled itslife-size LEGO Batmobile Jan. 14at the North American Interna-

tional Auto Show, said GMspokeswoman Afaf Farah.

Measuring 17 feet long and fea-turing exclusive stud shooters,the LEGO Batmobile fromChevrolet was designed to strikefear in the heart of any villain,Farah said. The vehicle was in-spired by Batman’s Speedwagon

Chevrolet and Lego BuildBatmobile for Auto Show

Friday the 13th was not bad luck for charities as the automotive elite came out for the 2017 NAIAS Charity Preview.

Detroit’s celebration as theepicenter of all things automo-tive, including the heart of theautomotive industry, was againdemonstrated Jan. 13 as nearly$5.2 million was raised for chil-dren’s charities at the 2017North American InternationalAuto Show’s (NAIAS) CharityPreview at Cobo Center.

As the largest annual single-night fundraiser in the world,Charity Preview has raised morethan $111 million for southeast-ern Michigan children’s charitiessince the Detroit Auto DealersAssociation (DADA) establishedthe gala 41 years ago.

In all, 12,881 people attendedthe black-tie Charity Preview,presented for the second con-secutive year by Axalta CoatingSystems.

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The Dodge Demon name is back. This 1971 version was a hell-raiser.

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The Detroit-based media hadthe chance to see the new FiatChrysler Portal concept vehiclelast week during the 2017 NAIASpress preview.“This is a concept vehicle,”

said Cindy Juette, a Fiat Chryslerinterior designer who worked onthe Portal. “We are still learningwhat people think of the vehicle.We want to know what featuresare best-liked, so that we mightconsider putting them in futurecars. Just because this is a con-cept vehicle doesn’t mean that itwill be built in the future.”The thing to remember about

the Portal, Juette said, was it wasdesigned with the idea that carsare fashion for some drivers andothers like the utility aspects of avehicle.“We have a control panel with

a steering mechanism, not steer-ing wheel, that retracts duringthe vehicle’s autonomous drivingphase,” Juette said. “That’s be-cause we focused on the alloca-tion of space. As autonomoustechnology becomes more com-mon and more sophisticated, theidea is to be able to stow awaythe steering mechanism for morespace up front.”And, Juette said, the Portal’s

door on the side is five feet wide,making it larger than any liftgateused by minivans or SUVs.“The thinking is that it should

be easy to get either people orcargo into the vehicle,” Juettesaid. “As we get feedback, we willadapt the best features for futurevehicles.”And, Juette said, the autonomy

technology used for the portal isat level three. As the technologyimproves up to level five, the ve-hicle was designed and built sothat it could be updated as techimproves.“I know we’ve taken some hits

for saying the Portal was a vehi-cle designed by the Millennialgeneration for the Millennial gen-eration,” Juette said. “But, first, itgot people talking and that’s nota bad thing. But most important-ly, we designed it with that 30-year-old who has just started hisor her business in mind.“That person might only need

one seat so that Portal can beused to haul cargo. If that persongets married, more seats canbe added for the spouse and anyfuture children.”People she has spoken to like

that idea of flexibility, Juettesaid.“When you work on a project

like this from the inside out,”Juette said. “You want to hearwhat people think of your work.And when we designed the Por-tal, we wanted to know how peo-ple actually use their vehicles,as opposed to how we tell them

how to use their vehicles. That’sthe idea behind using differentmodules in the design. The vehi-cle can be adapted to the user, asopposed to the user adapting tothe vehicle.”Juette said they thought about

the seats. They mounted theseats on a narrow pedestal so

that people have room for theirfeet underneath the seat.“We went for an open look, but

if we hear from people that thePortal is too open and they feelvulnerable, we can always makechanges. That’s the beauty of aconcept vehicle like our newPortal.”

Chrysler Portal Concept Vehicle Shown Off in Detroit

Juette shows off some of the Portal concept vehicle features at NAIAS.

Detroit-based Adient, the glob-al automotive seating supplier,has collaborated with FiatChrysler to produce a vision ofthe future of seating for theautomaker’s Chrysler Portal con-cept vehicle.The Chrysler Portal is a for-

ward-thinking interpretation ofthe “fifth generation” of familytransportation targeted at themillennial generation, saidAdient spokeswoman Mary KayDodero.The vehicle was unveiledby Fiat Chrysler at the ConsumerElectronics Show in Las Vegasearlier this month.The seat was also displayed at

Adient’s booth at the 2017 NorthAmerican International AutoShow (NAIAS) in Detroit’s CoboCenter last week.Designed with supplier part-

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General Motors launched itssecond annual Discover YourDrive diversity journalism pro-gram Jan. 7-11, hosting 13 collegestudents and nine journalistsfrom across the country at De-troit’s North American Interna-tional Auto Show.Students from diverse back-

grounds participated in the pro-gram, which promotes diversityin automotive journalism andnews coverage, said GMspokesman Margarita Bauza.Discover Your Drive ended

Jan. 11 with an awards presenta-tion recognizing students fortheir work at NAIAS as well astheir social media presence dur-ing a scavenger hunt through De-troit, Bauza said.Students used the new, award-

winning all-electric ChevroletBolt EV, named 2017’s NAIAS Carof the Year, and OnStar technolo-gy to find their way around thecity. They posted about their ad-ventures on Twitter, tagging@GM_Diversity using the hashtag#DiscoverYourDrive.“We were blown away by the

talent and creativity of thesefearless students,” said LeslieGordon, senior manager, GMDiversity Communications.“Many of them had not been

exposed to automotive journal-ism, had never been to Detroit orseen snow. But they brought withthem the right amount of curiosi-ty required to cover an event asmassive and complex as theNorth American InternationalAuto Show and they did so withgrit and class.”One student demonstrated

that drive by chasing a face-to-face interview with GM Chairmanand CEO Mary Barra on the autoshow floor, Bauza said.Another coaxed GM North

America President Alan Batey in-to a video that won the pro-gram’s top prize: an all-expense-paid trip to a national journalismconference, Bauza said.Students Rushawn Walters and

Nia Muhammad, both of HowardUniversity, and Sarah Rahal, ofWayne State University, won theprize with “Jammin’ with GM,” avideo story told through carpoolkaraoke, focusing on the newChevrolet Cruze and tech suchas Apple Car Play, Android Auto,Teen Driver, Rear Seat Reminderand the car’s fuel economy.“As an aspiring student jour-

nalist from Detroit, getting theopportunity to learn more aboutwhat’s in my backyard was apriceless gift,” said Rahal.“This program gave me a net-

work of people that are profi-cient in the industry and theknowledge to use it in the field.Discover Your Drive allowed me

to believe that automotive newsis a possibility for my future.”The students took part in a

journalism workshop led by RaySuarez, former host of NPR’s Talkof the Nation, Bauza said. Theyalso heard a panel on the state ofdiversity in newsrooms.The panel, moderated by

award-winning journalist Ed Gor-don, featured fashion criticMichael Quintanilla, formerly ofthe Los Angeles Times and SanAntonio Express News; politicaljournalist Patricia Guadalupe,a contributing writer to NBCLatino; Walter Middlebrook,Detroit News assistant managingeditor; and Salvador Rodriguez,

Inc. magazine’s tech reporter.Students attended news con-

ferences and vehicle reveals, ex-plored the auto show floor andinterviewed auto experts. Theprofessional journalists men-tored the students and helpedthem produce news stories andpresentations. The program end-ed with a ceremony at GM’s Her-itage Center in Sterling Heights.“As a diversity and business

reporter, it’s really great to seeGM put its money and weight be-hind discovering and helpingyoung journalists of diversebackgrounds get started withtheir careers,” said Inc.’s Ro-driguez, also a mentor.

FIRST, an international not-for-profit founded to inspire youthinterest in science and technolo-gy, will be holding its internation-al FIRST Championship event – aglobal robotics competition andcelebration of STEM – in Detroitin 2018, and will return each yearuntil at least 2020.FIRST rallied support for STEM

education in Detroit through anevent at the 2017 North Ameri-can International Auto Show,where Gov. Rick Snyder and KenMorris, vice president of productintegrity at General Motors,welcomed FIRST founder DeanKamen to Detroit.“FIRST is an outstanding pro-

gram that is helping to equip thenext generation of innovatorswith the skills needed to buildour nation’s future,” Snyder said.“The state of Michigan will con-tinue to be a strong supporter ofFIRST as we get ready to host theFIRST Championship here in De-troit, and we’re excited that ourtalented FIRST students will havean opportunity to compete on aworld stage in their home state.We’re also looking forward towelcoming visitors from aroundthe world to Detroit and givingthem a chance to see the city’scomeback for themselves.”FIRST Championship Detroit is

a four-day competition and expowhere more than 30,000 atten-dees will cheer on students ages6-18 as they participate in game-

format challenges with their cus-tom-built robots.Detroit, thanks in large part to

the automotive industry, is a hubfor STEM innovation and will behosting this global event begin-ning in 2018.The 2018 event will take place

April 25-28 with activities at bothCobo Center and Ford Field.There are currently 60 FIRSTteams in the city of Detroit andnearly 1,700 in Michigan. Histori-cally, FIRST Championship hasmade a $30 million economic im-pact on its host city.“(Our support of FIRST) is not

a donation. It is an investment inour future,” said Morris. “It’s cru-cial to our success, and that ofthe auto industry – locally andacross the country – to attractmore STEM-focused students toour workforce in the years tocome. That’s why we at GM en-courage and challenge our col-leagues in this industry, whetherother OEMs or suppliers from alltiers, to support FIRST.”FIRST fosters students’ inter-

est in STEM fields by providingthem access to resources andprofessional mentors, Morrissaid. This is especially importantas STEM occupations continueto grow 1.7 times faster than non-STEM careers. FIRST alumni aretwice as likely to major in STEM,and more than 85 percent ex-press more interest in doing wellin school and going to college.

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Detroit Named FIRST HomeFor Robotics, STEM Contests

Mary Barra, center in leather jacket, with students and journalists at the Detroit Auto Show last week.

GM Shows Support for Student Journalism


Charity Preview follows on theheels of five days of total mobili-ty immersion at NAIAS, includingthe inaugural AutoMobili-D thatcontinues to generate social me-dia buzz and discussion amongautomotive, business and techindustry executives worldwide.Vice President Joe Biden

joined in that conversation witha visit to NAIAS Jan. 17 – his sec-ond to NAIAS as vice presidentof the United States.“The past five days at NAIAS

have exemplified the transforma-tion that is reshaping the auto in-dustry as we know it,” said 2017NAIAS Chairman Sam Slaughter.“Tonight’s Charity Preview con-tinues with the theme of trans-formation in that the moniesraised in this one single nightwill help in some way to trans-form the lives of children andfamilies in our local community.”Proceeds from Charity Pre-

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site DodgeDemon.net, the firstDemon came out in 1971. It had a108-inch wheelbase, and was atwo-door fastback based on theDodge Dart platform.The 1971 Demon came with

two trim levels and its logo fea-tured a cartoon devil. (The Website didn’t “sit well” with somereligious groups at the time.)The vehicle was priced at

$2,343 and came standard withchoice of the 198-cubic-inchSlant Six or the 318-cubic-inchV8. Buyers also were offered theDemon 340 featuring Chrysler’s340 small block engine rated at275 bhp.The Web site states that the

Demon returned for 1972 withminor changes, including thegrille, the interior and a switchto more generic side markerlights shared by all Dodge A-bod-ies. The Dodge Demon 340 alsocontinued into 1972 with theonly major change being that the340 V8 was now rated at 240 bhpSAE Net, as opposed to the pre-vious year’s 275 bhp SAE Gross.Dodge produced 8,700 Demon340s for 1972. Dodge would re-name the Demon the Dart Sportfor 1973 and the Demon 340 be-came the Dart sport 340.This year’s first video of the

teaser campaign, “Cage,” whichdebuted Jan. 12, showed that theferocious animated Hellcat isback, Kuniskis said.Fans are encouraged to watch

the 90-second “Cage” video mul-tiple times at www.ifyouknow-youknow.com for clues to followthe story of what’s next.The final chapter arrives when

the SRT Demon is revealed inNew York City, before the NewYork International Auto ShowApril 14.

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featured in “The LEGO BatmanMovie,” which hits U.S. theatersFeb. 10.

In this new animated LEGO ad-venture, Batman, DC’s SuperHero “who famously prefers towork alone” must learn to coop-erate and connect with others tosave Gotham City from TheJoker, Farah said.

“To work on the LEGO Batmo-bile with Warner Bros. is an ab-solute thrill for us at Chevy,” saidPaul Edwards, U.S. vice presidentof Chevrolet Marketing.

“Many of the themes in ‘TheLEGO Batman Movie,’ like imagi-nation, family and community,align perfectly with our Chevybrand values and add to thevalue of the partnership.”

And as part of the promotion, GMhas been flashing the Bat-Signalonto the side of its headquarters indowntown Detroit at night. Peoplelooking up can see the Bat-Signalmorph into the Chevrolet logo asthey look at the Renaissance Cen-ter’s middle building.

The LEGO Batmobile fromChevrolet will also appear in thenext variation of Chevrolet’s “RealPeople, Not Actors” campaign,Farah said. In the new spot, realLEGO Minifigure figurines discusswhat kind of person would drivethe all-new LEGO Batmobile.

To learn more about all theoptions available on the LEGOBatmobile, visit Chevrolet.com.

LEGO Batmobile Fast Facts:• It’s 83 inches (6.92 feet)

high, 204 inches (17 feet) longand 111 inches (9.25 feet) wide.

• Total weight is 1,695.5pounds. Each tire is just over 100pounds.

• The interior frame is madefrom more than 86 feet of squaretube aluminum and weighs 282.5pounds.

• Total number of LEGObricks used to build the Batmo-bile: 344,187.

• The LEGO Batmobile took222 hours to design and 1,833hours to build.

• The LEGO Batmobile was de-signed and assembled in theLEGO Model Shop in Enfield,Conn., by LEGO Master Builders.

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Batmobile Makes Visit to Auto ShowThanks to Chevrolet, LEGO Movie

Children of all ages got to see a life-sized LEGO Batmobile at the NAIAS Chevrolet exhibit last week.

new styling and a new grille witha new front fascia,” Eckert said.“It’s a a two-bar grille, whichwe’ve borrowed from the SuperDuty. (The pickup) has biggerheadlamps and will be a visuallywider vehicle.

“It has grown, but it is moreplanted and has a wider, moresolid look. Our truck guys love it.The tailgate is more sculptedand the tail lamps have beenchanged up as well. You can ac-tually see the F-150 stamp at thebottom of the truck gate.”

Smarter, Eckert said, is repre-sented by new features, includ-ing pre-collision assist technolo-gy and the uses of cameras andradar to enable the driver tohave a better sense of what’sahead.

“The truck will give an audiblewarning to the driver if some-thing is up ahead and the brakeswill activate automatically if thedriver doesn’t respond to thatwarning,” Eckert said. “Also, the2018 F-150 will have adaptivecruise control, a segment first.”

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– including work previously donein Mexico – to operations inMichigan, creating 450 U.S. jobs,Krell said.

“As the U.S. manufacturingbase increases its competitive-ness, we are able to further in-crease our investment, resultingin more jobs for America andbetter results for our owners,”said GM Chairman and CEO MaryBarra.

“The U.S. is our home marketand we are committed to growththat is good for our employees,dealers, and suppliers and sup-ports our continued effort todrive shareholder value.”

The details of the plan will notbe released to the public at thistime, Krell said.

“There is no timeline for whenwe will share the details, butthey will be released to the pub-lic as the plans come close to be-ing put into action,” Krell said.

GM’s announcement is part ofthe company’s increased focuson overall efficiency over the lastfour years, Barra said.

With a strategy to streamlineand simplify its operations andgrow its business, GM has creat-ed 25,000 jobs in the UnitedStates – approximately 19,000 en-gineering, IT and professionaljobs and 6,000 hourly manufac-turing jobs – and added nearly$3 billion in annual wages andbenefits to the U.S. economyover that period.

At the same time, General Mo-tors reduced more than 15,000positions outside the UnitedStates, bringing most of thosejobs to America, Barra said.

During that same period oftime, the company moved from90 percent of its IT work being

outsourced to an insourced U.S.-based model.

“We will continue our commit-ment to driving a more efficientbusiness,” said Barra, “as shownby our insourcing of more than6,000 IT jobs that were formerlyoutside the U.S., streamlining ourengineering operations from sev-en to three, with the core engi-neering center being in Warren,Michigan, and building on ourmomentum at GM Financial andin advanced technologies. Thesemoves, and others, are expectedto result in more than 5,000 newjobs in the U.S. over the next fewyears.”

GM has also been facilitatingits supplier base to do the same,Barra said.

The company has been execut-ing a strategy to create supplierparks adjacent to its UnitedStates manufacturing sites (al-ready accomplished at GM’s Fair-fax Assembly Plant in Kansas,Spring Hill Assembly Plant inTennessee, Fort Wayne AssemblyPlant in Indiana, and LordstownAssembly Plant in Ohio), and willcontinue to expand this effort,she said.

Supplier parks locating nearassembly facilities result in sig-nificant savings from reducedtransportation costs, higherquality communications andcontinuous improvement activi-ties as suppliers are located clos-er to the final assembly location,Barra said.

In addition, General Motors isconfirming that another supplierhas committed to make compo-nents for GM’s next-generationfull-size pickup trucks in Michi-gan.

This action will move about100 supplier jobs from Mexico tothe United States.

GM’s New $1B InvestmentBrings 1,500 Jobs to U.S.CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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