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2019 Silverado RST

With popularity of pickuptrucks only growing, GM is meet-ing that demand by providingcustomers with a variety of op-tions to meet every need, saidTim Asoklis, chief engineer forthe Silverado 1500.With eight trims paired with

six engine/transmission combi-nations, even more customerswill find a 2019 Silverado 1500tailored to their needs for per-formance, efficiency, technologyand value, said Asoklis.“A major focus of the next-gen-

eration Silverado is expandingthe range of choices,” he said.“With all-new engines and abroader model range, there’s aSilverado for everyone, whetheryou’re buying your first pickupor your tenth.”The new 2019 Chevrolet Silver-

ado 1500 propulsion lineup in-cludes:• Over half of the models willbe equipped with the mostadvanced V8s in the brand’shistory: updated versions ofChevrolet’s proven 5.3L and6.2L engines equipped withindustry-first Dynamic FuelManagement featuring 17different modes of cylinderdeactivation.

• A new, advanced 2.7L Turboengine that replaces the 4.3LV6 as the standard engine onthe high-volume Silverado LTand new Silverado RST,expected to offer 22 percentmore torque, greater fuel efficiency and a stronger powerto-weight ratio than thecurrent model.

• Proven 4.3L V6 and 5.3L V8

engines deliver full-size truckcapability and performancefor the most affordable trucksin the Silverado lineup.

• A new, Duramax 3.0L inline-sixturbo diesel will be availablein early 2019.

Each engine/transmission com-bination is matched with exteriordesign and interior features to cre-ate distinct personalities for eachSilverado trim, based on threebroad customer profiles – High Val-ue, High Volume and High Feature,said GM spokesmanMonte Doran.

New Silverado 1500 Expands Option Choices

The U.S. Army ContractingCommand’s newest member ofthe Senior Executive Service offi-cially joined its ranks as of May14 at the Detroit Arsenal.Daniel J. Gallagher, ACC-War-

ren’s new executive director, wassworn in during a ceremony thatwas officiated by Maj. Gen. JamesSimpson, the commanding gener-al of ACC, earlier this month.“We have picked the right indi-

vidual to come and lead theTACOM contracting center,”Simpson said when he intro-duced Gallagher. “From onefriend to another, thank you forwhat you have done for the Armyand thank you and your family

for their continued support forthe Army. This is not over yet,there is a lot more to give.”Simpson then administered

the oath of office to Gallagher forthe SES ceremony, presented theSES pin to him and the SES flagwas unfurled.The Senior Executive Service --

the men and women chargedwith leading the continuingtransformation of government --possess well-honed executiveskills and share a broad perspec-tive of government and a publicservice commitment which isgrounded in the Constitution,

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Motorcycle enthusists shouldcheck out the UAW Region 1Blessing of the Bikes.The event will be held on Sun-

day, June 3, with the blessing tak-ing place at noon, said UAW Re-gion 1 Director Chuck Hall.The event will be held at the

UAW Region 1 Pavilion located at27800 George Merrelli Drive inWarren, Hall said.“This is the fifth annual bless-

ing,” Hall said. “There will also berodeo games. Everyone is wel-

come. It’s one of Macomb Coun-ty’s largest such event.”While the blessing is at noon,

the fun starts at 10 a.m. and goesto noon, Hall said.There will be live music, cards,

extra games, hot dogs and ham-burgers and more – all after theblessing.“This is something everyone

can enjoy,” Hall said. “It’s greatfun for families and motorcyclelovers. We think anyone who at-tends will have a great time.”

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Given the popularity of after-market alterations to the F-150Raptor pickup truck, Ford has de-cided to get rid of the middleman for the 2019 model.Ford is making its iconic F-

150 Raptor – the ultimate high-performance off-road pickup,said Ford F-150 program manager– even better with upgradedtechnology including class-ex-clusive, electronically controlledFOX Racing Shox, new Trail Con-trol and new Recaro sportseats. “The upgrades,” he said,“are focused on key componentsthat have made the F-150 Raptorthe benchmark in off-roadtrucks.”Greco said the F-150 has been

the best-selling truck for the past41 years, and Ford takes thathonor seriously.“The question was, how do

you take a great truck and makeit better?” Greco said. “We al-ways start with the suspension.The shocks are now electronical-ly controlled to give the driver amore refined ride and to improvethe truck’s off-road capability.”And the new 2019 Raptor will

have trail control, Greco said.This is basically a slow-speed fea-ture that lets the driver focus onsteering. He said this system canbe best described as a low-speedcruise control system.And working on improving the

suspension also drove designers

to improve the Raptor’s interior,Greco said.“If the truck gets better, it only

makes sense to make the interiorbetter,” Greco said.Chris Paiva, head of Raptor Ve-

hicle Dynamics, said that one ofthe driving forces behind improv-ing the Raptor was the desire toup their game.So Ford engineers and design-

ers developed an active shockcontrol system for the Raptor.This uses electronics to betteradjust the suspension to the roadand general environment.Paiva called it a great improve-

ment over “passive” shock control

Contestants from around the world attended the Global Robofest recently held at Lawrence Tech.

Teams from Illinois, Michigan,Canada, Colombia, Hong Kong,Korea, and South Africa tookhome the top awards in Satur-day’s World Robofest Champi-onship, held on the campus ofLawrence Technological Univer-sity May 17-19.Nearly 100 teams from around

the world competed in a varietyof robotic challenges, said LTUspokesman Matt Roush.Lawrence Tech President

Virinder Moudgil provided open-ing remarks, noting that partici-pants are tomorrow’s globalleaders in engineering and sci-ence. Glen Bauer, Acting Dean ofLTU’s College of Arts and Sci-ences, provided closing remarks.“It was another great year for

Robofest, an event that brings to-gether students from all over theglobe in the pursuit of robotic

engineering excellence,” said C.J.Chung, professor of computerscience at LTU. Chung foundedRobofest in 1999.Taking home the Toyota first

place award in the Senior Gamedivision was a team called Blood,Sweat and Gears from Birming-ham’s Roeper School. Secondplace went to Royal Robots fromthe Annapolis West EducationCentre in Annapolis Royal, NovaScotia, Canada, while third placewent to R&G 9 from the R&G Ro-bot Center in Seoul, South Korea.In the Junior Game division, the

Denso first place award went to In-sele Solutions, sponsored by Tro-phy Computers & Robotics in Van-derbijlpark, South Africa. Secondplace went to the Jammin’ Awe-some Blockies of Aurora, Ill., and

Lawrence Tech Is HomeTo Global Robot Contest

Ford Introduces New, Improved F-150 Raptor Using New Technology

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The 52nd annual LouisSchwitzer Award has been pre-sented to engineers Tino Bellifrom INDYCAR, Andrea Toso andAntonio Montanari from Dallara,and Chris Beatty from Chris Beat-ty Design Limited for teaming upto develop the IndyCar UniversalAero Kit, which is a completeaero and body package utilizedon the vehicles racing in the 2018Indianapolis 500.The award and a $10,000 prize

was presented on May 18 byBorgWarner and the Indiana Sec-tion of the Society of AutomotiveEngineers (SAE) International atIndianapolis Motor Speedway.“With this award we celebrate

the people behind the scenesthat make the Indianapolis 500the ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’– the engineers that spend count-less hours dreaming up, develop-ing and implementing the tech-nologies that continually im-prove the action on the track,whether through improved per-formance, safety, or efficiency,”said James R. Verrier, presidentand CEO, BorgWarner.“We are proud to acknowledge

excellence in race-car engineer-ing by immortalizing on the LouisSchwitzer Award trophy ChrisBeatty, Tino Belli, Antonio Mon-tanari and Andrea Toso, who de-veloped the IndyCar UniversalAero Kit. Congratulations to thisyear’s winners.”The IndyCar Universal Aero Kit

(UAK18) is the perfect exampleof a successful collaborative en-gineering effort, Verrier said. Theproject shows the challengesthat modern engineers face toplease many diverse and conflict-ing requirements.The UAK18 meets performance

targets for all types of tracksfrom street courses like LongBeach to high-speed oval trackslike Indianapolis. Incorporatingclassic styling cues, it matches

or surpasses all previous aerody-namic stability metrics, improvesside impact safety, and makes forgreat racing.Presented by engineers to en-

gineers, the Louis SchwitzerAward recognizes individuals forinnovation and engineering ex-cellence in racing technology as-sociated with the annual Indy500, said BorgWarner spokes-woman Martha Avery. It honorsthe engineers with the courageand motivation to identify newconcepts in racing technology.The Schwitzer Award focuses

on new innovations with applica-tions in the engine, powertrain,profile or chassis, for the carsconforming to Indy RacingLeague Series specifications,Avery said.

Judges look for advancementsthat increase performance, safe-ty or energy efficiency and em-phasize the competitive poten-tial in racing with additional ap-plications that can be used in dif-ferent off-track vehicles, Averysaid.Recent past innovations to win

the Louis Schwitzer Award in-clude the PFC carbon disc brakesystem from PFC Brakes in 2017as well as the Rear Beam WingFlap from Dallara back in theyear 2016.The award memorializes Louis

Schwitzer, the winner of the firstauto race at the Indianapolis Mo-tor Speedway (IMS) in 1909 anddesigner of the “Marmon YellowJacket” engine that powered theMarmon Wasp to victory at the

first Indianapolis 500 in 1911,Avery said.A century ago in 1918, after

working in the automotive indus-try for many years, Schwitzerfounded Schwitzer Corporation,which produced innovative cool-ing fans, water pumps and tur-bochargers.Throughout his lengthy career,

Schwitzer achieved numeroustechnological accomplishments,Avery said.He also supported higher edu-

cation, as well as leading theIMS technical committee andhe also maintained a strong asso-ciation with SAE through theyears.Schwitzer Corporation joined

up with BorgWarner beginning in1999.

third place went to TX-001-1, ateam from Goyang, South Korea.This year’s Robofest game was

called AtBC, for AutonomousTennis Ball Challenge. Robotswere programmed to collect ten-nis balls off a table and depositthem in a box, while knockingwater bottles off the table, Roushsaid.Winners were determined by

how successful they were at thistask in a two-minute period, withpoints awarded per ball and bot-tle.Robofest also features an Exhi-

bition category, in which stu-dents can dream up any task anddesign a robot to perform it.In the Senior Exhibition cate-

gory, the Mobis first placeaward went to Vriot, a team fromthe Logos Academy in HongKong, while second place wasearned by GC-Earth, a team fromColegio Gimnasio Campestre

in Bogota, Colombia, Roushsaid.In the Junior Exhibition catego-

ry, the Mobis first place awardwent to TechSisters of the Can-ton Charter Academy in CantonTownship.Second place was earned by

Medi-Bot GC, another team fromthe Colegio Gimnasio Campestre,and third place went to the TaiPo Old Market Public School inHong Kong.Robofest is a competition to

build and program autonomousrobots that aren’t remote con-trolled, Roush said.There are multiple events creat-

ed around Robofest, including aconference called WISER (World

conference on Integrated STEaMEducation through Robotics).Other events surrounding

Robofest include a robot drawingcontest for grades K-3, a roboticart exhibition, a computer-vision-based robotic challenge, a robot-ic “sumo wrestling” competition,and more. Competition divisionsinclude grades 5-8 and grades 9-12, Roush said.Unlike other competitions, stu-

dents have a full freedom of us-ing any robotic kits, parts, andsensors.Since its founding, more than

23,000 students from around theworld have participated inRobofest events all over theworld.

My Community Dental Cen-ters, Inc. (MCDC), in partnershipwith the Macomb County HealthDepartment (MCHD), invite com-munity partners and residents toattend its open house on Thurs-day, May 31, from 4:30 p.m. to 6p.m. to celebrate the dental cen-ter’s one-year anniversary.The event will be held at the

dental center, located at 27690Van Dyke Ave. in Warren, and isopen to the public. It will includea meet-and-greet with the teamalong with refreshments, facilitytours and a drawing to win anelectric toothbrush, said countyspokeswoman Amanda Kelley.

The dental center opened inMay 2017 and served more than1,300 patients in its first year,with 3,332 office visits. The cen-ter provides comprehensive den-tal services, including oral ex-ams/cleanings, fillings, tooth re-moval, partials, dentures andother procedures.MCDC-Warren accepts patients

on Medicaid, Healthy MichiganPlan and Delta Healthy Kids, aswell as patients with private in-surance. The organization alsooffers My Dental Program (My-DP) for those without dental in-surance, which provides reducedfees based on household income.A lack of access to dental care

negatively affects the communi-ty’s health and well-being, Kelleysaid.When an oral health emer-

gency strikes, those enrolled inMedicaid and the uninsuredoften head to the emergencyroom, not the dentist.Established in 2006, MCDC is

the largest nonprofit 501(c)3Dental Support Organization inthe United States. It currentlyoperates 39 dental centersstatewide.

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For customers seeking full-sizetruck capability and the highestlevel of affordability, the WorkTruck (WT), Custom and CustomTrail Boss trims offer two provenengine and transmission combi-nations:• Standard 4.3L V6 with ActiveFuel Management and a six-speed automatic trans-mission (SAE-certified at 285hp/305 lb.-ft.).

• Available 5.3L V8 with ActiveFuel Management and a six-speed automatic trans-mission (SAE-certified at 355hp/383 lb.-ft.).

For customers shopping in theheart of the truck market, the LT,RST and LT Trail Boss trims bal-ance technology, efficiency andperformance.• Standard for LT and RST: All-new 2.7L Turbo with ActiveFuel Management andstop/start technology pairedwith an eight-speed auto-matic transmission (SAE-certified at 310 hp/348 lb.-ft.).

• Standard on LT Trail Bossand available on LT and RST:An updated 5.3L V8 with Dynamic Fuel Management andstop/start technology withan eight-speed automatictransmission (SAE-certifiedat 355 hp/383 lb.-ft.).

• Available on LT and RST: Thenew Duramax 3.0L Turbo-Diesel with stop/start tech-nology paired with a 10-speed automatic transmis

sion will be available in early2019.

For customers shopping for apremium truck, said Doran, theLTZ and High Country trims offerthe highest levels of performanceand technology, including:• Standard: Updated 5.3L V8with Dynamic Fuel Manage-ment and stop/start tech-nology paired with an eight-speed automatic trans-mission (SAE-certified at 355hp/383 lb.-ft.).

• Available: Updated 6.2L V8with Dynamic Fuel Manage-ment and stop/start tech-nology paired with a 10-speed automatic trans-mission (SAE-certified at 420hp/460 lb.-ft.).

• Available: The new Duramax3.0L inline-six Turbo-Dieselwith stop/start technologypaired with a 10-speed auto-matic transmission will beavailable in early 2019.

The performance of each en-gine/transmission combinationbenefits from a truck that islighter and more aerodynamicthan the previous model.“With less weight and less

wind resistance, we improvedthe driving dynamics withoutsacrificing fuel efficiency,” saidAsoklis.“The next-gen Silverado is a

bigger truck, but the chassisfeels more responsive and accel-eration is more pronounced. Iwould argue it’s the best-drivingtruck we have ever built.”The 2019 Silverado is larger

than before, including a wheel-base that is up to 3.9 incheslonger, yet overall length is only

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The Warren Public Library ishosting a number of events inJune that should be of interest toresidents, said Warren librarianAmy Nelson.On Tuesday, June 5, two ex-

perts on the classic British rockband, The Beatles, will talk abouttheir While Album, and why itshould be considered a classic.The event will be held in Confer-nce Room A of the Arthur Millerbranch of the library, 5460 ArdenRoad. To reserve a spot, call 586-751-5377.On Tuesday, June 19, the li-

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back in Michigan one more timein my career to be with my fami-ly,” Gallagher said after he tookthe SES oath. “But more impor-tant is the mission that supportsour soldiers.”In his new position, Gallagher

directs acquisition support andcontracting for Army majorweapon systems, for systemsand equipment supporting otherservices, and foreign militarysales customers, Jarosz said.He previously served as ACC’s

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WASHINGTON (AP) – PresidentDonald Trump’s team is runningout of time to rewrite a tradepact with Canada and Mexicothis year just as it’s confrontingChina and sparring with its alliesover U.S. tariffs on importedsteel and aluminum.If negotiators can’t agree on a

revamped North American FreeTrade Agreement soon – HouseSpeaker Paul Ryan set an infor-mal May 17 deadline – the talkscould drag into 2019. Or Trumpcould carry out his threat toabandon the agreement he’s la-beled a job-killing “disaster” andthrow commerce among thethree NAFTA countries into disar-ray.“The window is closing rapid-

ly,” said Dan Ujczo, a tradelawyer at Dickinson Wright inColumbus, Ohio.NAFTA is hardly the only ur-

gent item on the administration’strade agenda. Trump directedthe Commerce department to be-gin an investigation as towhether tariffs are needed on theimport of automobiles in the U.S.And Trump has asked U.S. TradeRep. Robert Lighthizer to find anadditional $100 billion in Chineseproducts to tax.The prospect of a trade war

between the world’s two biggesteconomies has unnerved globalfinancial markets and alarmedmajor companies.“The stakes are too high for

these talks to fail,” said ChristineMcDaniel, a senior research fel-low at George Mason University’sMercatus Center. “The U.S. econ-omy, its firms, its workers, andits people all depend on beingable to buy and sell with theircounterparts at home and acrossthe globe every day.”Talking to reporters May 17,

Trump downplayed the prospectof a successful negotiation withBeijing.

“Will that be successful?,” thepresident asked. “I tend to doubtit.”Trade sanctions could disrupt

business between the countriesand potentially threaten jobs.Consumers would be hurt byhigher prices for imported prod-ucts that are hit by tariffs.

In the meantime, Japan, astaunch U.S. ally, is threateningto go to the World Trade Organi-zation to protest Trump’s tariffson imported steel and aluminum.The president imposed the tariffsin March, arguing that relianceon imported metals posed athreat to America’s national se-curity.He exempted the European

Union, Canada, and Mexico – butnot Japan – until June 1.The steel and aluminum tariffs

have antagonized traditionalAmerican allies. Those countrieswant permanent exemptionsfrom the tariffs. Or they wantthem withdrawn altogether. Don-ald Tusk, president of the Euro-pean Council, tweeted May 14 ofthe United States that “withfriends like that who needs ene-mies.”NAFTA has long been a focus of

Trump’s ire. But achieving a NAF-TA do-over to the president’s sat-isfaction has always seemed alongshot. When it took effect in1994, NAFTA ended most trade

barriers among the U.S., Canadaand Mexico. Trade surged withinthe NAFTA bloc. American farmerswho export corn and other prod-ucts benefited from the deal.But many U.S. manufacturers,

notably automakers, moved pro-duction to Mexico to capitalizeon low labor costs, and shippedtheir products back to the UnitedStates. The influx of importsswelled America’s trade deficitwith Mexico, which amounted to$69 billion last year. (The UnitedStates posted a nearly $3 billiontrade surplus with Canada in2017).Trump is seeking to revamp

NAFTA to try to return auto pro-duction to the United States andshrink America’s trade deficit.The United States is demandingthat a percentage of a car’s con-tent originate in a country – theUnited States or Canada – withaverage auto worker wages ofaround $15 an hour to qualify forNAFTA’s duty-free status.But companies have built com-

plicated supply chains thatstraddle NAFTA borders. In doingso, they took advantage of eachcountry’s strengths – cheap la-bor in Mexico, for example, andskilled workers and proximity tocustomers in the United Statesand Canada. Changing the rules,manufacturers warn, would dis-rupt their operations, raise theircosts and put them at a competi-tive disadvantage with manufac-turers in Asia and Europe.Ann Wilson, senior vice presi-

dent at the Motor & EquipmentManufacturers Association,which represents auto suppliers,argues that the U.S. proposalcould drive up the average priceof new cars, which already ex-ceeds $35,000.“$35,000 is a lot of money for

most Americans,” Wilson said.The Center for Automotive Re-

search, an independent researchorganization, estimates that asmany as 125 types of cars couldlose their NAFTA benefits underthe U.S. wage requirement andbecome subject to tariffs.“The tariffs would add be-

tween $470 and $2,200 to thecost of these particular vehi-cles,” the center concluded in areport last month.U.S. law lays out a process that

trade agreements must follow togo before Congress for an up-or-down vote, with no amendmentsallowed. House Speaker Ryansaid that a deal had to be struckby May 24 to start a timeline for avote before Congress departs atyear’s end. Others say there’smore time.Trade lawyer Ujczo has calcu-

lated that negotiators have untilaround Memorial Day, May 28.Lori Wallach, director of Public

Citizen’s Global Trade Watch anda sharp critic of the existing NAF-TA, said talks could go into Juneand still allow for a congressionalvote this year.

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Memorial Day is a time to re-member the sacrifice so manyAmericans have made for theircountry. To that end, volunteersat the GM Global Propulsion Sys-tems (GPS) facility in Pontiachave planted 6,959 Americanflags in front of the GPS buildingon May 23 – one flag for eachAmerican killed in combat inAfghanistan and Iraq since Octo-ber of 2001.And to Stephen Young, a group

leader for Wing 2 Development atGPS’s Development Lab, the flagsare very personal.Young joined GM on May 8,

2017, after spending 28 years inthe U.S. Army, where he was aGreen Beret. He served in boththe Iraq and Afghanistan theatersof operations as well as in Soma-lia and was stationed in placeslike Fort Bragg in North Carolinaand Okinawa.“I retired from the Army in

2012 at a Sgt. Major, with the E-9rank designation in special

forces, also known as GreenBerets, and was on the GoldenKnights Parachute Team my lasttwo years in the service,” Youngsaid. “I was able to join GM be-cause this company takes help-ing our veterans seriously. Theyoffer us real opportunities. Theyjust don’t talk about helping vet-erans, they actually are good totheir word and really help veter-ans.”Looking at the number of flags

as they were being plantedmeant a lot to Young.“This event really gets to me,”

Young said. “When you look atthese flags, you realize each onerepresents a person that hasbeen killed. And each person losthas a family who has to sufferwith this loss. When I see thenumber of flags, it’s overwhelm-ing. We live in a country wherepeople volunteer to protect usand give us the chance to be freeand live the values we esteem.When I see the number of peoplewe have lost because of this, it’sreally humbling.”

Young said that the secondand third row of planted flagshave the names of specificwarfighters who have lost theirlives since 2001 and have a con-nection to the people who workat GPS.“Putting this together took a

lot of work,” Young said. “Weshould really thank the GM veter-an’s committee – Craig Petranel-lo, president; Tom Kava-naugh,vice president; Ethan Meske, sec-retary; and Dave Mooty, who putthis on last year.“They really worked hard to

make this happen and deserve tobe thanked.”The flags were planted by GPS

volunteers. Each row was linedup using a taut string stretchedacross the lawn in front of theGPS building. Volunteers placedthe flags along the path of thestring and made sure they linedup with the flags in front.

Young said that he liked howeverything was coordinated. Itreflected both the precision of

engineers and the discipline ofthose in the service. The flagswill be removed on May 30.

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Army vet Young helped organize the planting of memorial flags.

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The 1928 Alfa Super Sport was a winner at the 2018 Mille Miglia race.

History has repeated itself 90years later, with the Mille Migliarace in Italy ending in victory forthe Alfa Romeo car brand.1928 was the year of Alfa

Romeo’s first win at the MilleMiglia, and 2018 has seen arecord-breaking edition with 450teams competing and three AlfaRomeo cars taking the top threeplaces. It is confirmation of thebrand’s unbreakable bond with“the most beautiful race in theworld,” said FCA spokesman BerjAlexanian said.Alfa Romeo was the star of the

event, setting a milestone, asAutomotive Sponsor, as well asthe winner of the top prizes onViale Venezia in Brescia: the 2018Mille Miglia was won by the AlfaRomeo 6C 1500 GS Testa Fissacrewed by Tonconogy-Ruffini,Alexanian said.

Finishing in second place, justeight penalty points behind thevictor, the 6C 1500 Super Sportdating from 1928 with coachworkby Stabilimenti Farina, an officialcar from the FCA Heritage collec-tion. The vehicle is normally ondisplay at the Museo Storico AlfaRomeo, Alexanian said.The car carried the race num-

ber 30, also worn by its sister ve-hicle that won the first AlfaRomeo victory in the Mille Migliawith Giuseppe Campari andGiulio Ramponi in 1928. It wasdriven in the event by GiovanniMoceri, with navigator DanieleBonetti. Giovanni Moceri is cur-rent holder of the Italian GrandiEventi ACI Sport Champion titleand already has victories inItaly’s biggest historic regularitycompetitions to his name, fromthe Mille Miglia to the Targa Flo-

rio and the Coppa d’Oro delleDolomiti.In third place was the Alfa

Romeo 6C 1750 SS Zagato drivenby Vesco-Guerini. The AlfaRomeo cars entered by FCA Her-itage finished the 36th historicre-evocation of the Mille Migliaby completing the traditionalBrescia-Rome-Brescia course.“So this 2018 edition has defi-

nitely earned a place in AlfaRomeo’s history, and the ‘AlfaRomeo: the Mille Miglia in 90places’ project has just beenlaunched to trace the most signif-icant stages of the brand’s histo-ry at the Mille Miglia,” Alexaniansaid. “Since its foundation in Mi-lan, Italy, in 1910, Alfa Romeo hasdesigned and crafted some of themost stylish and exclusive carsin automotive history. That tradi-tion lives on today.”

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DETROIT (AP) – Long emer-gency stopping distances, diffi-cult-to-use controls and a harshride stopped Tesla’s Model 3electric car from getting a recom-mended buy rating from Con-sumer Reports.While the magazine said the

car has exhilarating accelerationand handling, testers were trou-bled by its 152-foot average stop-ping distance from 60 miles perhour in emergency braking tests.The magazine said the dis-

tance was worse than any mod-ern car it has tested, and is aboutseven feet farther than a FordF-150, a full-size pickup thatweighs about twice as much as aModel 3.Tesla said in a statement that

its own tests found 60-to-zerobraking distances averaging 133feet. It says stopping distancesare affected by road surface,weather, tire temperature, brakeconditioning and other factors. Italso says it continually does soft-ware updates to improve factorssuch as stopping distance.The Model 3 is Tesla’s first at-

tempt to appeal to mass-marketbuyers. The car that starts at$35,000 but can run as high as$78,000 has been plagued by pro-duction delays.

Consumer Reports said it testedthe car at its track on pavementmonitored for consistent surfacefriction, using industry standardtest procedures.The car was tested with the

same 18-inch Michelin tires thatwere used in Tesla’s test, themagazine said.On the first Consumer Reports

test, the Model 3 stopped inabout 130 feet, similar to Tesla’sfindings, according to the maga-zine. But testers could not repeatthat distance even after lettingthe brakes cool overnight.Because of the inconsistency,

the testers borrowed a second

Model 3 and got results similar tolonger distances in testing thefirst one.The Tesla’s stopping distance

was 21 feet longer than the classaverage for luxury compactsedans, the magazine said.Jake Fisher, director of auto

testing for Consumer Reports,said the first test shows him thatthe Model 3 has the mechanicalability to stop in 130 feet andthat a software change may bringconsistently shorter stoppingdistances. If that happens, Con-sumer Reports would re-evaluatethe car, he said.

Consumer Reports also saidthat Car and Driver magazine ex-perienced inconsistent andsometimes long stopping dis-tances when it tested a Model 3,including one stop from 70 mphthat took 196 feet.Although it doesn’t happen of-

ten, Consumer Reports in the pasthas decided not to recommendvehicles based largely on longbraking distances. Last year, themagazine decided not to recom-mend the Hyundai Ioniq gas-elec-tric hybrid car because of below-average braking. It took the car144 feet to fully stop from 60 mphon dry pavement.The magazine also said nearly

all of the Model 3’s controls areon a center touch screen direc-tion with no gauges on the dash-board and few buttons inside thecar. This forces drivers to takeseveral steps to do simple tasksand can cause driver distraction,the magazine said.The car also had a stiff ride

and excessive wind noise at high-way speeds, unlike competitors,Consumer Reports said.

Consumer Reports also said itgot a record 350 miles of rangeper charge with a long-range ver-sion of the Model 3 when it’s seton a high mode to recharge bat-teries with energy from braking.

Tesla Braking Questioned

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Solve, an initiative of the Mas-sachusetts Institute of Technolo-gy, has created a $100,000 Gener-al Motors Prize for AdvancedTechnologies in STEM Education.General Motors will provide up

to four Solver teams with grantfunding for technology-based so-lutions selected in MIT Solve’sTeachers & Educators and Workof the Future Challenges.Solver teams will be selected

by a panel of cross-sector judgesat the Solve Challenge Finals dur-ing UN General Assembly week inNew York City Sept. 23.“General Motors is committed

to preparing today’s students --and tomorrow’s workers – to ad-dress the world’s most pressingproblems,” said Ken Kelzer, vicepresident of GM’s Global VehicleComponents and Subsystems.“Supporting STEM education

and open technological innova-tion initiatives like MIT’s Solvebrings us closer to cutting-edgeinnovators and innovations oftransportation technology nowand in the future.”Selected teachers and educa-

tors will deploy advanced tech-nologies such as artificial intelli-gence and machine learning toprovide affordable and accessi-ble training to educators, per-sonalized learning for a diverseset of learners, or a holistic ap-

proach to teaching STEM, MITspokeswoman Andrea Snydersaid.Selected Work of the Future

will deploy advanced tech to pre-pare current and future work-forces for the transformations ofwork that lie ahead through im-proved economic security, ca-reer flexibility, or new incomestreams.“We are thrilled to be working

with such an innovative, iconiccompany like General Motors aswe advance Solver teams identi-fied through Solve’s Teachers &Education and Work of the Fu-ture Challenges,” said Solve Ex-ecutive Director Alex Amouyel.“Through General Motors’ gen-

erous prize, the selected Solverteams will be able to scale theirwork and impact, creating newopportunities in an ever-chang-ing economy.”The Solve at MIT event pro-

gram and confirmed speakerscan be found athttps://solve.mit.edu/events/solve-at-mit-2018, Snyder said.Solve and General Motors will

be hosting a Solveathon on June8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Tech-Town Detroit to refine and im-prove innovative ideas forSolve’s Work of the Future andTeachers and Educators chal-lenges, Snyder said.

General Motors ProvidingMIT with $100,000 Prize

Eaton volunteers at work in Southfield’s Bedford Woods Park.

Power management companyEaton’s employees from its Vehi-cle Group campus in Southfieldrecently partnered with Rebuild-ing Together Oakland County(RTOC) as part of the NationalDay of Caring to renovate a localpark.More than 70 employees do-

nated approximately 400 laborhours to improve Bedford WoodsPark on May 10-11, said Eatonspokesman Byron Pope.This is the tenth consecutive

year Eaton Southfield volunteershave dedicated their time andeffort to improving the localcommunity.Eaton volunteers performed a

number of tasks at the communi-ty park, including:• Spreading mulch in the playground area;

• Water-sealing picnic tables;• Installing rustic park bench-es;

• Removing dead and dam-aged trees;

• Removing a deterioratedstaircase;

• Harvesting plant material inbio swale; and,

• Sanding and painting trashbins.

“Community stewardship is akey part of Eaton’s culture, andour 10-year partnership withRTOC is an example of our ongo-ing commitment to bettering thecommunities where we live andwork,” said Larry Bennett,Eaton’s director of Vehicle Tech-nology and Innovation.

“Eaton has enjoyed a longpartnership with both the City ofSouthfield and RTOC, and togeth-er we have successfully identi-fied and rehabilitated numeroussites needing maintenance andrefurbishment.”Since Eaton began partnering

with RTOC in 2008, the companyhas rehabilitated project sitesaround Southfield, enabled a cityblock rehabilitation in Pontiac,and funded a year-round homerepair program, Pope said.“Eaton is our only county-wide

sponsor and has supported usover the past ten years to impactnot only the city of Southfieldbut the entire county,” said HalieBlack, executive director, RTOC.“We enjoy working with their em-ployees because they are enthu-siastic, hardworking and alwayshave a high volunteer turnout.“Thank you to all of the em-

ployees who donated their timeto make improvements at Bed-ford Woods Park.”RTOC is a local affiliate of Re-

building Together, the nationalnonprofit organization that isdedicated to preserving afford-able home ownership and revi-talizing local communities, Popesaid.With support from volunteers,

the organization provides assis-tance to low-income homeown-ers who are unable to completetheir home repairs. The group in-cludes the elderly, disabled, mili-tary veterans and families withchildren.

Eaton Volunteers SpruceUp Southfield Public Park

Poised for significant growth,Autonomic, the creator of theTransportation Mobility Cloudand a wholly owned subsidiaryof Ford Smart Mobility, has re-aligned its leadership team, offi-cially confirming Gavin Sherry asChief Executive Officer.

The Transportation MobilityCloud is the first open cloud-based platform that connects thediverse components of urbanmobility systems, including con-nected vehicles, mass transit,pedestrians, city infrastructureand service providers – with thegoal of orchestrating a safer,more efficient and sustainabletransportation network, saidFord spokeswoman MaggiePhilbin.

“Our goal is to be the foremostconnected mobility cloud global-ly, and I’m excited for the oppor-tunity to power and pave the wayfor future cities,” said Sherry, co-founder of Autonomic. “By unit-ing all connected vehicles on asingle platform, along with othertransport agencies, cities, anddevelopers, the possibilities ofhow we can advance and syn-chronize transportation and mo-bility are endless.”

Previously leading Autonom-ic’s innovation as co-founder andvice president of Engineering,Sherry is now responsible forspurring the growth and adop-tion of the Transportation Mobil-ity Cloud.

Autonomic’s former CEO andnow vice president of Ford X, apart of Ford Smart Mobility LLC,Sundeep (Sunny) Madra willserve as a board member and ad-visor, Philbin said.

“As cities look to improvetransportation options and in-crease livability for their citizens,enhancing mobility is key tomeeting this challenge. Gavin isthe right leader to take Autonom-ic to the next stage of growth and

ensure the TMC becomes theforemost platform that develop-ers and automakers use to deliv-er their mobility goals,” saidMadra.

Autonomic’s executive teamhails from Amazon Web Services,Pivotal, Proofpoint, Greenplum(acquired by EMC) and XtremeLabs (acquired by Pivotal),Philbin said. The team has atrack record of delivering large-scale, high-impact cloud and dis-tributed systems and several ex-ecutives were instrumental inbuilding the first version of Ama-zon Web Services, and leadingconsumer, open source andcloud software.

Now, the team is taking a simi-lar approach to creating a trans-portation platform at a scale thatpaves the way for all developersand automakers, in addition toFord, to build on the Transporta-tion Mobility Cloud.

As part of Sherry’s appoint-ment into the role of CEO, Auto-nomic’s executive leadership iselevating to further meet theneeds of the industry and thecompany’s partners, which in-clude auto manufacturers, devel-opers, parts suppliers and fleetoperators, Philbin said.

Sherry has more than 20 yearsof experience in data processing,machine learning and engineer-ing large-scale Internet systemsglobally and will advance thecompany’s vision of acceleratingthe transformation of the trans-portation industry, said Philbin.

Previously, Sherry served asAutonomic’s vice president of En-gineering. Prior to Autonomic,Sherry served as the vice presi-dent of Engineering at Pivotal,where he was instrumental in thedevelopment of the company’sbig data suite, which brought sig-nificant data warehousing andanalytics to the cloud for enter-prise.

Leveraging his experiencebuilding open-source softwareand data processing technolo-gies, Sherry went on to co-foundAutonomic in August of 2016with fellow Pivotal alums Madra,Nithin Rao, Amar Varma, andBenjamin Black, Philbin said.

Black, Autonomic’s CTO, previ-ously held senior technologyroles at Pivotal, Microsoft andAmazon, and was an early Ama-zon employee who co-wrote thepaper that would become Ama-zon Web Services. In addition,Black worked at Microsoft wherehe helped build Office 365, its an-swer to Google Apps, and, priorto that, founded a startup calledBoundary, which monitored com-puter networks.

COO Varma co-founded XtremeLabs with Madra and has 20years of experience as an entre-preneur and investor in high-pro-file technology companies.

General Counsel Julie Davieshas more than a decade of expe-rience advising public and pri-vate companies, venture capital-ists and corporate investorsin matters arising during everystage of a company’s lifecycle.Prior to Autonomic, she wasa partner in the Palo Alto

office of Morgan, Lewis & Bock-ius LLP.

Engineering Vice PresidentCaleb Welton has worked in dataprocessing and machine learninghis entire career. He led the devel-opment of MADlib, an open-source scale-out machine learninglibrary. Prior to that, he was a keymember of the Greenplum Data-base team (acquired by EMC).

Nithin Rao, vice president ofProduct Management, has morethan 20 years of experience com-bining business, technology andproduct strategy. Rao is a tech-nology veteran. Prior to Auto-nomic, he was a key member ofthe product teams at Pivotal andProofpoint.

Board member Madra co-founded Autonomic and servedas CEO until Ford Smart Mobilityacquired it in February 2018, andalso co-founded Xtreme Labs (ac-quired by Pivotal in 2013). He iscurrently vice president, Ford Xat Ford Motor Company and is anexperienced entrepreneur, in-vestor and technologist.

In addition to growing its teamin Silicon Valley, Autonomic isbuilding a team in Detroit, invest-ing in the community’s local tal-ent and focusing on core vehicleconnectivity and mobility prob-lems. The company also aims toexpand the reach of the Trans-portation Mobility Cloud by es-tablishing partnerships with ad-ditional OEMs, and introducingmore developers to the platform.

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Gavin Sherry

Sherry is Named CEO of the Ford Subsidiary Autonomic

The auto supplier and technol-ogy company Continental is in-creasing its investment in Dig-iLens Inc., the Silicon Valley-based leader in holographicwaveguide projection technolo-gy.

With its additional investment,Continental, which has its NorthAmerican headquarters inAuburn Hills, will hold close to18 percent of DigiLens after Se-ries C financing round, said Con-tinental spokeswoman MaryAraf.

Continental first invested inDigiLens in 2016 through astrategic partnership to jointlydevelop a waveguide head-updisplay (HUD) that fulfills auto-motive requirements, the tech-nology is now ready for industri-alization, Araf said.

DigiLens’ holographic wave-guide technology enables head-up displays for different applica-tions including automotive, avia-tion and motorcycle helmets,Araf said.

The company’s AutoHUDwaveguide product transformsthe HUD performance by doubl-ing the field of view, making amuch larger display required foraugmented reality applications,while reducing the componentvolume to one-sixth of the tradi-tional size.

Continental Goes3D by IncreasingDigiLens Outlay

systems where one basically setsthe shocks and that’s that.

“We were able to create thisactive control shock systemwithout changing the Raptor’sphysical architecture,” Paivasaid.

“We developed this with a lotof input from Raptor owners.They always want to push theboundaries of what their truckscan do, making aftermarket ad-justments to the Raptor verypopular. Visit any online forumdealing with the Raptor and youwill see that.

“So that drove us to create alive valve suspension systemthat no other original equipmentmaker has as standard.

“What is different about thissystem is that it has developedits own control system. Driverscan set it to normal, sport or off-road.”

And the Raptor even has tech-nology that allows it to read frontsensors to determine what theroad, or off-road, conditions areand adjust the suspension ac-cordingly, Paiva said.

“That’s great for avoiding acci-dents where the truck bottomsout while traveling over bumps,”he said. When the truck sensesrough conditions, the suspen-sion shifts so that the truckdrives softer.

When the truck does notsense that kind of obstacle

ahead, the suspension becomesstiffer.

Paiva said now that Ford hasdeveloped the proper softwareand hardware, it wouldn’t be dif-ficult to add it to other vehiclesin the Ford portfolio.

“Raptor’s success is rooted inits incredible suspension, superbvehicle control and the confi-dence the truck instills in itsowners,” said Hermann Salen-bauch, global director, Ford Per-formance vehicle programs.

“Upgrades to the 2019 F-150Raptor have improved all threeto new levels that the compe-tition will have to benchmark –again.”

To enhance Raptor’s internalbypass shocks, Ford Perform-ance worked directly with FOXto develop new electronicallycontrolled Live Valve technolo-gy for the new platform thatcontinuously adjusts dampingin real-time. This class-exclusivesetup uses sensors in the sus-pension and body to maximizecomfort, handling and bottom-out resistance.

“By automatically varyingcompression rates, Raptor cannow make the most of its sus-pension travel of 13 inches atthe front and 13.9 inches at therear,” said Salenbauch. “The2019 Raptor is not just morecapable off-road. It’s smarter.”

Paiva said the 2019 Raptor willhit the showroom floor by theend of 2018.

Ford Upgrades 2019 RaptorUsing Computer TechnologyCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

The 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor features a live valve suspension system.

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Following high-profile inci-dents involving autonomous ve-hicle technologies, a new reportfrom AAA’s multi-year trackingstudy indicates that consumertrust in these vehicles has quick-ly eroded.Today, three-quarters (73 per-

cent) of American drivers reportthey would be too afraid to ridein a fully self-driving vehicle, upsignificantly from 63 percent inlate 2017, said AAA spokes-woman Erin Stepp.Additionally, the AAA report,

which was issued on May 22,stated that about two-thirds (63percent) of U.S. adults reportthey would actually feel less safesharing the road with a self-driving vehicle while walking orriding a bicycle.“Despite their potential to

make our roads safer in the longrun, consumers have high expec-tations for safety,” said GregBrannon, AAA’s director of Auto-motive Engineering and IndustryRelations.“Our results show that any in-

cident involving an autonomousvehicle is likely to shake con-sumer trust, which is a criticalcomponent to the widespreadacceptance of autonomous vehi-cles.”Brannon said surprisingly,

AAA’s latest survey found thatMillennials – the group that hasbeen the quickest to embraceautomated vehicle technologies– were the most affected bythese incidents.The percentage of Millennial

drivers too afraid to ride in a ful-ly self-driving vehicle has jumpedfrom 49 percent to 64 percentsince late 2017, representing thelargest increase of any genera-tion surveyed.“While autonomous vehicles

are being tested, there’s always achance that they will fail or en-counter a situation that chal-lenges even the most advancedsystem,” said Megan Foster,AAA’s director of Federal Affairs.“To ease fears, there must besafeguards in place to protect ve-hicle occupants and the mo-torists, bicyclists, and pedestri-ans with whom they share theroad.”AAA supports thorough test-

ing of automated vehicle tech-nologies as they continue toevolve, including testing underprogressively complicated driv-ing scenarios and under varyingconditions, but not at the ex-pense of safety, Foster said.Additionally, to help prevent

the accidental misuse of the sys-tems, AAA advocates for a com-mon sense, common nomencla-ture and classification system,and similar performance charac-teristics of future autonomousvehicle technologies, Foster said.“There are sometimes dozens

of different marketing names fortoday’s safety systems,” contin-ued Brannon.

“Learning how to operate a ve-hicle equipped with semi-autono-mous technology is challengingenough without having to deci-pher the equipment list and cor-responding level of autonomy.”To help educate consumers on

the effectiveness of emerging ve-hicle technologies, AAA is com-mitted to the ongoing, unbiasedtesting of automated vehicle

technologies, Brannon said. Pre-vious testing of automatic emer-gency braking, adaptive cruisecontrol, self-parking technologyand lane-keeping systems hasshown both great promise andgreat variation.Future AAA testing will look at

how well systems work togetherto achieve higher levels ofautomation, Foster said.

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BEIJING (AP) – China said May22 it will reduce auto import du-ties effective July 1 followingpledges to buy more U.S. goodsand end restrictions on foreignownership in the industry.President Xi Jinping promised

the changes in April amid mount-ing pressure from Washington tonarrow China’s multibillion-dol-lar trade surplus with the UnitedStates, though Chinese spokes-people said they had nothing todo with that dispute.The Finance Ministry said

charges for many imported vehi-cles will be cut from 25 percentto 15 percent to promote devel-opment of the Chinese industryand increase availability ofgoods for consumers.That still would be higher than

the 2.5 percent United States tar-iff on imported autos but lessthan the 25 percent charged byWashington on imported pickuptrucks.The immediate impact of the

changes is expected to be limit-ed. Most cars sold in China byglobal automakers are producedin local factories, but the tariffcut could give themmore flexibil-ity in supplying additional mod-els produced abroad.Beijing used tariffs and other

curbs over the past threedecades to prod global autobrands to shift production toChina and help develop the localindustry.China is the world’s biggest

auto market by number of vehi-cles sold. Purchases of SUVs,

sedans and minivans totaled 24.7million units in 2017, comparedwith 17.2 million for the UnitedStates, the No. 2 market.Xi’s government promised May

19 to increase imports of Ameri-can goods following talks inWashington on the trade bal-ance, Beijing’s technology poli-cies and other disputes.China’s move to ease controls

on its auto market reflects grow-ing official confidence in fledg-ling Chinese automakers and adesire to make the industrymore flexible as Beijing pro-motes development of electriccars.

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Ford Motor Company was ableto restart production of the pop-ular F-150 at Dearborn TruckPlant on May 18 after just overone week of downtime.

The company has also suc-cessfully repaired the supplychain for Super Duty, with pro-duction restarted at the Ken-tucky Truck Plant, as well as theKansas City Assembly Plant thatalso makes F-150 pickups, saidFord spokeswoman Kelli Felker.

This follows the massive May 2fire at the Meridian MagnesiumProducts facility in Eaton Rapids,Mich.

“While the situation remainsextremely dynamic, our teamsare focused on returning ourplants to full production as fastas possible,” said Joe Hinrichs,Ford’s president of Global Opera-tions. “The ramp-up time to fullproduction is improving everyday.”

Ford teams, together with sup-pliers – including Walbridge andother contractors – worked near-ly around the clock to get F-150production back on line as quick-ly as possible.

The teams removed 19 diesfrom Meridian’s badly damagedfacility, and in one case, movedan 87,000-pound die from EatonRapids to Nottingham, U.K., viaan Antonov cargo plane – one ofthe largest in the world – in just30 hours door-to-door, Felkersaid. A die is a tool used to cut orshape material using a press.

“Faced with unexpected adver-sity, the Ford team, including ourglobal supply partners, showedunbelievable resiliency, turning adevastating event into a shiningexample of teamwork,” said HauThai-Tang, Ford’s executive vicepresident of Product Develop-ment and Purchasing.

“Thanks to their heroic efforts,we are resuming production ofsome of our most important ve-

hicles ahead of our original tar-gets.”

Work started immediately inthe aftermath of the May 2 fire,Felker said. Teams removed andremediated safety concerns – in-cluding dangling siding – and re-stored electricity, gaining ap-proval to access the site whiledebris still smoldered inside.

This allowed Ford and Meridi-an to safely retrieve and relocatetools to more quickly resumepart production and work to min-imize the financial impact of thestalled plants.

Ford recovered, repaired andvalidated most dies that were atthe Eaton Rapids facility, andMeridian is now producing partsfor the F-150 at two locations –Eaton Rapids and Nottingham,U.K., Felker said production ofbolsters for Super Duty alsorestarted at Eaton Rapids.

Under normal circumstances,moving tooling the size of a bol-ster die would take approximate-ly 10 days just to get the properimport and export approvals,Felker said. However, Ford andits suppliers managed to cut thetotal time for the entire move to

30 hours, including trans-Atlanticflight time.

When the team removed thedie from the Eaton Rapids facto-ry, it was shipped to Ricken-backer International Airport inColumbus, Ohio, Felker said.Rickenbacker had both the ca-pacity to handle such a largepiece of equipment and allowedthe Antonov An-124 Russianplane – typically used to trans-port trains, dump trucks andeven a 25-foot sea yacht – to takeoff as soon as the equipment wasloaded.

Nearly 4,000 miles away, ateam in Nottingham was waitingto receive the die and take it toMeridian’s nearby factory. In be-tween, the Ford team received aU.K. import license for the die – amere two hours before the planetouched down. Parts producedat Nottingham are being shippedvia daily flights on a Boeing 747jet until production in EatonRapids returns to pre-fire levels.

Inventories of the F-Seriespickups and other vehicles re-main strong and customerswon’t have a problem finding themodel they want, Hinrichs said.

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The first post-fire Ford F-150 rolls off the line at Dearborn Truck Plant.

Ford Restarts Its F-150 Truck Production

It’s important for the driver tokeep his or her hands on thesteering wheel and Ford has justmade that easier thanks to apartnership with Waze.

Waze is GPS navigation soft-ware that works on smartphonesand tablets with GPS support,said Ford spokeswomanMichaela Johndrow.

Waze users around the worldcan now project the app’s real-time traffic and navigation serv-ice onto the touch screen in Fordvehicles via SYNC AppLink andcontrol it through voice com-mand, Johndrow said. For own-ers of Ford SYNC 3-equipped ve-hicles, this allows easier accessto features that include findingefficient traffic routes, locatingcheaper fuel prices and report-ing traffic accidents.

To use, customers simply con-nect their Waze-equipped iPhoneto the USB port of their Ford ve-hicle and view the service as it isprojected onto the vehicle touchscreen, Johndrow said. WithFord SYNC AppLink, users cannow conveniently access theapp’s features on a larger displayand have voice guidance throughtheir own vehicle speakers andmicrophone system.

“Our goal is to make it as easyas possible for people to accessthe smartphone features, appsand services they care aboutmost in the car, without havingto pick up their device,” said DonButler, executive director ofFord’s connected vehicle plat-form and product.

“With Waze, our customers getthe benefits they’re accustomedto with the added luxury of expe-riencing them on a biggerscreen.”

In addition to the ability to re-port on heavy traffic, accidentsand fuel prices, Ford’s integra-tion of Waze includes recent appupdates such as talk to Waze,which lets you control the appvia voice command, Butler said.Features also include route sup-port for high-occupancy vehicle

lanes (carpool lanes), providingadditional navigation optionsand more accurate arrival times.

“We’re excited drivers of FordSYNC 3-enabled vehicles willnow be able to use Waze for iOSright from their dashboard, get-ting access to features likeplanned drives, alternativeroutes, talk to Waze voice com-mands and more,” said JensBaron, product lead, in-car appli-cations, Waze.

“They’ll also benefit from thebest routes and most accurateETAs, thanks to our global com-munity of drivers on the go whoupdate the map in real-time –helping our mission to one dayeliminate traffic.”

To deliver optimal driving di-rections and traffic updates,Waze uses crowdsourcing togather information about roadconditions from all of its users.People simply type in their desti-nation and drive with the appopen to contribute data toWaze’s community of users.

At the same time, people cantake a more active role by shar-ing reports from the road, includ-ing notifying the community ofaccidents, hazards or routechanges that were previously un-known.

By working together, said But-ler, the aim is for people to helpeach other improve the qualityof their commute. Waze can helpcommuters avoid congestedroads in favor of other routes, orsee when their friends are ex-pected to arrive at their destina-tion. Users can even help eachother save a few dollars by shar-ing fuel prices as they travel, al-lowing people to navigate to thecheapest nearby station.

To access Waze on AppLink inyour Ford vehicle, Butler saiddrivers will need SYNC 3 soft-ware version 3.0 or greater in-stalled in their vehicle. They willalso need iOS 11.3 and the Wazeapp downloaded on their phone.Ford.com has a complete set ofinstructions.

Ford Adopts Use of WazeSystem for Better Driving

Waze users can now see real-time traffic and navigation service.

2018 marks Prestige Automo-tives fifth season of free commu-nity concerts sponsored by Gre-gory Jackson, owner and opera-tor of the Prestige AutomotiveGroup based in Metro-Detroit

The Jazz on the River summerconcert series features 13 bandswith performances held everyThursday night June 7 to Aug. 30from 7 to 10 p.m. at the RobertsRiverwalk Hotel in downtown De-troit. Rain location is inside thebanquet area located onsite.

“Please join us as we partici-pate in the revitalization of theriverfront by bringing jazz andmusic arts to the area for all toenjoy,” Jackson said.

The concert series highlightsa variety of jazz-influenced gen-res from Big Band Jazz, Latin,Funk, Soul, and more. The sum-mer concert lineup will featuredifferent local and internationalfavorites each week, Jackson

said. Prestige Mercedes-Benz ofSt. Clair Shores, Prestige Cour-tesy Ford of Okemos, and Pres-tige Cadillac of Warren will putthe new Mercedes-Benz, Ford,and Cadillac vehicles on display.

The June 7 concert will featuremusic by the band 313 DetroitLive. Phil Denny will perform atthe June 14 concert and RalpheArmstrong will be the featuredplayer at the June 21 concert.

The Band Straight Ahead playson June 28, followed by WalterWhite on July 5 and Larry Lee &The Back in the Day Band on July12. Daryl Beebe plays on July 19and The Sun Messengers per-form on July 26.

The Aug. 2 concert featuresCharles and Gwen Scales. 313 De-troit Live returns on Aug. 9. BFLegacy Jazz plays on Aug. 16, EdStone and the Flow Masters onAug. 30. LL7 Latin Jazz finishesthe series on Aug. 30.

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