April 30, 2019 $48 million medical laundry facility coming to Detroit, MI Source: Breana Noble, The Detroit News Three healthcare providers are teaming up to bring a $48 million medical laundry facility to Detroit. Henry Ford Health System, Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan, and St. Joseph Mercy Health System have plans …
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Business News Flash – Detroit, MI
April 23, 2019 Google subsidiary Waymo to lease, invest in Detroit factory Source: Pete Bigelow, Crain’s Detroit Waymo had reached an agreement with American Axle & Manufacturing to lease an existing factory in Detroit, MI. The company will invest $13.6 million in the factory. The move will allow Waymo to retrofit Fiat …
House Passes New Autonomous Vehicle Bill
Driverless vehicles are already among us. As the technology charges forward, lawmakers are wrestling with the best way to regulate autonomous vehicles. On September 6, the House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation for highly-autonomous vehicles (HAVs). Among other things, the bill gave the federal government the power to regulate their design, construction, and performance. The bill …
Self-Driving Vehicles: Rise Of The Machines
Last year we wrote about self-driving vehicles in the distribution industry. Since then the technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. Autonomous vehicles of all kinds are now sharing the roads with us. And the odds that you’ll pass one during your daily commute are rising all the time. But what about the news reports we’ve …
Trucking Automation on the Horizon, But Don’t Worry Just Yet
The greatest concern with self-driving trucks or trucking automation has been truckers losing their jobs. And now that automation could be only three to four years away, truckers are feeling uneasy. Truckers, for the time being, put your minds at ease. Trucking automation and self-driving trucks are on the horizon to fix several problems. One …
The Problem with Self-Driving Trucks
One of the current issues facing the trucking industry is the ongoing driver shortage. Tech companies began to promise self-driving trucks as a potential solution to this shortage. However, there are those in the trucking industry that don’t see this solution as a practical one at this time. It is clear that the direction new …