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GM is investing in its future byinvesting in its past.

The historic Durant-Dort Fac-tory One will be converted intoan archive and research centeras part of a renovation projectconnecting the site’s rich manu-facturing history with ongoingdevelopments in the automotiveindustry, said GM spokesmanTom Wickham.

According to the Web siteMichmarkers.com the factorywas built in 1888 and “exempli-fies the dramatic growth of theFlint Road Cart Company, whichbecame the Durant-Dort CarriageCompany. During the 1890s, Du-rant-Dort expanded its Blue Rib-bon line to include Webster Vehi-cle farm wagons, the Victoria Ve-hicle Company's mail-order busi-ness and the Diamond BuggyCompany. By 1900, Durant-Dortwas the largest volume producerof horse-drawn vehicles in theUnited States. In 1906, its peakyear, it employed 1,000 peopleand produced 56,000 vehicles.”

General Motors, which owns

the former carriage factory neardowntown Flint, will invest sever-al million dollars to create a mod-ern archive to house the automo-tive collection currently located

at nearby Kettering University,Wickham said. The archive andresearch center will occupy thefirst floor of the east wing of Fac-tory One.

GM plans to develop the sec-ond floor of the east wing into aflexible meeting area for GM,

Endings and beginnings cansometimes be the same thing.

No sooner had employees atFlint Engine Operations reachedone milestone – 1 million 1.4-literengines produced – than transi-tion began to production of anew global engine for the next-generation Chevrolet Cruze andVolt.

Flint Engine, which opened in2002, is in the midst of a $200-mil-lion upgrade that will see 1.4-literengine production end this weekand the new Ecotec small gas en-gine production start by year’send.

“Attaining one million enginesproduced is always an importantmilestone,” said Terri Burden,Flint Engine plant manager. “Butthis is particularly special be-cause it comes as we prepare tolaunch an engine that will be akey part of GM’s global engineprogram for many years tocome.”

When production of the 1.4-liter engine began in Flint in early2011 for the current Volt, Cruzeand Chevrolet Sonic, the enginewas already part of a venerableengine line that had global roots,said GM spokesman Tom Wick-ham.

The all-new Ecotec small gasengine, Wickham said, is a true

international effort and will bebuilt in eight engine plants in sixcountries, including Flint, pro-ducing 2.5 million engines a yearby 2017. To date, only the Volt(1.5 liter) and Cruze (1.4 liter tur-bo) have been announced as re-cipients of the Flint-built engine.

“One million engines! Our Lo-cal 599 members are proud ofthis accomplishment, as we builta superior quality 1.4-liter enginethat has been a success for ourcustomers, as was our tremen-dous 3800 engine,” said DaveAiken, UAW Local 599 chairman.“As we launch the Ecotec smallgas engine our team is ready andable to build an engine that willalso prove to be a leader in quali-ty and performance for manyyears to come.”

The launch of the Ecotec start-ed shortly after the April 2013 in-vestment announcement in theFlint plant, Wickham said. Fol-lowing a similar path as their as-sembly plant colleagues, Flint En-gine employees – both hourlyand salaried – formed a launchteam that would spend monthsworking with GM engineers andemployees in Michigan, Mexicoand Japan.

“Flint is GM’s first engine plantto embed its own hourly workersin the powertrain pre-production

process,” said Jim Stack, opera-tions launch manager at Flint En-gine. “Having Flint employeesworking side by side with the en-gineers and pre-productionteams allows us to streamlineproduction processes and im-prove product quality before pro-duction begins in the plant.”

At the same time, the launchteam was working on the new en-gine, construction crews were in-stalling new equipment and prep-ping the plant for the transitionthat will take place this fall.

When production of the 1.4-liter engine ended last week, thefacility will begin undergoing thecomplete installation and testingof equipment with the first pro-duction engines heading to GM’sLordstown, Ohio, assembly plant

for the Chevrolet Cruze beforethe end of the year. Volt produc-tion will begin later in 2016, Wick-ham said.

Throughout the transition,Flint Engine will continue to pro-duce the 3.6-liter engine for theChevrolet Colorado and Tra-verse, GMC Canyon and Acadiaand Buick Enclave. Employeeswho build that engine, which sur-passed one million units in 2013,are represented by UAW Local659.

Flint Engine Operations cur-rently employs a total of 856 peo-ple. In 2009 GM spent $250 tobuild 1.4L engines. In 2010, thecompany spent an additional$138.3 million to expand produc-tion, and an another $84 was in-vested in 2011.

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GM worker Rand Werner at work at Flint Engine Operations.

After 1M Engines, ProductionBegins On New Global Ecotec

Made in Detroit, sold in Korea.Chevrolet began taking pre-or-

ders in Korea in August for theImpala, the first time the brandis introducing a full-size sedan inthe Korean market.

The Chevrolet Impala for Ko-rea is assembled at General Mo-tors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assem-bly plant, said GM spokesmanChad Lyons.

“It is truly a Detroit-made carthat is being exported to Asia,”said Lyons. “This is soley for theSouth Korean market. I think thisan important moment forChevrolet. For the first time,we’re exporting an iconic ‘Ameri-can’ car. Everyone, at one pointin their lives has known some-one with an Impala. Now it’s be-ing exported for the first time toKorea. The large-sized sedan is avery important segment in theKorean market.”

GM makes cars all around theworld, Lyons said. But in thepast, models often did not crossborders. So it might be possiblesomeone in Germany to knowabout a vehicle like Opel Adam,and that model to be unknown inNorth America.

Over the past few years, au-tomakers across the world, in-

Made-in-DetroitImpala Ready forExport to Korea

Kevin Stuban shows off Sapa’s rocker panel side sill in a Tesla car.

by Jim Stickford

Detroit’s need to improvemileage and reduce CO2 emis-sions presents a golden opportu-nity for the companies that canhelp OEMs lightweight their vehi-cles. Which is why Sapa, a com-pany known in this country formaking building supplies, hasopened up a tech center office inDetroit.

Tom Landry, senior marketingand public relations manager atSapa, said the company’s worldheadquarters is in Sweden andits first facility in the U.S. was

built in Portland, Ore. The com-pany specializes in extruded alu-minum and got its start heremanufacturing building supplies.

But, Landry said, Sapa isbranching out in what it manu-factures and the need for OEMsto lightweight their vehicles haspresented the company with theopportunity to greatly expandthe amount of business it doeswith automakers. So the compa-ny officially opened its first De-troit office this month.

It just made sense, Landrysaid. Sapa was heavily involvedin the development of aluminum

parts for the Ford F-150. Andthey are working with other OEMand Tier I suppliers to developaluminum part for automobiles.

“I can tell you,” Landry said atthe Sapa office opening in Birm-ingham, “that this is the time tobe in aluminum. We can provideour customers with custom met-allurgy. The company that is ableto come up with the right alu-minum alloy that our customersneed to be able to meet federalregulatory standards will pros-per.”

Sapa Opens Detroit Office, Research Site

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This rendering shows what the Durant-Dort Factory One site will look like after renovations are completed.

General Motors to Renovate, Restore Historic Factory Site

(AP) DETROIT – Ford is mak-ing plans for a return to thesmall pickup truck market in theU.S. with a new version of theRanger.

The company is negotiatingwith the United Auto Workersabout making the truck at a fac-tory in the Detroit suburb ofWayne, Michigan, a personbriefed on the matter said Aug.26.

A new small SUV that may becalled the Bronco also is underdiscussion, said the person, whoasked not to be identified be-cause the talks are part of na-tional contract negotiations andno agreement has been reached.

The Wayne factory, whichFord calls the Michigan Assem-bly Plant, employs more than4,400 workers.

The 5-million-square-foot facil-ity now makes the Focus com-

Ford is Looking atBringing Ranger toWayne Assembly

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home of the Ford Motor Co., sixmiles from the headquarters ofGoogle.Meanwhile, in a squat, industri-

al building in suburban Detroit, ashort drive from Ford’s head-quarters, workers are busy build-ing a small fleet of driverlesscars.The company behind them?

Google.The convergence of cars and

computers is blurring the tradi-tional geographical boundariesof both industries. Silicon Valleyis dotted with research labsopened by automakers and sup-pliers, who are racing to develophigh-tech infotainment systemsand autonomous cars. Tech com-panies – looking to grow andsensing an industry that’s ripefor disruption _ are heading toDetroit to better understand theauto industry and get their soft-ware embedded into cars.The result is both heated com-

petition and unprecedented co-operation between two indus-tries that rarely spoke to eachother five years ago.“It’s a cross-pollination. We’re

educating both sides,’’ says NiallBerkerey, who runs the Detroitoffice of Telenav, a Sunnyvale,Calif.-based firm that makes navi-gation software.There’s also plenty of employ-

ee poaching. Apple recentlyhired Fiat Chrysler’s former qual-ity chief. Ride-sharing serviceUber snagged 40 researchers and

scientists from Carnegie Mellon’sPittsburgh robotics lab. Tesla’shead of vehicle developmentused to work at Apple.For years the fast-paced tech

industry showed little respect forthe plodding car industry. Googleand Palo Alto-based Tesla, withits high-tech electric sedans, con-vinced many to give the industryanother look. The average carnow processes more than 4,200signals – from the engine andtransmission to the backup cam-era to the radio – using 40 elec-tronic control units, according toBoston Consulting Group. Thoseunits can contain up to 100 mil-lion lines of computer code,more than in a fighter jet. The av-erage number of control unitshas climbed from 30 in 2007;some luxury cars have as manyas 100.“People think it’s shiny Silicon

Valley versus grungy Detroit, butthat’s garbage,’’ says Chris Urm-son, who leads Google’s self-dri-ving car program. “If you look atthe complexity of a vehicle, it’san engineering marvel.’’Dragos Maciuca, a former Ap-

ple engineer who’s now the tech-nical director of Ford’s Palo Altoresearch lab, says he’s seeing anew excitement about the autoindustry in Silicon Valley. For onething, cars provide a palpablesense of accomplishment forsoftware engineers.“If you work at Google or Ya-

hoo, it’s hard to point out, ‘Well, Iwrote that piece of code.’ It’s re-ally hard to be excited about it orshow your kids,’’ Maciuca hesays. “In the auto industry, youcan go, ‘See that button? Thestuff that’s behind it, I worked onthat.’’’But cocky tech companies

have had to adapt to the toughstandards of the auto industry,which requires technology towork perfectly, for years, in all

kinds of conditions. Maciucaspends much of his time educat-ing software and app developersabout the industry’s needs.“Silicon Valley goes toward this

model of a minimum viable prod-uct. It’s easy to throw things outthere and try them and see ifthey work,’’ Maciuca says. “Wecan’t do that.’’Santa Clara, California-based

Nvidia was best known for mak-ing chips for computer games be-fore it got into the car business.Now, it makes the computerprocessors that power Tesla’s 17-inch touchscreen dashboard andAudi’s experimental self-drivingcars, among other products. Ithad to develop new manufactur-ing techniques and higher levelsof certification for the auto busi-ness, such as tests to make sureits computer chips would stillwork in subzero temperatures,says Danny Shapiro, Nvidia’s sen-ior director of automotive.For their part, the automakers

are learning that rolling out carsthat remain static for years untilthe next model comes out is nolonger practical. At the insis-tence of tech companies such asTelenav and Nvidia, they’re learn-ing to make cars with navigation,infotainment and other featuresthat can be constantly updated.Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Toyota,BMW, and others can now updatevehicle software wirelessly to fixproblems or add more capabilityShapiro says the cost-con-

scious auto industry has had tolearn to spend a little more –maybe $10 to $20 per car – oncomputer hardware. Automakerswould often go with the cheapestoption but then spend even morefixing bugs, or be forced to re-place processors that didn’t haveenough power to add updates.Nvidia now has eight perma-

nent engineers at various au-tomakers in Michigan.

“We’ve helped them adoptmore of a computer industrymindset, which is not to reinventwhat they’re doing every five toseven years,’’ Shapiro says.Even with that new spirit of

collaboration, automakers andtech companies also use their lo-cal labs to do a little spying.Frankie James, a former NASA

researcher who now runs Gener-al Motors’ Palo Alto office, saysspotting trends and potentialthreats is one of the most impor-tant parts of her job. Her teamalerted GM to the car-sharingtrend, for example, and the au-tomaker invested $3 million inRelay Rides in 2011.Now, she’s watching compa-

nies that could potentially dis-rupt the auto business, such asGoogle and Apple. Google haspromised a self-driving car with-in five years, and Apple has hiredpeople from Tesla, Ford and oth-er car companies for its own top-secret project.“We need to say, ‘OK, if we

think Apple is going to buildsomething like this becausethey’ve got this vision of the fu-ture,’ if we take that same visionof the future, what can we do?How can we continue to play?’’James says.The tech industry is also

watching its back. Telenav ismaking a new navigation systemfor the 2016 Tacoma pickup andother Toyota vehicles, but Appleand Google are also vying for thecar’s dashboard with theirCarPlay and Android Auto sys-tems, which give drivers accessto certain smartphone apps.Telenav’s Berkery says auto-

motive accounts for 70 percentof its business, up from just 10percent when it opened its 10-person Detroit office four yearsago. Its success in Detroit led tonew offices in Berlin, Shanghaiand Tokyo.

Silicon Valley, Detroit Team Up on Autonomous Vehicles

Freudenberg-NOK SealingTechnologies of Plymouth hasnamed the recipients of its 2014Supplier Excellence Achieve-ment Level (SEAL) Awards.The SEAL Awards, now in their

eighth year, are divided intoGold, Silver and Bronze levels forchemical and metal suppliers.To determine winners of each

level, a supplier performancescorecard is used to rank eachsupplier in the areas of quality,delivery, cost management, tech-nology and overall service toFreudenberg-NOK and its manu-facturing sites, said companyspokeswoman Cheryl Eberwein.Winners of the 2014 SEAL

Awards include Chemical RawMaterial Suppliers:• Gold: Solvay Specialty Poly-

mers (Alpharetta, Ga.);• Silver: Cabot Corporation

(Franklin, La.);• Bronze: Zeon Chemicals LP

(Louisville, Ky.).Metal & Metal Fabrication Sup-

pliers:• Gold: Elgiloy Specialty Met-

als - Hampshire Mill, (Hamp-shire, Ill.);• Silver: New England Indus-

tries (Lebanon, N.H.);• Bronze: Prospect Machine

Products (Prospect, Conn.).

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DETROIT (AP) – Carhartt, thecompany known for sturdy workcoats and other clothing, isopening a store in Detroit.Company officials and city dig-

nitaries are gathering Aug. 27 inDetroit's Midtown area. TheCarhartt store will be on Cass Av-enue on the first floor of a build-ing that is listed on the NationalRegister of Historic Places.It will be the 20th company-

owned retail store for Carhartt,which is based in Dearborn. Ithas been making clothes in theU.S. for 125 years.

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community and educationalgroups to conduct STEM-relatedclasses, seminars and, potential-ly, research. The high-bay area inthe west wing of the facility willbe renovated to house classic ve-hicles and other artifacts fromFlint’s carriage-building era.“Factory One truly is the epi-

center of the automotive indus-try and, as such, it makes senseto create a world-class archivewhere anybody can learn howcarriage builders in Flintlaunched the global auto indus-try,” said Mark Reuss, GM execu-tive vice president of GlobalProduct Development, Purchas-ing and Supply Chain.GM purchased Factory One in

2013 and has invested approxi-mately $3 million to repair the ex-terior of the building and installnew windows and doors.The investment also covered

the construction of a fencearound the GM-owned parkinglot across Water Street, Wickhamsaid.The next phase of the project,

which is still being finalized, isexpected to cost several milliondollars and will include the in-stallation of a new roof. Smith-GroupJJR in Ann Arbor is the ar-chitect on the project and has ex-perience in historic renovationprojects as well as creating mod-ern archives.Once plans are finalized and a

general contractor is selected,work on the archive and other in-terior projects could begin in ear-ly 2016 with the project complet-ed in 2017.“The beautiful restoration of

Factory One as a centerpiece ofCarriage Town and downtownFlint provides us with an amazingopportunity to partner with GMand to provide these iconic his-torical treasures with the vi-brant, innovative display they sorichly deserve,” said KetteringUniversity President Dr. RobertK. McMahan.“Housing these collections at

Factory One provides greater ac-cessibility to the public, historyenthusiasts and educational in-stitutions, making the amazingshared history of GM, Ketteringand the automotive industry inFlint available to new genera-tions.”The investment in Factory One

is the latest in a series of invest-ments that GM is making in Flint,

Wickham said. On Aug. 4 GeneralMotors announced plans to in-vest $877 million to build a newbody shop at Flint Assembly,raising total investments to $2.5billion in Flint during the last sixyears.Earlier this year, GM an-

nounced a donation of $2 millionto Kettering to create a power-train laboratory and the GMFoundation committed $2 millionby 2019 for the creation of an au-tomotive proving ground for Ket-tering students.In addition to renovating Fac-

tory One, GM is financially sup-porting the Durant-Dort CarriageCompany office building acrossthe street.“This project is more than pre-

serving our past,” Reuss said. “Itis about telling the story of pio-neers in manufacturing, visionar-ies, risk takers and innovatorsand how they helped build aglobal industry and continue toinspire people today.”

cluding GM, have been concen-trating on building global carsthat transcend borders.So being a global means offer-

ing ‘American’ vehicles like theImpala to markets outside NorthAmerica.“We are thrilled to have the

iconic flagship sedan completeChevrolet’s passenger car portfo-lio in Korea,” said Sergio Rocha,president and CEO of GM Korea.“We are confident that its boldstyling, comfort, safety, powerfulperformance and technology willmake it a leader in the highlycompetitive upper-mediumsedan segment.”To meet an array of customer

needs, the Impala will be offered inKorea with two engine choices: a2.5L SIDI L4 engine and a 3.6L SIDIV6 engine, Rocha said. Korea-only

convenience features include pow-er folding side mirrors, an elec-tronic toll collecting system, fuel-fill cap locking, rain-sensing wipers,a unique cluster, standard naviga-tion, a unique antenna, a 220Vpower outlet, rear audio controlsand rear heated seats.In order to meet customer de-

mand and maximize the flexibili-ty of GM’s manufacturing opera-tions, this next-generationChevrolet Impala will be built forthe Korean market the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant,Lyons said.The Impala is based on GM’s

Epsilon II platform, which had itsdebut in 2002, and was originallybased on architecture first devel-oped by Opel. According to theWeb site “GM Authority” the sec-ond-generation Epsilon platform,Epsilon II, made its debut in 2008with the 2008 Opel Insignia

range. Like Epsilon I, Epsilon IIwas developed in GM’s Opel divi-sion in Rüsselsheim, Germanyand was available in regular andextended wheelbase configura-tions. Other vehicles that cur-rently use this platform are theCadillac XTS and the BuickLaCrosse.The 2016 Impala will include

Apple CarPlay capability, whichtakes the iPhone features and

puts them on the vehicle’s dis-play in a smart, simple manner.This allows drivers to make calls,send and receive messages andlisten to music right from thetouchscreen or by voice via Siri.Apple CarPlay supported appsinclude Phone, Messages, Maps,Music and compatible third-par-ty apps. A full list of those appscan be found at Ap-ple.com/ios/carplay.

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Call it FCTV. Fiat Chrysler hasentered into a collaboration withseveral music producers to inte-grate Fiat Chrysler vehicles intomusic videos performed by a va-riety of artists.The ongoing collaboration be-

tween Fiat Chrysler and New Yorkand Hollywood’s top music labelshas pushed the automaker’s pres-ence in official YouTube musicvideos to a record 2.5 billion viewsand climbing, said Olivier Fran-cois, chief marketing officer, FCA –Global. This summer served upone of its most successful part-nerships – between AtlanticRecords and Universal Pictures –with the official music video “SeeYou Again” (Wiz Khalifa ft. CharliePuth) as part of the “Furious 7:Original Motion Picture Sound-track.” The music video, which in-cludes the Dodge brand’s DodgeCharger and Dodge Challenger,has surged this summer to be-come the top viewed video of2015 globally, amassing more than860,500,000 views since its debutthis past April.

“We want to lead, we want toinnovate – it’s our culture atFCA,” said Francois. “Music isone of the strongest ways wehave to authentically align abrand with the relevance of a mo-ment and open up a dialoguewith Millennials. Our strengthsrest not just in the relationshipswe’ve forged with the labels, stu-dios and artists, but also in ouragility, which enables us toquickly satisfy production time-lines, and the diversity of ourFCA portfolio, which allows us toplace our vehicle line-up in amanner that is credible to theviewer and true to each brand.Reaching more than 2 billionviews is a significant feat – it’slike the viewing equivalent of 20Super Bowls.”“See You Again” stats on

YouTube:• “See You Again” is the top

viewed video of 2015 globally todate.• Top viewed Warner Music

Group video of all-time (since re-porting started) globally.• More than 2.5 billion min-

utes watched of “See You Again”globally on YouTube.• “See You Again” shared over

4.25 million times.• “See You Again” “liked” over

6.25 million times.• “See You Again” added to

playlists over 4 million times.As part of the company’s ties

to both the music and film indus-tries, Francois said the Chryslerbrand most recently teamed upwith Interscope Records for theofficial red band trailer with Dr.Dre and Ice Cube introductionfor the current box office block-buster “Straight Outta Compton”.Recent collaborations also in-

clude Fiat Chrysler teaming upwith Universal Music Group’s In-terscope Records and KIDinaKO-RNER for the X Ambassadors forthe launch of the Jeep brand’snew 2015 Jeep Renegade, in addi-tion to Interscope Records for aone-time-only television experi-ence during the 2014 AmericanMusic Awards (AMAs).

Their single “Renegades” hasbeen the #1 song at alternativeradio for the last 11 weeks in arow. “Renegades’” rise to #1 at Al-ternative radio marks the quick-est trip to the top for a group'sfirst entry on the survey sinceFastball flew to No. 1 (also ineight weeks) with "The Way" in1998.Under its partnerships with

Warner Music Group, UniversalMusic Group and Sony Music,and their respective labels/divi-sions, the company has collabo-rated with the music world’sbiggest recording stars acrossgenres to organically feature ve-hicles in music videos, including:

• Jason Aldean (Rambrand/Broken Bow Records).• Arianna ft. Pitbull (FIAT

brand/Sony Music).• Easton Corbin (Ram

brand/UMG).• Motley Crue (Dodge

brand/Eleven Seven Music).• Jason Derulo (Jeep

brand/WMG).• Dr. Dre - Kush ft. Snoop

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brand/WMG).• Eminem ft. Sia (Dodge

brand/Interscope Records).• Galantis (FIAT brand/At-

lantic Records)Ariana Grande (FIAT brand/Re-

public Records).• Inna ft. Pitbull (FIAT

brand/WMG).• Michael Jackson (Jeep

brand/Epic Records).• Carly Rae Jepsen (FIAT

brand/Interscope Records).• Miranda Lambert (Ram

brand/Sony Music).• Meghan Trainor ft. John Leg-

end (FIAT brand/Epic Records).• Jennifer Lopez (FIAT

brand/Island Def Jam).• Phillip Phillips (Ram

brand/Interscope Records).• Charlie Puth - Marvin Gaye

ft. Meghan Trainor (FIATbrand/WMG).• Nate Ruess (FIAT brand/At-

lantic Records).

A J.D. Power study of driversand their relationships with auto-motive technology showed somesurprising generational differ-ences in how tech is perceived.This is important, said Kristin

Kolodge, executive director ofdriver interaction & HMI re-search at J.D. Power, because au-tomakers are investing billions ofdollars to put technologies intheir cars and light trucks thatare not being used by many ofthe owners of those vehicles. Atleast that is the conclusion of thethe J.D. Power 2015 Driver Inter-active Vehicle Experience (DrI-VE) Report.The 2015 DrIVE Report meas-

ures driver experiences with in-vehicle technology features dur-ing the first 90 days of owner-ship.The report finds that at least

20 percent of new-vehicle ownershave never used 16 of the 33technology features measured,Kolodge said. The five featuresowners most commonly reportthat they “never use” are in-vehi-cle concierge (43 percent); mo-bile routers (38 percent); auto-matic parking systems (35 per-cent); head-up display (33 per-cent); and built-in apps (32 per-cent).There are 14 technology fea-

tures that 20 percent or more ofowners do not want in their nextvehicle, including Apple CarPlayand Google Android Auto, in-ve-hicle concierge services and in-vehicle voice texting. AmongGen Y1, the number of features

unwanted by at least 20 percentof owners increases to 23, specif-ically technologies related to en-tertainment and connectivitysystems.“In many cases, owners simply

prefer to use their smartphoneor tablet because it meets theirneeds; they’re familiar with thedevice and it’s accurate,” saidKolodge.“In-vehicle connectivity tech-

nology that’s not used results inmillions of dollars of lost valuefor both consumers and the man-ufacturers.”Kolodge said that n J.D. Pow-

er’s “avoiders” study, one of thetop 10 reasons people said thatthey wouldn’t buy a particularcar is because it lacked technolo-gy. But drilling down deeper, thereport showed some interestingvariances among the genera-tions.“We are seing a Gen Y para-

digm shift,” Kolodge said. “Ourstudy showed that they wantedthe least amount of tech. Theywere happy to have theirphones, which they are alreadypaying for, handle a lot of theload. They’re happy to save mon-ey that way.”So younger people, Kolodge

said, are happy to use the tele-phone, texting, directions servic-es and music options built intotheir smart phones.Older generations, on the oth-

er hand, are more receptive tohaving this tech built into theircars. Kolodge calls this a para-digm shift as how “we think of

how different age groups thinkabout technology.”Among all owners, Kololdge

said, the most frequently citedreasons for not wanting a specif-ic technology feature in theirnext vehicle are “did not find ituseful” in their current vehicleand the technology “came aspart of a package on my currentvehicle and I did not want it.”In addition, owners who say

their dealer did not explain thefeature have a higher likelihoodof never using the technology.Furthermore, features that arenot activated when the vehicle isdelivered often result in the own-er not even knowing they havethe technology in their new vehi-cle.Kolodge noted that the tech-

nologies owners most often wantare those that enhance the driv-ing experience and safety, whichare only available as a built-infeature rather than via an exter-nal device. In-vehicle technolo-gies that most owners do wantinclude vehicle health diagnos-tics, blind-spot warning and de-tection, and adaptive cruise con-trol.“The first 30 days are critical.

That first-time experience withthe technology is the make-it-or-break-it stage,” said Kolodge.“Automakers need to get it rightthe first time, or owners will sim-ply use their own mobile deviceinstead of the in-vehicle technol-ogy.”Because the first few weeks of

ownership are so critical, dealer-ships play the most importantrole in helping owners get off to a

good start with the technology intheir vehicle, Kolodge said.“While dealers are expected to

play a key role in explaining thetechnology to consumers, theonus should be on automakers todesign the technology to be intu-itive for consumers,” saidKolodge. “Automakers also needto explain the technology to deal-ership staff and train them onhow to demonstrate it to own-ers.”This is important, Kolodge

said because “we’re beginning tosee the notion amongst peoplethat there is never too muchtechnology in a car.”Kolodge said the most popular

technology that is used acrossthe generations is tech that aidsin things like collision avoidanceand heads-up driving.Use of in-vehicle technologies

has implications beyond the autoindustry, Kolodge said. For exam-ple, the insurance industry isclosely tracking automotive tech-nology for safety and financialpurposes.Insurers are concerned that

difficult-to-use technology maydistract drivers and cause an ac-

cident. Using smartphones in-stead of in-vehicle technology al-so creates safety issues. Addi-tionally, in-vehicle technologycan significantly increase claimscosts for vehicles damaged in anaccident.“While some technologies,

such as lane-departure warning,are making vehicles safer, the in-surance industry is very con-cerned about the driver-distrac-tion hazards caused by some ofthe other technologies,” saidChip Lackey, senior director ofthe insurance practice at J.D.Power.“In addition, technology drives

up the repair and replacementcosts. A slight bumper scrapethat would normally cost a fewhundred dollars to repair cancatapult a claim into thousandsof dollars when a park assistcamera or other sensors aredamaged.”The 2015 Driver Interactive Ve-

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VATICAN CITY (AP) – PopeFrancis will show his rugged sidewhen he greets the public from aspecially outfitted Jeep Wranglerduring his upcoming U.S. visit.The Vatican on Aug. 21 con-

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A vehicle getting the cold treatment at Chrysler CTC facility.

Where in North America canyou go from testing the 4x4 capa-bilities of a 2015 Jeep RenegadeTrailhawk at minus 40 degreeswith snow whipping by at 100mph, to baking a Renegade Limit-ed just a few steps away at 130degrees?Answer: The Chrysler Technol-

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As Labor Day Weekend ap-proaches, that means one thing –getting ready for the Ford Arts,Beats & Eats festival.The event is celebrating its 18th

year, said spokesman Jeff Corey. Itis returning to the streets of RoyalOak from Sept. 4-7.Officially called the Ford Arts,

Beats & Eats presented by Soar-ing Eagle Casino & Resort, Coreysaid that it will entertain thou-sands of visitors from across theregion with its outstanding musicline-up, arts programming, var-ied selection of food.And, Corey said, this year

there are a number of new attrac-tions. Ford Arts, Beats & Eats hasalso assembled some of thecountry’s best musical acts and alineup of local acts to the areathat will perform on nine musicstages, with more than 200 na-tional and local bands on the fes-tival bill.

Among the national recordingartists to perform on theMichiganLottery National Stage includescountry star Kip Moore, emergingalternative rock bands Neon Treesand Young the Giant, as well asrenowned rock groups CheapTrick and The Guess Who, andlegendary hip-hop act Salt-N-Pepa.Highlighting the local band

lineup are Stewart Francke, BigPappa & The Machine, SeanForbes, Lori Flynn, Kaleido andYour Generation in Concert fea-turing Fifty Amp Fuse on theMichigan Lottery National Stage;Paul Lamb and the Detroit Break-down, Orbitsuns, Rio and theRockabilly Revival, and ColdTone Harvest.With more than 50 Metro De-

troit area restaurants to choosefrom, Corey said Ford Arts, Beats& Eats will offer a full “palate” ofhealthy and delicious edible op-tions, Corey said. The lineup in-cludes some new eclectic fa-vorites including Café Muse,

KouZina, and Salad Sensations atSomerset Collection.Other restaurants scheduled

to participate offer something forevery taste, include bozii, Gau-cho Brazilian Steakhouse, PekingHouse, and cool ice cream treatsfrom Eskimo Jack’s and newcom-er Treat Dreams of Ferndale.Corey said the Juried Fine Art

Show again will be a highlight ofthe festival, with top artists fromacross the continent vying forcash awards totaling $7,500. Itwill showcase original art in a va-riety of media, including ceram-ics, digital art, drawing,fabric/fiber/leather, glass, graph-ics/printmaking, jewelry, metal,mixed media 2D, mixed media3D, painting, photography, sculp-ture, and wood. Artists willcome from all over North Ameri-ca, including Canada and Mexico,to display, share and sell theirwork. Festival patrons have theopportunity to explore the worksof more than 135 artists.The Children’s Hospital of

Michigan, part of the DetroitMedical Center (DMC), is proudto return as presenting sponsorof the Kids Zone. Guaranteed toattract youngsters with fun, in-teractive programming through-out the four days of the festival,activities in the Kids Zone beginat 11 a.m. each day.Youngsters will have an oppor-

tunity to get “physical” with twonew programs taking place on theon the Oakland County Kids Stage.Children's Hospital of MichiganKids' Rock Out Street Team willget things moving on Friday, Sat-urday and Sunday from Noon - 3p.m. with free interactive enter-tainment that will include hit mu-sic, games, and prizes for the en-tire family, Corey said.Total Health Care Fun Fit Kids

by Life Time Fitness features acombination of fun and fitnesswith top instructors from Life

Time Fitness who have modifiedtheir unique cross training pro-gram, C9, with an array of activi-ties for kids. Activities includepush-ups, squats, plank holds,jumping jacks, windmills, reverselunges, crunches and cross skijumps. The modified version willchallenge kids as they work theirupper and lower bodies followedby a cardio burst and a cooldown/stretch period. All partici-pants will receive complimentarywater from Aquafina.On Saturday morning, Sept. 5,

Corey said the streets of RoyalOak will be filled with hundredsof runners for the Priority HealthMove to the Beats 5K/10KWalk/Run Presented by Life TimeFitness. The run will again bene-fit non-profits Rock CF and theLife Time Foundation. Registra-tion information is available atwww.artsbeatseats.com/priority-health-5k-10k/. In addition to get-ting a little exercise and helping agood cause, registrants receivefreebies including a Tech Shirtand two free admissions to thefestival.Also returning this year is the

Priority Health Zumbathon Cele-bration which will transform theMichigan State Lottery Stage intoa red-hot, exhilarating dance fit-ness explosion on Saturday, Sep-tember 5 from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Advance registration is $7 and

day-of registration is $10. Formore information, please visitwww.artsbeatseats.com/priority-health-zumbathon.Priority Health will also bring

back its Healthy Options for the2015 festival. Just look for theHealthy Options logo on eachfood vendor sign for healthyitems that are on the menus of lo-cal restaurants and eateries par-ticipating in Ford Arts, Beats &Eats. Confirmed restaurant par-ticipants include Mr. B’s, CaféMuse and Monty’s Beef.

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by TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer

DETROIT (AP) – Lawyers hiredto compensate victims of Gener-al Motors’ faulty ignition switch-es have finished determiningwhich claims are eligible, reject-ing 91 percent of them.The compensation fund led by

lawyer Kenneth Feinberg ap-proved 399 of the 4,343 claimsfiled and rejected 3,944.Camille Biros, deputy adminis-

trator of the fund, said Aug. 24that the claims that were reject-ed “couldn’t support any connec-tion to the ignition switch.’’For example, she said, claims

were submitted for cars thatweren’t part of the recall forfaulty ignition switches in oldercompacts such as the ChevroletCobalt.In some of the other cases, the

air bags inflated in the crash, anindication that the ignitionswitches were not at fault, Birossaid.

Last year GM recalled 2.6 mil-lion small cars because the igni-tion switches could slip out ofthe run position, causing thecars to unexpectedly stall, dis-abling the air bags and powersteering and brakes.The fund has made offers in

124 death cases and 275 injurycrashes. Of those, 325 were ac-cepted, eight rejected and 65haven’t decided.Two injury claims were added

to the eligible list in the pastweek.Families of those who died will

get at least $1 million. GM has setaside $625 million to compensatepeople.GM said in a second-quarter fil-

ing with securities regulatorsthat it had paid $280 million tocompensate ignition switchcrash victims and their familiesas of July 17.The company said it faces 181

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Novi-based auto supplierCooper-Standard Holdings Inc.,the parent Company of Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.(“Cooper Standard”), has ap-pointed Jonathan P. Banas tovice president, corporate con-troller and chief accounting offi-cer, effective Sept. 14.In this position, Banas will

oversee all aspects of CooperStandard’s accounting functionincluding: ensuring regulatorycompliance; setting and enforc-ing accounting policies; main-taining financial records; and de-veloping world-class financialbest practices, said Cooper-Stan-dard spokeswoman Sharon S.Wenzl.Based at Cooper Standard’s

world headquarters in Novi, Ba-nas will report to Matthew Hardt,executive vice president andchief financial officer.“With more than 20 years of di-

verse, global experience in cor-porate finance and public ac-counting, Jon has demonstratedhe is a proven leader, skilled atbuilding strong teams and put-ting continuous improvementideas into practice,” said Hardt.“I am confident that Jon will pro-vide the technical and financialleadership necessary to supportour global growth.”Before joining Cooper Stan-

dard, Banas spent 11 years at ZFTRW in Livonia, where heserved in roles of increasing re-sponsibility.Most recently, he was director,

financial reporting, where he wasresponsible for worldwide finan-cial reporting, including SEC,consolidation and technical ac-counting processes.Banas earned a Bachelor of

Business Administration degreein accounting at Wayne State Uni-

versity in Detroit and a Master ofBusiness Administration degreein finance and accounting fromthe University of Michigan in AnnArbor. He is a Certified Public Ac-countant.Three weeks prior to Banas’

appointment, Wenzl said Coop-er-Standard appointed Brigit R.Anthony to vice president, en-gineering and technology,North America, effective imme-diately.In this position, Wenzl said,

Anthony will lead the NorthAmerican team of over 300 engi-neers, scientists and techniciansin engineering and technical cen-ters in Southeast Michigan;Auburn, Indiana; Bowling Green,Ohio and Mitchell, Ontario.

She will report to BillPumphrey, senior vice presidentand president of North Americaat the Novi location.“With her extensive knowledge

of automotive product develop-ment systems, advanced techni-cal concept development, pro-gram management and engineer-ing information technology sys-tems, Brigit is the ideal candi-date to lead our North Americanengineering and technologyteam,” said Bill Pumphrey, presi-dent, North America, CooperStandard.“Brigit has proven herself as

an exceptional leader with morethan 20 years of global automo-tive product and systems strate-gy development. Her appoint-ment will help ensure our cus-tomers continue to receive thehighest level of technical sup-port they’ve come to expectfrom Cooper Standard.”She began her career as a

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And, said, Sapa vice presidentof Program and Risk Manage-ment Kevin Stuban that ad-vances in technology have madeit possible for Sapa to developnew ways to manipulate alu-minum. As a result the companyhas been able to develop ways tomass produce aluminum parts ina cost-efficient manner, which iswhat is required when makingparts for automakers.“When it comes to improving

mileage, aluminum is just part ofthe solution,” Stuban said. “In thefuture, we will see aluminum‘work’ with other materials tohelp reduce the weight of motorvehicles. What has made thispossible is the development techin how we can join dissimilar ma-terials together.”In the past, Stuban said, au-

tomakers couldn’t use aluminumin conjuction with carbon fiberbecause there was no way tohave the parts work together.“That’s the key,” Landry said.

“There’s no one solution. Alu-minum can’t do it all. Carbonfiber can’t do it all. OEMs willalso use powertrains and aero-dynamics to improve mileage.”Stuban said that it’s now possi-

ble to use aluminum in place ofsteel in areas where no onethought it possible before. Sapamakes an aluminum rocker panelside sill for the Tesla car replac-ing the uni-body steel frame.“This is now possible,” Stuban

said, “because we’re able to nowplace multiple walls within therocker tubes thanks to new man-ufacturing techniques. The resultis a part stronger than previouslypossible when using stamping tocreate steel or aluminum parts.”Thus Sapa is able to take advan-

tage of strength derived from thisstructural geometry, Stuban said.Sapa, Stuban said, has tech

centers around the world. In De-troit it is opening two offices.The development office is inBirmingham. The company’s re-search office will be opening upin Troy in the next few weeks.“Our research division is

called Sapa Technology,” Stubansaid. “We will have more equip-ment there and make prototypes.I am a convert to aluminum. Istarted out on the steel side ofthings. I didn’t get into aluminumuntil I joined Sapa in 2008. Thecompany was big in makingbuilding parts out of aluminum.In 2009 we didn’t make a singlepound of automotive parts out ofaluminum. In 2015 that figure is140 million pounds. We haveabout 35 percent of the marketshare right now. We have 12 autosupplier plants, based mostly inthe Midwest. Our Ford F-150 alu-minum part is made in Pennsyl-vania. People ask me if Sapa isgoing to get into making autoparts out of other substanceslike carbon fiber. I tell them ourstrength is in aluminum extru-sion and we will remain doingthat for the foreseeable future.”



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ture vehicle alternatives to pro-duce at Michigan Assembly andwill discuss this issue with UAWleadership as part of the upcom-ing negotiations,” spokeswomanKristina Adamski said Aug. 26 ina statement.The UAW opened contract

talks with all three Detroit-areaautomakers last month. The con-tracts expire Sept. 14.In the 1990s, Americans

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more efficient that full-size pick-ups, could help GM and Fordmeet government fuel economyrequirements. New light vehiclesmust average 54.5 miles per gal-lon by 2025 under the standards.Ford says it’s negotiating on

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