For the 50 middle school girls attending this year’s GET IT Day or “Girls Exploring Together Information Technology” Day at FCA’s Auburn Hills campus, the event provided a hands-on experience with the technology that plays an important role in nearly every FCA vehicle, from design and manufacturing to their operation on the road. GET-IT (Girls
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FCA’s new assembly plant on Detroit’s east side marks yet another milestone. As steel continues to be raised for the new paint shop, the first piece of equipment has been installed, a 120-ft. E-coat dip tank that had to be delivered in six separate sections. Weighing about 30,000 lbs. or nearly 17 tons each, the
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Motorists driving on the I-75 expressway past FCA headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, will notice a much larger-than-life 2020 Jeep® Gladiator towering over the landscape. The Punk’n Metallic Jeep Gladiator Rubicon, with its doors removed and windshield lowered, is featured prominently on the building with a wrap that was recently installed on the headquarter’s 15-story
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Fall is a great time to be outside. The yards and flowers have recovered from the heat of summer and celebrate with a final show of color. The trees put on a color display that is unequaled. It all just adds to the joy of food and games at the weekend tailgate party. But this
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Before the start of the 2019 school year, the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) announced that it met its timeline of providing clean drinking water for students, staff and families. More than 500 hydration stations have been installed in DPSCD schools and serve as the long-term solution for clean drinking water. “As an organization
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A once colorless sign, depicting only a meticulously drawn truck in the center and the words “Caden’s Car Show,” was quickly filled with hand prints of various sizes and colors. The event, known as Caden’s Car Show in honor of Caden, a congenital heart disease patient at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
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The anticipated benefits of automated driving technologies are enticing. They include potential for reducing crashes, improving traffic flow and extending mobility to those unable to drive. But replacing the human driver with technology that can accurately identify and quickly respond to complex traffic situations is an enormous hurdle. The goal is clear: Our automated driving
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