Detroit: Detroit Electric, a startup electric-car maker reviving a brand that dates back more than a century, unveiled its first model on Wednesday: a $135,000, battery-powered sports car that is to go into limited production in August. Founded more than five years ago, Detroit Electric enters a still-nascent market that is struggling to find buyers. One of its would-be rivals, Fisker Automotive, a hybrid-electric sports-car company that hasn't built a...
09:30 AM, Apr 04, 2013
On this episode we also bring the news of the latest launches from the Detroit Auto Show 2013 and much more. ...
11:19 PM, Jan 19, 2013
The North American International Auto Show begins this week in Detroit with media and industry previews. It opens to the public Jan. 19. Here are some of the new cars and experimental concept vehicles that will debut at the show: ...
11:45 AM, Jan 13, 2013
Detroit: The mother of a Detroit woman shot and killed while dancing with an off-duty police officer questioned on Monday why he would carry a loaded gun at a party in his own backyard. Police said Adaisha Miller was dancing with the officer early Sunday morning when she hugged him from behind. His gun, which was in a waist holster, went off, and the bullet punctured Miller's lung and hit...
08:55 AM, Jul 10, 2012
Detroit: A Nigerian man on a suicide mission for al Qaeda was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for attempting to blow up an international flight with a bomb in his underwear as the plane approached Detroit on Christmas 2009. The mandatory punishment for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the well-educated son of a wealthy banker, was never in doubt after he surprised the courtroom and pleaded guilty to all charges...
08:44 AM, Feb 17, 2012
New York: Tata Technologies, the research and engineering arm of the Tata Group, will showcase an electric concept car at the much-watched Detroit Auto Show next week. The company said it has no plans yet to commercially produce the electric mobility concept vehicle 'Emo', which was designed to "prove that the company could one day produce an affordable electric car for the American market that offered the same capabilities as...
02:30 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New York: A New York children's author who used a curse word in exasperation during a plane delay at a US airport was ejected from the aircraft for disruptive behavior. Robert Sayegh, 37, said Atlantic Southeast Airlines overreacted to his salty language when it summoned police aboard to escort him off the Sunday evening flight at Detroit Metro Airport. "The f-word is not a nice word to use," he acknowledged...
10:28 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Detroit: When carmakers like BMW say they hope people find their next car at auto shows like the one in Detroit this week, this wasn't exactly what they meant. Two thieves drove away in a brand new $94,000 BMW 750i xDrive Sedan on Wednesday night that was left idling outside the Westin Book Cadillac, one of Detroit's major hotels. The car was one of more than a dozen BMW sedans...
03:49 PM, Jan 14, 2011
The decision comes after a Nigerian tried to blow a US plane. ...
01:25 PM, Dec 28, 2009
He was charged with attempting to set off an explosive device onboard the plane. ...
11:44 AM, Dec 28, 2009
The leader was accused of heading a Muslim militant group . ...
01:23 PM, Oct 29, 2009
Authorities say the shooting happened just before 10 pm on Sunday. ...
01:38 PM, Aug 18, 2009
