Luke Ramseth
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@detroitnews autos reporter | [email protected]
Joined January 2011
EPA Admin Lee Zeldin really hates the "stop-start" feature on cars. "I guess they should call it a start, stop, start, stop, start and stop feature, it's annoying, You get to every corner," he said. Here I thought it was kinda nice ... https://t.co/npt2sutBxI via @detroitnews
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Trump's top officials on transportation, the environment and international trade are visiting auto plants and visiting the Detroit Auto Show.
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"Is there a world where the Chinese come invest here and make cars? I don't know," U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer said today. "I don't think we're in that world right now." But Trump's "open" to proposals where people "send money to America," create jobs:
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The leader of Canada’s main automaking province slammed a new trade that lets in some Chinese vehicles. Trump cabinet members also weighed in.
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The Detroit Auto Show's biggest vehicle reveal might be this Army tank
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The tank was one of just two vehicles unveiled this week at Huntington Place. The other was an off-road trim of the Ford Bronco.
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TJ Sabula, the @Ford worker who heckled President Trump, told @RashidaTlaib that he thought Trump mouthed “You're fired” not “f#€% you” before flipping him the bird. “Right after that, they walked him out of the plant as if he committed some sort of theft, a crime of some
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Video shows someone yelling "pedophile protector" at Trump, who seemingly mouthed back an expletive and flipped his middle finger.
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Jeep and Chrysler kill plug-in hybrid models for 2026 https://t.co/KLsrrwgVEH via @lramseth @detroitnews
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Stellantis said it will focus more on mild plug-less hybrids and its new range-extended hybrid technology.
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"If I look at GM, and I look at Ford, and I look at us, you can see the numbers — they're both bigger than me. I'm the small guy. I gotta do something to stand out and be different," Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis said of the brand's reality show https://t.co/GjCzy6bFuZ via @detroitnews
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The "Race For The Seat" show is the latest in an onslaught of product launches and marketing as Tim Kuniskis works to turn around the truck brand.
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EV maker Bollinger Motors back in receivership as 20 trucks are seized https://t.co/gzK5Nt7a3a via @detroitnews
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Former employees, a state agency and multiple suppliers say they are owed millions by the EV maker, which shut its doors late last year.
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Stellantis dealers see hints of recovery after profits and sales plunged https://t.co/oVF2okXHz0 via @detroitnews
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Last year, the carmaker's retailers were in a full-fledged revolt. Sales haven't yet recovered, but dealers now see signs of progress.
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SOLIDARITY HOUSE INTRIGUE: @UAW shakes up top staff after text messages reveal retaliation scheme in @ShawnFainUAW's administration https://t.co/GCm3AJIhRk via @BreanaCNoble @robertsnellnews @detroitnews
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Top official quits, another disciplined as federal monitor finds widespread deletion of text messages by President Shawn Fain, ex-compliance director.
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Jeep to recalled 4xe owners: 'Please accept our sincerest apologies' https://t.co/Y1S49e07bJ via @detroitnews
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Jeep sent the note to owners after its plug-in hybrids were recalled for battery fire risk for a third time. A remedy for some is now ready.
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NEW: Jeep plug-in hybrid owners have 'trust issues' after latest recalls—including battery fire risk, potential sand in the engine + a software update that led to sudden power loss The company now says it's offering owners $100 gift cards and loaner cars: https://t.co/uHvWL5BJ1n
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Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe owners were yet again told to park outside and stop charging due to fire risk. Other recalls are also pending.
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Fiat is bringing this tiny city car to the U.S., just as Trump talks up kei cars https://t.co/mpikRcADxH via @detroitnews
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Fiat recently showed off the electric two-seater that maxes out at 28 mph at three U.S. auto shows.
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Automakers mostly held the line on pricing after Trump's tariffs began last spring. But there are signs now the import costs are having an impact, in higher '26 model year prices, in higher destination charges, and more: https://t.co/Vvmfjj5TLT via @detroitnews
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One analysis finds many 2026 model-year prices are up sharply. President Donald Trump's import taxes could be a key factor, but it's hard to tell.
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Lawsuits and layoffs piled up before Michigan EV maker Bollinger's collapse. Complaints from 70 unpaid employees, lawsuits against parent company alleging it's a "slush fund" for the CEO, who's raked in huge compensation. And more: https://t.co/NY8EJ0D4hf via @detroitnews
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Bollinger Motors' parent company and CEO have faced recent scrutiny in multiple lawsuits and the firm was delisted from the Nasdaq.
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What a fun find for colleague @nolanbianchi, who takes y'all to perhaps the most-unlikely of #Lions bars -- in Nashville, Tenn. https://t.co/8uIQevtRNM via @detroitnews
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The Slider House is a haven for transplanted Detroit Lions fans in Nashville’s Midtown neighborhood.
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Hey, Michigan — have you been hit with surprise tariff charges while holiday shopping? If so, want to hear from you! Reply to us here below or drop us a line at gschwab@detroitnews.com about bills that came days or weeks after you clicked "buy."
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NEW: UAW watchdog raises doubts about reform efforts at troubled union. From @robertsnellnews -- https://t.co/bfL9djG8YZ via @detroitnews
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A critical report raises questions about the UAW's willingness to emerge from a corruption scandal that sent scores of labor leaders to prison.
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EV and battery investments boosted GOP districts. Under Trump, it's going away
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A majority of EV and battery projects flowed to GOP districts in recent years. But investments have slowed and cancellations are rising.
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NEW: EV and battery investments boosted GOP districts. Under Trump, it's going away $23B in investments and 30,000 announced jobs have been cancelled this year alone — and 76% of those scrapped investments are in GOP districts https://t.co/mgxaVWoRbW
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A majority of EV and battery projects flowed to GOP districts in recent years. But investments have slowed and cancellations are rising.
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we appreciate the compliment @detroitnews, “scandalizing the pedestrian” since 1873 💪
In an interview with @GongwerMichigan, @MEDC CEO @QuentinMesserJr described news coverage of his agency's oversight of a $20M grant to an organization that didn't exist on paper when it got the money, then paid its founder/CEO $550,000-a-year and spent $4,500 on a coffee maker as
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