FCA has completed the transfer of $900,000 to the City of Detroit’s Housing and Revitalization Department (HRD), the first tranche of a $1.8 million commitment, to fund a home repair grant program for homeowners on the city’s east side. The program, one component of the Community Benefits Agreement FCA signed in May, provides eligible homeowners
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FCA Community: Employee Takes a Shot at Ending Hunger
Hometown hero, Marvin Skipper, had all the right moves when growing up in Detroit. A Pershing High School graduate, he earned a basketball scholarship to Eastern Michigan University. His eye was on an NBA career with hopes of providing a better life for his family and community when his hoop dreams were sunk by a
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FCA designer Joe Dehner sketches his retirement – and a hot rod
For more than 30 years, Joe Dehner has been sketching the future at FCA and for the past four years as head of Ram and Mopar design. So it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that Dehner would sketch out when his FCA career would come to a close – at the end of
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New 1.3-liter engine powers 2020 Fiat 500X
The 2020 Fiat 500X is stylish, fun and powered by an all-new 1.3-liter direct-injection turbocharged four-cylinder engine that offers improved power, performance and fuel economy. When the engineers began developing the new engine, they focused on some key features including fuel economy, improved greenhouse gas emissions and driveability. “We wanted to develop an engine that
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Ram Trucks Rings Out an Award-Winning Year
‘Tis the season of good cheer and the Ram Truck family has plenty to celebrate as it looks at putting the cap on an awesome award-winning year across the Ram Truck lineup. Throughout 2019 the Ram Truck family has focused its benchmark-setting ways on delivering features and capability that Ram Truck customers have come to
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Never Eat the Science
Michael Niedballa, an educator at Cranbrook Institute of Science, quizzed a seventh grade science class at Detroit Enterprise Academy: “What are the other senses?” “Taste,” answered several students in unison. “One thing we never do in science … we never eat the science,” Niedballa cautioned, discussing how researchers use their senses as part of the
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Truck Tuesday: Jeep® Gladiator continues to collect honors
It has been just over a year since the Jeep® Gladiator made its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show and the “Most Capable Midsize Truck Ever” continues to impress customers, the automotive press and industry officials. The Jeep truck’s latest haul of awards could easily fill the Gladiator’s durable five-foot steel bed and showcase
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