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GM, UAW Show Off Robots to 5Th Grade Girls [email protected] ®TechCenter News ® WARREN,MICHIGAN VOL. 43 NO. 38 Covers the Tech Center and the Immediate Area JUNE 4, 2018 GM, SoftBank GM, UAW Show Off Robots to 5th Grade Girls Form Alliance GM Warren Transmission Op- establishing Get WISE programs petitive engineering activities,” Schools, and Warren Consolidat- erations and UAW Local 909 re- at GM facilities, Nadrowski said. Huddleston said. “Our mission is ed Schools. The event was also For AV Tech cently hosted nearly 130 5th “The Get WISE program edu- to leave the students energized supported by 10 high school sen- General Motors is joining grade girls from three local cates young girls about various with the desire to choose a ca- iors from four area schools, who forces with the SoftBank Vision schools to participate in the career opportunities in STEM. reer in a STEM field.” were participating as role mod- Fund. plant’s first annual Get WISE The girls interact with women Participating schools included els, leaders, and guides. The deal was finalized on May (women in science and engineer- who have science and technical students from Warren Woods 30, and the Fund will invest $2.25 ing) program. degrees and participate in com- Public Schools, Fitzgerald Public billion in GM Cruise, further CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 The May 24 event was de- strengthening the company’s signed to educate students about plans to commercialize AV tech- various career opportunities re- nology at large scale. GM will lated to science and engineering, also invest $1.1 billion in GM said GM spokesman Kevin Cruise upon closing of the trans- Nadrowski. action, said GM Chairman and While on the production floor CEO Mary Barra. tour, students received real- “Our Cruise and GM teams to- world engineering experience gether have made tremendous through manufacturing progress over the last two overviews and hands-on demon- years,” said Barra. “Teaming up strations, Nadrowski said. War- with SoftBank adds an additional ren hourly and salaried team strong partner as we pursue our members showcased processes vision of zero crashes, zero emis- used by the plant to produce 6- sions and zero congestion.” speed transmission and electric “GM has made significant drive units that power some of progress toward realizing the GM’s exciting vehicles. dream of completely automated Students learned about torque driving to dramatically reduce settings and controls, how to fatalities, emissions and conges- program a robot, participated in tion,” said Michael Ronen, man- a self-guided vehicle demonstra- aging partner, SoftBank Invest- tion, competed in team STEM ment Advisers. “The GM Cruise challenges, and had the opportu- approach of a fully integrated nity to interact with professional hardware and software stack women in STEM (science, tech- gives it a unique competitive ad- nology, engineering and math) vantage. We are very impressed careers. by the advances made by the Elisha Huddleston, Strategic Cruise and GM teams, and are Business manager, Global Work- place Safety, was instrumental in Macomb County Students learning about STEM got to observe robots in action at GM Transmission in Warren. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Power Races Penske Chevy to Indy Victory Talk about living up to one’s zon IndyCar Series (VICS) cham- anapolis 500 victory dating to name. The winner of the 102nd pion, started on the outside of 1988 when Rick Mears won from Indianapolis 500 was Will Power. the front row in the No. 12 Veri- the pole for Team Penske. Since Victory hasn’t come easy for zon Team Penske Chevrolet for its return to Verizon IndyCar Se- Power, said GM spokeswoman the 200-lap race. Ambient tem- ries competition in 2012 with the Afaf Farah. The racer didn’t se- perature was 91 degrees, tied for 2.2-liter twin-turbocharged, di- cure his first oval victory until second-highest in race history. rect-injected V6 engine, Team his eighth Indy car season in Power led for 59 laps. Chevy has posted three 1-2 fin- 2011. But his seventh win, the “I can’t describe it. I feel like ishes. 2018 Indianapolis 500, proved to collapsing. I want to cry. I was “Will Power showed speed all be the biggest one of his career. wondering if I would ever win it month and today he delivered a The win also proved to be a suc- and thoughts went through my huge win for his team, Roger cess for Chevrolet Racing. mind during the month,” said Penske and Chevrolet,” said Jim Power led a 1-2 Chevrolet Power, who in 10 previous starts Campbell, GM’s U.S. vice presi- sweep of the 102nd Indianapolis came closest to winning in 2015 dent of Performance Vehicles and 500 presented by PennGrade Mo- with a runner-up finish to fellow Motorsports. “Will and his crew Ford repurposing this old Corktown factory to develop new technology. tor Oil with a 3.1589-second vic- Team Chevy driver Juan Pablo never gave up all race. They kept tory over pole-sitter Ed Carpen- Montoya. “This was the last box making the right adjustments on ter, Farah said. to tick, but I’m not done.” Power, who was the 2014 Veri- Chevrolet claimed its 10th Indi- Corktown Has Renaissance; CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Ford to Use Former Factory The trend of new construction gives our teams the workspace in downtown Detroit is continu- they need to promote collabora- ing, thanks to Ford. tion and big thinking, and an ur- Marking its return to the Motor ban setting that delivers crucial City, Ford is moving its electric insight for both programs.” vehicle and autonomous vehicle Serving as home to a number business teams into a refur- of companies over its 110-year bished former factory located in history, the former factory is lo- Detroit’s historic Corktown cated in a thriving neighborhood neighborhood, said Ford spokes- that gives Ford teams the oppor- woman Emma Bergg. tunity to immerse themselves in Much more than just a reloca- the lifestyle and mobility chal- tion, the move is a purpose-dri- lenges of an urban environment, ven strategic decision, offering a Bergg said. This daily immersion new work environment and cus- allows them to identify problems tomizable workspace that will and generate solutions that will enable the acceleration of Ford’s inform the development of the push into electrification and company’s self-driving and elec- strengthen its development of tric vehicles. self-driving vehicles said Sherif The historic 45,000-square-foot Marakby, Ford vice president, building has undergone exten- Autonomous Vehicles and Elec- sive renovation to bring about trification. optimal working conditions for “Moving our teams to Cork- employees dedicated to autono- town will further enhance our my and electrification, Bergg electric and autonomous vehicle development,” said Marakby. “It Race car driver Will Power entered the Indy 500 victory lane with the help of a powerful Chevy race engine. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 View This Week’s Edition at http://TechCenterNews.com PAGE 2 TECHCENTERNEWS-WARREN JUNE 4, 2018 TechCenter News ® GM Teams Up with SoftBank For New Tech 31201 Chicago Road South Warren, Michigan 48093 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 586-939-6800 thrilled to help them lead a his- toric transformation of the auto- Contact us: mobile industry.” [email protected] “We’re excited to be joining Deadline: Thursday 5:00 p.m. forces with a tech leader who for the next edition of Monday shares our belief that AV technol- ogy will change the world,” said William Springer II, publisher General Motors President Dan Lisa A. Torretta, operations Ammann. Jim Stickford, news “We look forward to partnering Tech Center News is a registered with SoftBank as we work toward trademark of Springer Publishing Co. deploying this technology safely www.TechCenterNews.com and in massive scale.” The SoftBank Vision Fund in- vestment will be made in two tranches, said General Motors Macomb County spokesman Tom Henderson. At the closing of the transac- Sprint & Splash tion, the Vision Fund will invest the first tranche of $900 million. Coming Soon Tranches are pieces of debt or Sprint and Splash organizers securities designed to divide risk set a record for registrations or group characteristics in order ahead of the event, with more to be marketable to different in- than double the amount of indi- vestors. viduals signed up than at this Each portion, also known in fi- time last year. In all, more than nancial circles as a tranche, is 500 individuals are expected to one of several related securities Ammann (left) and Barra (right) give Ronen a look at the Cruise AV, which has no steering wheel. participate in the festival of offered at the same time but with races, which will be held on Sat- varying risks, rewards and matu- urday, June 16 at Lake St. Clair rities to appeal to a diverse range Metropark in Harrison Town- of investors, Henderson said. MCC Celebrates Macomb County’s History ship, said county spokeswoman At the time that Cruise AVs are On June 21, when County Exec- and students representing three learning and appreciation of Amanda Minaudo. ready for commercial deploy- utive Mark Hackel hoists the program areas: media & commu- each other’s challenges and tri- “This year is slated to be our ment, the Vision Fund will com- torch and kicks off the Macomb nication arts, machining and cli- umphs for the faculty and staff biggest ever for Sprint and plete the second tranche of $1.35 County Bicentennial Relay from mate control, Patrick said. involved.” Splash participation,” said billion, subject to regulatory ap- the county administrative build- “We were honored to be asked The project involved working Minaudo.
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