The Trump Administration keeps lying about its failure to contain COVID-19 and the Great Economic Depression Trump Version 2.0 that is underway. The latest evidence comes from the Associated Press, whose reporters do not gather their real – not fake news – from the isolated confines of white country clubs. Instead AP spoke to people who have lost their jobs.
The Depression Version Trump 2.0 sees The AP’s Business team chronicling the changing economy, “from the difficulties faced by people who have lost their jobs to how businesses are adapting to the new reality. We are using data and interviews with experts, officials and people affected to understand which changes are temporary and which ones are likely to permanently alter the ways we live and work.”
Also the number of U.S. residents who have died since March is now more than 200,000 higher than it would be in a normal year, a New York Times analysis found. Those “excess deaths” most likely reflect the true cost of the pandemic — and suggest that the official death toll may be a substantial undercount. Continue reading
Michigan and Cavnue to Create Autonomous Vehicle Lanes Linking Ann Arbor and Detroit
An investment in the future to save a key part of Detroit’s past. Click to Enlarge.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) today announced a plan to develop a “first-of-its-kind corridor for connected and autonomous vehicles designed to improve transportation for communities in Southeast Michigan.”
She claimed the main goal of the project will be to design the corridor with a focus on closing long-standing gaps in access to transit and transportation across the region.
The project will draw on an advisory committee of automotive and autonomous mobility companies, including Ford, GM, Argo AI, Arrival, BMW, Honda, Toyota, TuSimple, & Waymo. Notably absent is Fiat Chrysler. (AutoInformed.com on Bye Bye FCA and PSA. Hello Stellantis) Continue reading →