Tag: Ford Motor Company
The fascinating history of the Great Lakes Yemeni sailors
Abdullatif Ahmed was just 23 years old when he first stepped foot on the Medusa Challenger, a 1906-built Great Lakes bulk freighter.
“Before I came to America in 1990,” he said, “I had never even seen the sea.”
Born and raised in Juban, a rural district in southern Yemen, Ahmed was drawn to the Great Lakes by family history and opportunity.
Great Lakes Moment: Rouge River oxbow enhances education at The Henry Ford
Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.
In the 1960s, an oxbow was eliminated in the lower Rouge River when a concrete channel was built to move stormwater out of the watershed.
MAGA Battle Blows Up 2025 Electric Vehicle Outlook, Or Not
Regardless of uncertainty over Trump’s electric vehicle policy, Ford is leaning on commercial fleet electrification to boost sales in 2025 and beyond.
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