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I cover car culture for the @freep autos team and assorted transit and mobility topics.
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Is it legal to park your RV in your driveway? Depends on where you live

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By Eric Lawrence 
| Detroit Free Press
AUTOS Local rules vary widely across metro Detroit. Here’s what cities like Detroit, Mount Clemens and Bloomfield Hills allow. Eric D. Lawrence Detroit Free Press June 10, 2026, 6:09 a.m. ET to hear this story In Mount Clemens, your recreational vehicle can’t be parked in the front yard. In Bloomfield Hills, you’ll need an enclosed garage to park an RV or camper at your home.
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Classic VW Thing getting an EV makeover

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By Eric Lawrence 
| Detroit Free Press
June 8, 2026, 12:25 p.m. ET When Washtenaw Community College rolls out its restored 1974 Volkswagen Thing next year, a lime green paint scheme will have given way to Mahi Green and Candy White. And some of the less-than-stellar body work over the years will be a memory. But the most notable thing about this particular ride will be its power source. It’ll be a fully electric Thing. The college is converting one of the more unusual vehicles created by a major automaker into an electric vehicle.
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Curious about Xtreme Xperience supercar rides? We gave it a try.

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By Eric Lawrence 
| Detroit Free Press
June 3, 2026, 6:08 a.m. ET The nerves didn’t kick in when I climbed into the blue Ferrari 488 GTB. That happened beforehand, briefly, when I was sitting in a class ahead of the drive at M1 Concourse in Pontiac. I’d been on this track before, but I’d never driven something like this on this track before. My previous driving here had involved the kinds of large buses SMART uses to pick up transit users.
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