The Associated Press reports that Michigan faces a critical moment for its $348 billion automotive industry, which accounts for 20% of state jobs and an $83 billion payroll. MichAuto warns the state must accelerate innovation, workforce development, and economic incentives to keep jobs, engineering, and production in Michigan amid competition from southern states’ “battery belt” and China’s EV surge. The group’s new report calls for boosting R&D, expanding training programs, supporting industry transitions, and improving the business climate. With tariffs, shifting EV strategies, and declining market share for the Detroit Three, experts say decisive action is needed to protect Michigan’s automotive legacy and broader economy. AP writes:
Michigan needs to confront risks to its $348 billion piece of the global automotive industry this year and move decisively toward keeping jobs, engineering and production in the state.
That message comes from Glenn Stevens, executive director of statewide industry advocacy group MichAuto that last month released a report he describes as a “call to action.” […]
This is “a critical time in the industry’s history,” Stevens told Bridge Michigan. […]
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