Born in Ann Arbor, MI, being a UofM alum, and having half my family living in Michigan, this makes me really excited.
It's so cool that transportation is the zeitgeist these days. It's a fascinating technological and societal issue and Michigan and Detroit could be a huge leader. Lots of strong, eager engineering talent in the Midwest (UIllinois,UMich,Purdue, etc.). No reason it couldn't be side-by-side with silicon valley as the leading tech sector in the world.
Silicon valley created the computer. Detroit invented the car. Put them together you have magic. The virtual and physical machine.
It's so cool that transportation is the zeitgeist these days. It's a fascinating technological and societal issue and Michigan and Detroit could be a huge leader. Lots of strong, eager engineering talent in the Midwest (UIllinois,UMich,Purdue, etc.). No reason it couldn't be side-by-side with silicon valley as the leading tech sector in the world.
Silicon valley created the computer. Detroit invented the car. Put them together you have magic. The virtual and physical machine.