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# Innovate or Be Left Behind: Michigan's Auto Crossroads ft. Glenn Stevens
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/innovate-or-be-left-behind-michigans-auto-crossroads-ft-glenn-stevens/
- Published: 2025-12-16T19:48:34.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-16T19:48:34.000Z
- Description: Michigan's auto industry is still a global leader, but Glenn Stevens of MICHAUTO argues in this episode that "innovate or be left behind" is no longer a slogan — it's the stakes of the moment for the state's economy.
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: Automotive, Business, Podcast, Politics and Policy

On this episode, Glenn walks through the forces reshaping the industry — rapid technology shifts like automation, AI, and EVs, fierce global competition from places like China, and whiplash in trade and domestic policy that makes long-term planning harder.

He explains why the real battle is for talent: from skilled trades to high-end software and digital jobs, Michigan needs better K–12 outcomes, clearer career pathways, more counselors, affordable housing, and reliable transit if it wants people to build their lives and careers here.

Here's the full report if you want to check it out for yourself: [https://michauto.org/michauto-report-michigan-must-innovate-or-be-left-behind-amid-rapidly-changing-automobility-industry/](https://michauto.org/michauto-report-michigan-must-innovate-or-be-left-behind-amid-rapidly-changing-automobility-industry/?ref=dailydetroit.com)

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