Michigan mobility industry

Michigan Wants To Build The World’s Mobility Capital. Here’s Why It Matters

LANSING - Nearly 500,000 Michiganders already work in what state officials define as the mobility economy—a fast-growing sector that reaches far beyond the automobile industry to include artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics, maritime technologies, aerospace, defense and advanced manufacturing. The sector already employs about 495,600 people, representing roughly 13 percent of Michigan's workforce, and

Michigan’s Auto Industry Is Quietly Transforming Into A Robotics Economy

DETROIT - Michigan may be on the verge of its next industrial transformation — and this time it may have less to do with automobiles than robots. As artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and advanced manufacturing continue converging, Michigan’s traditional mobility industry is increasingly evolving into something much broader: robotics drones AI-powered manufacturing autonomous logistics defense

By |2026-05-27T19:41:35-04:00May 27th, 2026|Drones, ESD, Mobile MI, Mobility|

Michigan Defense Industry Group STEM Scholarship Program Deadline May 29.

DETROIT - The National Defense Industrial Association Michigan Chapter is using a new STEM scholarship program to encourage more Michigan students to pursue careers in some of the fastest-growing — and increasingly strategic — sectors of the economy: defense technology, aerospace engineering, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and advanced manufacturing. Applications are due Friday May