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Michigan’s automotive future doesn’t lie in the sprawling plants and smokestacks, but in scores of nondescript office parks.
Every automaker has some R&D operation in Michigan, whether it’s Ford or Honda. “If you’re somebody who’s interested in designing or engineering to advance the automobile, this is the place to be,” says Kim Hill, assistant director of the Ann Arbor-based Center for Automotive Research.
The National Science Foundation said $10.3 billion was spent on automotive research and development in Michigan in 2002. That’s more than five times the spending in its closest rival, California.
Michigan’s share keeps growing: 43 auto-related companies have either opened facilities in Michigan or expanded existing ones since August 2004, according to the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
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