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May already be happening. Anecdote: A real estate agent in Ann Arbor told me this week that most of her recent customers are coming in to work for Waymo.
by diracdelta 10y ago
May already be happening. Anecdote: A real estate agent in Ann Arbor told me this week that most of her recent customers are coming in to work for Waymo.
- zump 10y agoWhy MI and not CA?
- wstrange 10y agoFar better to develop a self driving car in shitty road conditions, potholes, black ice, fog, drifting snow...
- maxerickson 10y agoAuto companies (and suppliers and so on) have a lot of engineering operations in Southeast Michigan.
- notatoad 10y agoIf their business plan is to partner with car companies, Detroit is where the car companies live.
- kriro 10y agoMy guess would be that MI as a "car state" with plenty of struggling cities is probably not shy about handing out sweet benefits to companies willing to set up shop there (especially for car related stuff as that probably plays great politically)