Detroit Driven

Mastering mobility through education and collaboration

Michigan educators are teaming up with industry professionals to build high level programs to prepare mobility workers with the specialized skills needed to catapult the industry forward to scale. We dig in to some of these developing programs to find out more.

Mobility Moments Podcast: Elaina Farnsworth, The NEXT Education

Mobility talent development stretches across the entire mobility infrastructure. Listen as we chat with Elaina Farnsworth, CEO of The NEXT Education, a Michigan-based company that is preparing workers to support the dynamic and rapid-growing mobility ecosystem.

MI Smart Factory Tours expose talent to high-tech advanced manufacturing

Michigan is one of the few global places where high tech and advanced manufacturing intersect. Through a series of smart factory tours, Automation Alley is exposing the brightest minds to the power--and sexiness--of Industry 4.0.

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Techstars Detroit seeks new startups for its accelerator program

Techstars Detroit, an incubator for startups in mobility, manufacturing and other areas, is looking for another round of candidates for its successful accelerator program, which has helped launch nearly four dozen companies in the past four years.  

Techstars Detroit panel at the 2019 North American International Auto Show
Techstars Mobility becomes Techstars Detroit in new partnership with Lear Corp.

At the 2019 North American International Auto Show, Techstars Mobility announced it's becoming Techstars Detroit in a new partnership with Lear. 

With new mobility options, Detroit goes multimodal

New mobility choices expand our options for getting around safely and efficiently. We take a look at how multimodal transportation has taken off in Detroit over the past decade. 

Maria Luisa Rossi, chair of MFA integrated design at CCS, says students who worked on the project learned about engaging users in the design process.
How Detroit organizations and individuals are fighting for mobility equity

Mobility equity means equal access for everyone. Learn how mobility collectives and design schools are helping Detroit close the mobility gap. 

Kevin Mull is director of connected mobility solutions at Bosch.
Why collaboration is critical in the era of mobility

A new collaborative framework is emerging, and legacy companies are partnering with mobility startups or buying them outright. How will Detroit's ethos of collaboration speed mobility to the market?

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PlanetM launches new million dollar grant program for Michigan mobility startups

Mobility startups worldwide have even more incentive to test and deploy their technologies in Michigan with the announcement of a new grant program.

How has Detroit remained the nation’s automobile hub? Technological integration

The greater Detroit area has been a hub for designing and building automobiles for decades, and the region is poised to continue to be an automotive hub into the future, even as the industry faces new challenges.

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