Leveraging Michigan’s signature automotive and mobility industry is essential to maintaining its global competitiveness. Continued leadership in future mobility, artificial intelligence, defense, and related industries will accelerate the state’s GDP and payroll growth, attracting significant global capital investment. For Michigan to lead globally in mobility, it must also have the infrastructure to support the mobility revolution.
Policy Priorities
- Support efforts to boost Michigan’s high-tech and manufacturing talent strategy, including successful training programs like Going PRO and recruiting the best international talent to support U.S. and Michigan innovation and competitiveness.
- Keep Michigan a key global epicenter of the next generation automotive and mobility industry by developing smart incentives, tax policies, and regulatory frameworks that support growth and speed of innovation.
- Support investments in Michigan’s transportation infrastructure, including intelligent highways, local roads, smart mass transit, ports, railroads, commercial aviation, advanced vehicle technologies, electrification, and non-motorized transportation systems.
- Advocate for the continued importance of mobility trading partners, like Canada, Mexico, and Japan, that depend on a stable global trading system.
- Create practical, long-term incentives that drive new investment and hasten growth among automotive and mobility companies.
- Bolster the future talent pipeline via K-12 STEM and career readiness programming.
2026 Legislative Goals
- Restore FY25 Going PRO funding levels.
- Maintain funding for the Michigan Innovation Fund and support mobility startups.
- Contend for all available state, local, and federal resources, including the reauthorization of federal transportation funding.
- Support the Office of Aerospace and Defense Innovation to integrate these critical sectors with Michigan’s mobility ecosystem.
- Promote an updated and robust USMCA that benefits Michigan.
“We find ourselves in an era defined by rapid automation, the digital economy and AI, rapid shifts in global supply chains, and trade war gamesmanship. Michigan’s path forward demands a bold, cohesive agenda that positions [Michigan] to innovate and lead the industry.”
– Glenn Stevens Jr., Executive Director, MichAuto; Chief Automotive and Innovation Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber