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Communities working together. Michigan and the North American Automotive Industry. February 9, 2009 Kim Hill Director Automotive Communities Program Associate Director Economics and Business Group Center for Automotive Research Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Share of U.S. Automotive R&D
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Communities working together Michigan and the North American Automotive Industry February 9, 2009 Kim Hill Director Automotive Communities Program Associate Director Economics and Business Group Center for Automotive Research Ann Arbor, Michigan
Michigan Share of U.S. Automotive R&D ($billions) $18.3 $18.4 $16.7 $16.9 $16.6 $16.1 $15.6 $15.0 72% 78% 74% 63% 69% 69% 63% 69% * Source: National Science Foundation • Michigan total estimated in 2004
The Research, Development and Innovation Hub IS Michigan • $12 billion annual auto R&D spending – 78% of U.S. total • Over 275 R&D facilities in MI alone • Over 50,000 employment
Electrical Engineers Source: May 2007 Occupational Employment Statistics, BLS
Industrial Engineers Source: May 2007 Occupational Employment Statistics, BLS
Mechanical Engineers Source: May 2007 Occupational Employment Statistics, BLS
SEC. 136. “Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program” Authorized: $25 Billion Loan Guarantee (b) ADVANCED VEHICLES MANUFACTURING FACILITY.—The Secretary shall provide facility funding awards under this section to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers to pay not more than 30 percent of the cost of— (1) reequipping, expanding, or establishing a manufacturing facility in the United States to produce— (A) qualifying advanced technology vehicles; or (B) qualifying components; and (2) engineering integration performed in the United States of qualifying vehicles and qualifying components. PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall, in making awards or loans to those manufacturers that have existing facilities, give priority to those facilities that are oldest or have been in existence for at least 20 years. Such facilities can currently be sitting idle. 125 percent of the average base year combined fuel economy for vehicles with substantially similar attributes
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