Detroit fears of losing carmaking to Silicon Valley

Under the headline "Motor City West Revs Up Demand for Space," the Wall Street Journal ran an article over the summer that should scare the bejesus out of Detroit and Michigan.

"The future of the car is in Silicon Valley," a vice president of the San Francisco-based Bay Area Council Economic Institute boldly predicted in the story, adding, "We’re getting this entirely new ecosystem around automotive parts."

Yikes.

Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/09/21/detroit-silicon-valley-auto-industry/16001191/