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Michigan’s auto industry remains dominant by several metrics but faces serious threats from southern states and China, from the electric vehicle transition and other technological upheaval, and from educational shortcomings, a new MichAuto report finds.

“Michigan cannot expect to win the future of the industry through legacy alone,” Glenn Stevens, executive director of the industry association that’s part of the Detroit Regional Chamber, wrote in the State of Automobility report released Wednesday.

The state should draw up a “bold, cohesive agenda” for its signature industry that employs 1.2 million people, he said, or it risks falling behind.

According to the trade group, that agenda should focus on better cultivating a high-tech workforce,

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