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Michigan Business Beat | Elizabeth Krear, CAR, Automotive Workforce Faces Growing Skills Gaps in '26
Chris Holman welcomes back Elizabeth Krear, President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, MI, for an update on Michigan's automotive workforce. Krear discusses highlights from last month's CAR Management Briefing Seminars (MBS) in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, plus new CAR research showing nearly one in three automotive employers expect significant workforce skills gaps within the next three years. New CAR research finds that Michigan's automotive workforce challenges are closing in fast, driven by electrification, automation, digitalization, policy shifts, and global…
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