The Detroit News
Nov. 16, 2025
Breana Noble
Photo credit: Glenn Stevens Jr.
Dearborn — Hundreds of visitors on Sunday braved chilly temperatures to get the public’s first view of Ford Motor Co.’s new world headquarters, which aims to help the company compete for talent and technology leadership in a rapidly changing global auto industry.
Glenn Stevens, executive director of MichAuto, the automotive arm of the Detroit Regional Chamber, recalled his first visit years ago to Tesla Inc. It was chaotic, but it differed from legacy automakers in that everyone was working together in the same space.
“That’s what the best companies are doing,” he said. “It’s better to have the people and technology tools and suppliers and all the functions together to work as fast as possible in the most innovative way as possible. You have to have the highest quality and the highest design, or you can’t compete, because that is what those other global companies are doing.”