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Detroit

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49 articles stable

Detroit has appeared in 49 articles since 2015-05. Coverage peaked in 2022Q3 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Apple, Ford, Google, Michigan.

Articles
49
mentions
Velocity
0.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.000
velocity change
Sources
28
publications

Coverage Timeline

2023-05-09
CNBC 11 related

General Motors hires former Apple VP Mike Abbott to lead a newly created software unit, starting May 22; Abbott was VP of Engineering for Apple's Cloud Services

- General Motors has hired former Apple executive Mike Abbott to lead a newly created software unit for the Detroit automaker.

2018-08-20
Wall Street Journal

How Detroit shunned overtures from Chauffeur, a secret project inside Google that eventually became Waymo, before embracing self-driving cars

America's car industry dismissed the potential of autonomous driving for years as tech companies plunged ahead.  Now Detroit is racing to catch up. Tweets: @wsj Tweets: The Wall Street / @wsj : A form...

2015-09-14
Wall Street Journal 25 related

Google X hires Detroit veteran John Krafcik as “CEO” of its self-driving car project, suggests the division could become an independent company under Alphabet

Google Brings in Chief for Self-Driving Cars  —  Hiring of Detroit veteran John Krafcik indicates keenness to commercialize the technology

2015-05-03
Backchannel

How Silicon Valley became a unique, self-perpetuating culture that will continue to dominate the high-tech economy

Why Silicon Valley Will Continue to Rule  —  William Shockley's employees toast him for his Nobel Prize, 1956.  Photo courtesy Computer History Museum. Tweets: @pmarca and @alexismadrigal Tweets: Marc...

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Quarterly Coverage

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TEXXR tracks 35 Techmeme articles mentioning Detroit, dating back to September 2015. The biggest stories include Google X hires Detroit veteran John Krafcik as “CEO” of its self-driving car project,... and Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments from mid-2025 via a PayPal.... Frequently covered alongside Waymo and Apple.

Key Moments

2025Q3developer -100pts; consumer +50pts
2025Q4developer +100pts; consumer +50pts

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