“Still, the new stuff is fun to work with and develop.”
I am not in the car industry, just an old enthusiast.
But I live in SoCal, home of a design studio by just about every company in the world.
And a lot of new era car industry stuff is going on, here.
—Downey vying to be assembly location, for Tesla’s second car—cheaper sedan.
—Fisker Hq. in Orange County. I have met engineers with Fisker, mostly BMW and Porshe guys from Germany.
—MetalCrafters in Fountain Valley pounds out a bunch of world class prototypes, and a variety of other idustry support activities. Currently they are building limited edition Iacocca Mustangs, etc.
—BMW does development and test work in Ventura County, near Port Hynemme (port they use for import drop off, too)
—Calty has been Toyota’s US design studio for over 3 decades, in Newport Beach.
There is a lot more, but it is kept pretty much out of the news. While some HQ. have moved away from California, and of course factories go mostly to right-to-work Southern states, a lot of creative and technical development is here.
So Cal is a nice place to live...especially if you have money.