Google turns to Detroit for partnerships on self-driving cars

First, this is a bullshit article behind a paywall. Second, it leads with:

"We're talking to every car company to see what their level of excitement is," said Anthony Levandowski, head of ...

So it certainly seems that Detroit has not been singled out in any way, unless it's revealed later in the article. Just out of personal stereotype, I'd have to guess that detroit would be the last to embrace innovation and chance along these lines - Toyota or Honda would be cut throat to have these innovations first (to say nothing of the Korean industry which is constantly copying in a misguided effort to out-innovate)

We may not get flying cars but we'll have self-driving cars.