The Dearborn automaker on Thursday opened a 25,000-square-foot innovation and mobility center in the backyard of Google, Yahoo and Facebook in an effort to accelerate its mobility and autonomous vehicle research. Ford has had a presence here — a small office that housed about eight workers — since 2012. But President and CEO Mark Fields said the automaker wanted to become a major player in the region and take advantage of nearby university partners and app developers like Nest.
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