Detroit's auto industry is changed, but not as Washington planned

A Ford F-150 pickup truck hovers above media working space at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, January 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

DETROIT: When US President Barack Obama visits Detroit's annual auto show on Jan 20, exactly one year before he leaves office, he is expected to tout how much the industry has changed since he orchestrated a federally funded rescue in 2009. 

But many of the changes on display at the city's annual auto show will not reflect the green-transport revival the president envisioned.