article thumbnail

DOT awards U-M-led hub $15M for connected and automated transportation

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. million over its first six years, CCAT is one of 10 regional USDOT University Transportation Centers nationwide.

Connect 259
article thumbnail

China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

Green Car Congress

China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. —Energy-saving and new energy vehicle plan. L/100km (40 mpg US) or less.

article thumbnail

JSW Group wants to disrupt auto industry, to create ‘Maruti movement’ with new energy vehicles – Sajjan Jindal | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Like 40 years ago, 1984, when Maruti came into India, it changed the auto industry. ” He informed that during 2015-2016, as the new technology vehicles came in, electric vehicles came in and Jindal thought, that this was an opportunity for the Group to enter the car business. And then COVID hit and plans changed.

article thumbnail

Thomson Reuters report finds established auto industry companies, not Silicon Valley, leading development of autonomous driving tech

Green Car Congress

According to the report— 2016 State of Self-Driving Automotive Innovation —there were more than 22,000 new inventions related to self-driving automobiles between January 2010 and October 2015, with some clear leaders already emerging in the space. Toyota and Hyundai take the second and third places.

article thumbnail

Former VW boss Herbert Diess elected as chairman of chipmaker Infineon

Teslarati

Diess was part of Infineon’s supervisory board from 2015 to 2020. Its primary clients come from the auto industry, which Diess is also intimately familiar with, making him a good candidate for chairman. So the ex-VW head has inside knowledge about Infineon. . The Munich-based chipmaker purchased U.S.

article thumbnail

INRIX and Parkmobile bring end-to-end parking solution to the connected car

Green Car Congress

The two will partner to develop an embedded, end-to-end parking solution for the auto industry. Atlanta-based Parkmobile is the largest provider of mobile payments for on- and off-street parking and mobility-related services for municipalities, universities, commercial operators and transit facilities in the US.

Connect 150
article thumbnail

Clemson research: vehicle direction, not driver biometrics, best way to detect drowsiness

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Clemson University have determined that a reliable, less intrusive way to detect fatigue or drowsiness in a driver is to monitor vehicle behavior rather than the biometrics of the person behind the wheel. The simulator tested volunteer drivers for about 20 minutes on a 15–mile course that included nine curves. Morris, June J.

Vehicles 150