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

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Announced in 2016 and funded with $15.76 Since that time, the center, which originally included six institutions, has produced a broad range of research that includes: The creation of an augmented reality testing environment to help train autonomous vehicles on how to respond to dangerous traffic incidents.

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Pressing recollects have an effect on greater than 2.5M U.S. cars, Carfax says

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A “park outside” layout was once issued Tuesday via Stellantis for 219,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs from the 2014 to 2016 style years. California leads at 245,000, adopted via Texas, Florida, Unused York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. “Any car at any point can get a recall,” Olsen stated.

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DENSO invests $1B in US automotive manufacturing; electrification and safety

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DENSO’s products will create the highest efficiency for a whole vehicle by anticipating the road environment via collaboration with information outside the car and using data to enhance performance of electrified products. The company broke ground on the facility in July 2016. The company recently invested $75.5

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ARPA-E awards $18M to 4 teams to optimize vehicle performance and efficiency; NEXTCAR Phase II

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Launched in 2016, ARPA-E’s NEXTCAR program focuses on reducing vehicle energy consumption by developing Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) technologies that optimize vehicle dynamic controls and powertrain operation, allowing a vehicle to automatically process and react to its surrounding environment, traffic conditions and nearby vehicles.

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GE Aviation and the University of Cincinnati collaborate on new research center

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GE Aviation, in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati Research Institute (UCRI), has created the GE Aviation Research Center at the company’s world headquarters in Evendale, Ohio. The scope of this agreement marks a first in Ohio between a leading aerospace company and a leading university research institute.

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Study estimates cost of US preterm births attributable to PM2.5 in 2010 at $4.33B

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with peak numbers in the Ohio River Valley. 2016) “Particulate Matter Exposure and Preterm Birth: Estimates of U.S. Environ Health Perspect ; doi: 10.1289/ehp.1510810. Among the report’s other key findings was that the estimated PM 2.5 Trasande L, Malecha P, Attina TM. Attributable Burden and Economic Costs.” 1510810.

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Researchers determine specific rates of biodegradation for 125 petroleum compounds in Deepwater Horizon spill

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The complexity of the event has made it difficult for scientists to determine the long-term fate of oil in this ocean environment. This hadn’t previously been observed at this spatial scale or in this sort of environment, so this work is important in understanding the fate of oil that reaches the seafloor. Bagby, Christopher M.

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