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The Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Annual Program Review: The Driving Force Behind Autonomous Vehicles

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The 22 nd Annual ARC Program Review is scheduled for May 25-26, 2016, and will be held on The University of Michigan’s North Campus in Ann Arbor. 2 ] The University of Michigan, The University of Iowa, Wayne State University, Clemson University, Oakland University, and Virginia Tech. [ Footnotes. [ 1 ] Gilbert, D., 9 ] Tummescheit, H.

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AC Transit Board greenlights a $108M, 9.5-mile infrastructure project for first Bus Rapid Transit line; diesel-hybrid buses

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AC Transit’s BRT will operate between downtown Oakland and San Leandro—primarily utilizing historic International Boulevard and East 14 th Street. miles) is slated to begin in May 2016 with service expected to begin in November 2017. Construction of the 150 block transit service (that spans 9.5

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ICCT analysis of California top EV cities finds link between EV uptake and many underlying factors

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A team at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) found that electric vehicle model availability; public electric vehicle charging network; local promotion activities for electric vehicles (e.g., These cities tend to be smaller, but Oakland and San Jose are also within the high electric vehicle uptake cities.

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