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Fifth DOT connected vehicle PlugFest in August

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The USDOT will hold its fifth Connected Vehicle PlugFest on 5-7 August 2014, in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Subsequent events have been in the Detroit area and Pal Alto, CA. PlugFest participants will be able to access this live data stream through a subscription to the SDC to test connections, data formats, and other use cases.

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U Mich team uses windshield wipers on connected vehicles to produce high-accuracy rainfall maps

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Researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, have produced improved rainfall estimates by combining weather radar with windshield wiper observations from connected vehicles. We find that the resulting rainfall field estimate captures rainfall events that would otherwise be missed by conventional measurements.

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USDOT holding next Connected Vehicle PlugFest in November

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The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) will hold its next Connected Vehicle PlugFest in Novi, Michigan, 15-18 November 2016. These events provide a venue for vendor-to-vendor connected vehicle device testing as needed to develop certification services for multi-vendor connected vehicle networks.

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ARPA-E awards $32M to 10 new projects to improve connected and automated vehicle efficiency

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The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $32 million in funding for 10 innovative projects as part of the Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) program. Michigan Technological University. Michigan Technological University.

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Ford first to test autonomous vehicle at U Michigan Mcity

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Ford is the first automaker to test autonomous vehicles at Mcity—the full-scale simulated real-world urban environment at the University of Michigan. Every mile driven there can represent 10, 100 or 1,000 miles of on-road driving in terms of our ability to pack in the occurrences of difficult events. Earlier post.)

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Battelle, COTA demonstrating connected vehicle applications on buses

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Engineers from Battelle Memorial Institute, working with the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) as part of the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Connected Vehicle research program, have developed and are demonstrating a forward-collision-avoidance system for buses. Ann Arbor is the culminating event.

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center launches 5-year, $35M program on autonomous and connected vehicle technologies

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The new research effort, named CSRC Next, will focus on the challenges and opportunities of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies over the next decade. CSRC is working with the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Toyota Connected (TC). One of the key beneficiaries of CSRC research has been emergency medicine.

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