Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The sixth in a series of reports on peak motorization in the US by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) finds that distance driven per GDP reached its highest values in a broad plateau from the early 1970s through the early 1990s, and then decreased steadily.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2013

Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute together suggest that the US now has—per person, per driver, and per household—fewer light-duty vehicles and that they are driven less than a decade ago. In the newer study, “ Has Motorization In The U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2014

A new report by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) shows a recent increase in the proportion of US households without a vehicle. These trends suggest that motorization in the U.S. Michael Sivak (2014) “Has Motorization in the U.S. peaked during the previous decade.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

Since its launch in 2011, CSRC launched and completed 44 research projects with 23 partner universities, publishing more than 200 papers and presenting at multiple industry conferences. University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. University of Iowa – National Advanced Driving Simulator.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

persons), the occupant distance travelled increased by 84% (from 3.182 to 5.867 trillion km). The study includes a brief discussion on the effects of potential future changes in vehicle fuel economy, vehicle distance travelled, and vehicle load on the amount of fuel used for personal transportation. mpg US, or from 18.1 mpg US to 29.8

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2012

Ford Motor Company plans to open a Silicon Valley-based Research Lab—its first dedicated R&D office on the west coast—to scout for new technology and to find new partners to innovate personal mobility solutions for the future.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through local showcases in key markets throughout major metropolitan areas in seven Midwest states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Ohio State University. Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

At GM, he has personally championed the electrification of the vehicle, connected vehicle technology, fuel cells, and a series of innovative advanced technology concept vehicles. in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Burns holds a Ph.D. Retiring GM R&D Chief Larry Burns Webchat.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

However, he notes, the rates of vehicles per person, licensed driver, and household reached their maxima prior to the onset of the current economic downturn. The US currently has about 253 million registered motor vehicles of all types, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). vehicles per person.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

At a press conference in Shanghai, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said that the company will introduce at least 10 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China. To support GM’s growing NEV fleet planned for China, its SAIC-GM joint venture is opening a new battery assembly plant in Shanghai this year.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

Analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) argues that EVs are the quickest means to decarbonize motorized transport. For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

—Mark Fields, Ford Motor Company president and CEO. As senior technical leader for innovation, Maciuca brings extensive Silicon Valley experience advising startups, developing and commercializing products, collaborating with universities and leading cross-functional teams. Maciuca holds a Ph.D. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2012

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) today launched the largest-yet road test of connected vehicle crash avoidance technology in Ann Arbor, Michigan. General Motors is providing eight V2V-equipped Buick and Cadillac cars. Source: UMTRI. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2016

Last November, Toyota Motor established a new company—Toyota Research Institute Inc. Home robots may be even more personally prized in our future than cars have been in our past. Hiroshi Okajima, Project General Manager, R&D Management Division, Toyota Motor Corporation – Executive Liaison Officer. Earlier post.) (The

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Davis, personal communication, February 20, 2010). The report was sponsored by The University of Michigan and by the research consortium Sustainable Worldwide Transportation. Motors; Honda R&D Americas; Nissan Technical Center North America; and Toyota. Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have found that using a Level 4 connected and automated vehicle (CAV) subsystem could increase vehicle primary energy use and GHG emissions by 3–20% due to increases in power consumption, weight, drag, and data transmission.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Provide clear goals, committee independence About Sterling: Sterling drives a 2019 Tesla Model 3 Dual Motor AWD FSD and is an electric automobile enthusiast while employed as a vetting specialist for ConocoPhillips. I have had memberships in the EAA, Tucson EAA, and West Michigan EV and Plug-in Vehicle Enthusiasts.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Provide clear goals, committee independence About Sterling: Sterling drives a 2019 Tesla Model 3 Dual Motor AWD FSD and is an electric automobile enthusiast while employed as a vetting specialist for ConocoPhillips. I have had memberships in the EAA, Tucson EAA, and West Michigan EV and Plug-in Vehicle Enthusiasts.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 15, 2023

That version had two motors, but this version walks fully controllably with just a single motor! Hybrid Robotics Lab ] At the University of Michigan, graduate students in robotics all take ROB 550: Robotic Systems Laboratory. We wrote about an earlier version of this absurdly simple walking robot a few years ago.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The details of that specific situation may result in an electric vehicle parc somewhat different than in Western countries, other speakers noted, and may indeed—given the obvious scale of the China market—herald a major transformation in transportation, including the type and role of personal vehicles, others suggested.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

Texas A&M University’s Electric Formula SAE team is being sponsored by Tesla for the upcoming racing season, the team told us in an interview. With the racing series’ new electric variation, Tesla is getting involved and sponsoring a team from Texas A&M University.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2016

General Motors announced a new car-sharing service it calls Maven , which combines and expands the company’s multiple programs under a single brand. Maven’s mission is to give customers access to highly personalized, on-demand mobility services. GM is at the forefront of redefining the future of personal mobility.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

University of Michigan researchers are teaching self-driving cars to recognize and predict pedestrian movements with greater precision than current technologies. A paper on the work, supported by a grant from Ford Motor Company, is published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. —Matthew Johnson-Roberson.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) sponsors a broad program of connected vehicle research ; the research is a multimodal program that involves using wireless communication between vehicles, infrastructure, and personal communications devices to improve safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Goh, Ufuk Topcu, and Avinash Balachandran from University of Texas at Austin, USA, and Toyota Research Institute, Los Altos, Calif., Samuel Au from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and Multiscale Medical Robotics Centre, Hong Kong. body length per second (BL/s), faster than most reported soft crawlers in mm/s and BL/s.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2016

Among other potential benefits, these vehicles offer the promise of increased safety on the nation’s roadways and personal mobility to those who are not able or do not wish to drive themselves. Dr. Blumberg is currently a Visiting Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Michigan Governor’s Gretchen Whitmer, for example, claimed that since she took office in 2019, 25,000 new auto jobs were added to the state through her leadership in leading “the future of mobility and electrification.” A Princeton University study estimates that somewhere between 777,000 to 5.1 North Carolina has provided $1.2

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AUGUST 3, 2009

This time it would be with a Tesla Motors Roadster! Georg also enlisted the help of University of Iowa computer programmer/engineer Karen Pease. The Tesla Motors roadster battery pack contains 6,831 Lithium-ion battery cells similar to those in a laptop computer.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

The UK Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) needs 90,000 EV-trained technicians by 2030. Automakers spent decades reducing cognitive load with dash lights instead of gauges, or automatic instead of manual transmissions,” says University of Michigan professor emeritus John Leslie King , who has long studied human interactions with machines.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. You could even call it Personal On-demand Driving.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. More Will the Motor City shakeup work? tons of carbon dioxide.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. Now popular in Europe, Think Global meets all European and US federal motor vehicle safety requirements. By 2011 look for a larger THINK Ox.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

On a personal note, Krebs expressed his own surprise upon joining the converts, remarking: “ I am a combustion engineer by heritage, but I like going electric. Provisional schedule of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles within Volkswagen Group. Click to enlarge. At the end of the day, the consumers and the OEMs will decide. ”.

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