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Detroit Smart Parking Lab opens in September for real-world automated and EV charging testing

Green Car Congress

The State of Michigan is teaming up with Ford, Bedrock and Bosch to launch the nation’s first-of-its-kind, real-world test site for emerging parking technology, called the Detroit Smart Parking Lab. Finding parking in urban environments can account for as much as 30% of vehicle traffic and emissions.

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Opinion: Making Sense of the Stellantis Auto Show Decision

The Truth About Cars

News broke earlier this week that Stellantis would pull out of auto shows, including the upcoming Chicago Auto Show, for the foreseeable future. We reached out to the Chicago Auto Show folks about that, and have not yet heard back. Having one of the Detroit Three pull out of auto shows leads to ringing of alarm bells.

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Cruise to reintroduce human-driven vehicle fleet in Phoenix – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Cruise said during the operational pause over the last few months, it has been conducting extensive tests in complex environments and on closed courses to ensure continuous retraining and improvement.

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Toyota to show Driver Awareness Research Vehicle 1.5 at Meeting of Minds in Detroit

Green Car Congress

At next week’s Meeting of the Minds 2014 summit in Detroit, Toyota will show the latest generation Driver Awareness Research Vehicle—DARV1.5—which looks at new ways to create a safer driving environment by measuring driver behavior and providing a driving “score” based on safe driving choices. Earlier post.).

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Magna pilots autonomous pizza delivery robot in quest to expand presence in micromobility

Electrek

During the North American International Auto Show today in Detroit, Michigan, mobility tech company Magna International shared its progress of a novel last-mile delivery robot designed for urban environments.

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Detroit 3 profits display a mixture of power and indecision within the economic system

Baua Electric

The production environment is more stable, and that’s helping us to be more efficient.” ” The post Detroit 3 profits display a mixture of power and indecision within the economic system appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. “We’re making progress on our product cost and our transformation cost.

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How each and every Detroit 3 automaker is positioning itself to cut price with Canada’s Unifor

Baua Electric

It’s been a tough environment in recent years between COVID, between the economic pressures with inflation, with housing prices, and that’s something the entire industry is having to reconcile.” A counterbalance to prime ranges of inflation is “something that’s going to be on the table through these negotiations,” the professional added.

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