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Michigan installs the US’s first wireless EV charging public roadway

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The US’s first wireless charging public roadway has been installed in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood by the City, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), and Electreon. more… The post Michigan installs the US’s first wireless EV charging public roadway appeared first on Electrek.

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U-M, Ford open robotics complex to accelerate future of advanced, more equitable robotics and mobility

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The University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company are opening a new advanced robotics facility. For Ford, the facility is key to the company’s transformed and modernized research and product development processes aimed at disrupting the transportation landscape. —Ken Washington, chief technology officer, Ford Motor Company.

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Ford, Bedrock and Bosch exploring highly automated vehicle technology in Detroit to help make parking easier

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The research will take place in the Corktown neighborhood, the site of Ford’s new mobility innovation district, anchored by Michigan Central Station. This is the first US infrastructure-based solution for automated valet parking where the vehicle will park itself inside a parking garage.

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Swaying toward EV mobility

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We’re all electric, we’re focused on increasing accessibility to EVs and to electric transportation in general, and we’re serving a specific community, even if it’s not the community most people think it would be.” Since spreading across Ohio, Sway Mobility has now moved its Bolts into Michigan and will soon be expanding into Indiana. “In

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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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Net proceeds from sustainable financing will be invested and expended in four areas: Clean Transportation – Designing, developing and manufacturing zero-emissions transportation, focusing on battery-electric vehicles and the batteries that power them across the full range of design, development, manufacturing and end-of-life.

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New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

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The new $148-million lightweight metals manufacturing institute announced in February by President Obama ( earlier post ) will locate in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, officials from the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) and the city announced today.

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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

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Using a framework originally developed by researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Georgia Tech team estimated VMT (vehicle miles travelled) in response to three census variables: median household income, vehicle ownership, and employment rate, plus the neighborhood type classification. Brian Stone Jr.,

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