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AUGUST 14, 2020

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an initiative to develop a first-of-its-kind corridor for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) designed to improve transportation for communities in Southeast Michigan. This includes leading test tracks, universities, automotive companies, and key economic anchors.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

With this funding, industry and DOE national laboratories will partner to advance lab-developed clean transportation technologies towards commercialization in technology areas, including vehicle electrification, batteries, materials, decarbonized off-road vehicles, and energy efficient mobility systems.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Gregory Keoleian, Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan.

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OCTOBER 19, 2013

The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved plans to proceed with the design of a unique environment for testing connected and automated vehicles. Launched last spring, the MTC builds on U-M’s broad base of expertise and experience working with government and industry on transportation research over the years.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

University of Michigan will award more than $1 million in grant funding to technologies that demonstrate high potential for solving transportation's toughest challenges. The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Transportation ( MTRAC ) program, in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corp.,

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Innovation News Network

JANUARY 12, 2023

Results from a University of Michigan study suggest that 90% of households in the US could save money by transitioning to electric cars. The post Electric cars could cut transportation costs for 90% of households appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 28, 2022

If you’ve ever read about or followed solar car racing, you figure out pretty quick that it’s not like other races. The cars generally don’t go very fast, sometimes averaging only 15 MPH. The challenge is how fast the vehicles can go powered only by the sun on their backs, and with today’s solar technology, […].

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JUNE 23, 2017

NAVYA, a pioneer in developing and manufacturing autonomous vehicles, will establish its first assembly plant outside of Europe in Southeast Michigan. Based on the strong partnership with the university, NAVYA has decided to manufacture its vehicles in the Ann Arbor area. In 2016, Michigan Gov. NAVYA ARMA.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) ( earlier post ) is making a $22-million investment in research focused on artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous driving at the University of Michigan (U-M). TRI- CEO Gill Pratt made the announcement in an address to the U-M faculty.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

million to the University of Michigan to enable academic researchers and students nationwide to access the world’s first cloud-based, augmented-reality testbed for connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $5.0

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MAY 25, 2023

million lend to the College of Michigan in Ann Arbor to behavior connected-vehicle generation analysis. The lend comes from the Complicated Transportation Generation and Innovation program, which price range protection and potency innovation initiatives within the U.S. The post Michigan receives $9.6 million U.S.

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JANUARY 29, 2022

The Automated Bus Consortium , a collective of US transit agencies and departments of transportation, released a request for proposals (RFP) to procure up to seventy full-size Level 4 automated buses. Level 4” is a designation of highly automated vehicles as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

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MARCH 17, 2021

The University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company are opening a new advanced robotics facility. The fourth floor houses Ford’s first robotics and mobility research lab on a university campus, as well as 100 Ford researchers—including autonomous vehicle researchers—and engineers.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

The University of Michigan (U-M) will collaborate with Chinese institutions to advance research, development and deployment of new transportation technologies and cutting-edge innovations. U-M is the first university in the US to partner with DiDi.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

The University of Michigan will receive a $250,000 grant from Alcoa Foundation to support U-M’s Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research and Transformation ( SMART ) project. The grant will be used to develop and apply practical solutions to the challenges of sustainable transportation in the Detroit and Beijing regions.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas are home to a quarter of the US population and consume 30% of electric power generated in the US.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Global auto supplier DENSO announced the opening of the DENSO R&D Lab at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to accelerate development of new auto safety technologies and create new research opportunities for engineering students. DENSO’s lab is a simulation environment with high-speed computing and high-capacity data storage.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

If unaddressed, the lack of domestic mining, processing, and recycling capacity will hinder clean energy and transportation development and adoption, leaving the nation dependent on unreliable foreign supply chains, the DOE said. Michigan Technological University. Tennessee Technological University. Princeton NuEnergy.

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JULY 28, 2023

Additionally, Toyota announced that it has joined the Vulnerable Road User Injury Prevention Alliance (VIPA) at the University of Michigan International Center for Automotive Medicine (ICAM) to support ongoing research into crashes with shared road-users such as pedestrians, cyclists and e-scooter riders. respectively.

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MARCH 28, 2023

Population-adjusted monthly changes in driving and in other modes of transportation are presented in an ongoing monitoring.) Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. The raw data came from FHWA.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Specifically, of interest here is the number of fatalities in each of the two transportation modes during a 10-year period from 2010 through 2019. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.) This very brief note takes an updated quick look at the latest available data.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The University of Michigan is entering two separate agreements with Chinese institutions targeting automated and connected vehicles. The facility will simulate the country’s unique transportation environment. Sokon is also establishing an independent tech center in the state of Michigan. Second, a $2.5-million

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JUNE 8, 2021

It is an 11-month study that is being led by Coventry City Council with WPD and other partners including, Cenex; Coventry University; Hubject; Midlands Connect; National Express; Transport for West Midlands; and Electreon. Credit: Carlos Jones, ORNL/US Dept.

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JULY 7, 2022

Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. According to Google Maps , the shortest driving distance between the two specific gas stations in question is 13.1 Maps from AAA Gas Prices.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $7 million to projects at eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. DOE selected eight universities under this latest Co-Optima funding opportunity: Cornell University.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Ford will expand its collaboration with Australian universities as part of a commitment to developing a world-class system of external alliances, programs and practices in Australia and Asia. The company has appointed senior Ford Technical Engineer, Richard Taube, as Ford Australia’s Manager for University Programs.

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OCTOBER 16, 2016

Frontt Capital Management Ltd, a Shenzhen-based investment firm focused on developing the intelligent vehicle industry in China, is making a $27-million investment to advance autonomous, connected vehicles and robotic technologies with the University of Michigan, along with industry and government partners.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The new projects will be undertaken in partnership with University of Michigan, Miami University, University of Nebraska, Texas Transportation Institute and State Farm. Toyota’s CSRC is investing $1 million in research projects focused on creating systems that are safe and efficient.

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JULY 20, 2015

The University of Michigan has opened Mcity, the first large controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars.

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JUNE 23, 2020

Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Light-truck sales as a percentage of total sales increased from 74.6% in February to 78.3%

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MAY 14, 2013

The University of Michigan announced the establishment of the Michigan Mobility Transformation Center (MTC) as a partnership with government and industry to improve the safety, sustainability and accessibility of the ways that people and goods move from place to place. Earlier post.). —Peter Sweatman.

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APRIL 28, 2022

The new projects will engage the expertise of the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Iowa, Virginia Tech and Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis.

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AUGUST 13, 2017

Michigan State University researchers are experimenting with harvesting seed oil to make biofuels. The left-over lipid products are transported to the endoplasmic reticulum, where they eventually turn into seed oil. PLIP1 degrades internal chloroplast membranes surrounding the thylakoids. Photo courtesy of MSU. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. In 2007, a majority of buyers (53%) were age 35 to 54, while in 2017 a majority (52%) were age 55 and older.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

This article is the latest in a series that examines recent changes in various aspects of road transportation in the United States. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. by Michael Sivak. population).

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AUGUST 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic boosted interest in automated transport technologies as a contactless way to help customers get their purchases. However, there hasn’t been an assessment of how robots and automated vehicles impact the already energy-intensive process of transporting packages from local distribution centers to customers’ front doors.

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DECEMBER 19, 2015

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. This agreement continues ExxonMobil's commitment to partner with top universities and scientists to research and discover next-generation energy solutions.

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