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Autonomous Vehicles / Connected Vehicles / University Research

Foresight, UM partner on vision systems for autonomous vehicles

ANN ARBOR—Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: FRSX), the automotive vision systems developer based in Ness Ziona, Israel, announced today that it would join the University of Michigan’s TechLab at Mcity …

Autonomous Vehicles / Connected Vehicles / Drones / Economic Development / Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Mobility startups get state funding

LANSING—Officials with PlanetM, the state of Michigan’s mobility industry accelerator, announced its next fround of testing grants, totaling $200,000, for drone and connected vehicle technology programs. Testing of the technologies …

ADAS / Auto Suppliers / Autonomous Vehicles

Grand Blanc firm introduces new brake, steering safety system

GRAND BLANC—Using technologies from its parent companies—the German auto supplier Continental and the Chinese-owned, Saginaw based electronic power steering company Nexteer—Grand Blanc-based CNXMotion has introduced a new technology it’s calling …

Autonomous Vehicles / Connected Vehicles / University Research

Toyota launching new research with universities, State Farm

ANN ARBOR—In observance of World Usability Day, officials at Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center announced four new research projects focused on enhancing advanced technology system designs to be intuitive, easy …

Autonomous Vehicles / University Research

Mcity Driverless Shuttle research reports findings after safe project conclusion

ANN ARBOR—Officials at the University of Michigan have released results from research into a driverless shuttle on the UM campus, and found high levels of trust and satisfaction among both …

Autonomous Vehicles / Transportation

Plymouth firm claims 10% fuel economy boost for trucks with adaptive cruise control

PLYMOUTH—Officials at Traxen, a trucking industry technology developer, announced the launch of a new intelligent adaptive cruise control system called iQ-Cruise for traditional and electric commercial vehicles. The system will …

Autonomous Vehicles / Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

PlanetM gets new test partner in UP

LANSING—PlanetM, the state of Michigan’s future mobility and electrification clearinghouse, is adding the Great Lakes Research Center at Michigan Technological University as its newest PlanetM testing facility. The GLRC, on …

Autonomous Vehicles / Economic Development

May Mobility gets state aid for self-driving shuttle expansion

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund Board approved a $700,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant to support an $11.8 million expansion at Ann Arbor-based May Mobility Inc. that is expected to create …

Automated Driver Assistance Systems / Automotive Connectivity / Automotive Electronics / Automotive Technology / Autonomous Vehicles

UM’s Advanced Transportation Hub funds eight promising mobility projects

ANN ARBOR—The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Innovation Hub for Advanced Transportation at the University of Michigan recently awarded a combined $710,000 to eight high-tech, early-stage projects from a pool …

Autonomous Vehicles

New report: Many consumers still wary of self-driving cars

LIVONIA—Only two in five respondents in a new survey trust low-speed self-driving cars under ideal conditions, according to a new study released by the Livonia-based human behavior and analytics firm …

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