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Connected Vehicles / Electric Vehicles

Troy EV company in partnership with telematics, data firm

TROY—Electric Last Mile Inc., a Troy-based commercial electric vehicle company focused on last-mile delivery systems, announced a partnership with Oakville, Ontario-based Geotab Inc. to develop a factory-installed connectivity system that …

Connected Vehicles

Ford, Google announce partnership for in-vehicle services

DEARBORN—Ford Motor Co. and Google have announced a partnership to create new services for connected vehicles. Ford also named Google Cloud its preferred cloud provider, and said that beginning in …

Autonomous Vehicles / Connected Vehicles / Software / University Research

American Center for Mobility licenses UM autonomous vehicle testing software

ANN ARBOR—A new cloud-based operating system for testing connected or automated vehicles has for the first time been licensed for use beyond Mcity at the University of Michigan, where it …

Connected Vehicles / University Research

UM wins $10M federal grant for smart intersections in Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR—Ann Arbor will soon be home to more than 20 “smart intersections”—capable of gathering and transmitting information in real time to connected cars—as part of a University of Michigan …

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 …

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 …

Connected Vehicles / University Research

BorgWarner, MTU, others to collaborate on connected vehicles

HOUGHTON—Michigan Technological University, BorgWarner, and other industry partners will collaborate on a 27-month, $1.99 million research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to reduce energy consumption through connected …

Autonomous Vehicles / Connected Vehicles / Coronavirus

ACM reopening for outdoor activities

YPSILANTI—The American Center for Mobility announced Monday that its Smart City Test Center is reopening for outdoor testing activities of connected and autonomous vehicles. ACM officials said all activities would …

Automotive Electronics / Autonomous Vehicles / Connected Vehicles

Fiat Chrysler rolls out version 5 of Uconnect infotainment system

AUBURN HILLS—Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US Monday announced the introduction of the latest version of its in-vehicle information and entertainment system, Uconnect 5. Company officials said the new service offers an …

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