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Autonomous Vehicles

News and information about vehicles which can drive themselves without human supervision or input. Unmanned vehicles are vehicles which are either controlled remotely, or perhaps operate autonomously.

Detroit Auto Show To Add Auto Mobility Exposition In 2017

DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show is adding a new wrinkle in 2017 - a dedicated exposition focused on the rapidly evolving global auto and mobility markets. AutoMobili-D will feature more than 100 companies, including automakers, tier one suppliers and tech startups - selected by TechStars Mobility. “AutoMobili-D will provide an international look

By |2016-04-19T16:27:26-04:00April 18th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, News|
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Ford Fusion Hybrid Autonomous Research Vehicle, No Headlights No Problem

DEARBORN - Last month, under the cover of night, a Ford Fusion Hybrid autonomous research vehicle with no headlights on navigated along lonely desert roads, performing a task that would be perilous for a human driver. Driving in pitch black at Ford Arizona Proving Ground marks the next step on the company’s journey to delivering

By |2016-04-13T20:42:31-04:00April 13th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, ESD|
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Toyota To Invest $1 Billion In Ann Arbor Autonomous Vehicle Research Base

ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan will be collaborating with Toyota, which will invest $1 billion to create a major autonomous vehicle research base in Ann Arbor, the third such hub in the United States. It joins others established recently in Palo Alto working with Stanford, and in Cambridge with MIT. The Ann Arbor

By |2016-04-07T20:37:07-04:00April 7th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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Israeli Company Offers Detroit Chip-Technology To Prevent Car Hacking

TEL AVIV, Israel - Karamba wants to keep hackers from crashing your new connected car. The Israeli company hopes to sell Detroit automakers a tool that installs anti-hacking technology into chip-bearing auto parts before they hit the assembly line. And now the company has the money to expand production.  On Thursday, YL Ventures announced it

By |2016-04-08T16:08:39-04:00April 7th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Cyber Defense, Featured|
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M2 TechCast: GlobalAutoIndustry.Com Creates Largest Auto-Related LinkedIn Group, And More

FERNDALE - Long-time tech entrepreneur Ron Hesse, founder of GlobalAutoIndustry.Com, started his international business 19 years ago. Since then he’s added GlobalBusinessProfessor.Com, for non-auto folks who want to learn how to do international business, and now has the biggest auto-focused LinkedIn Group - some 86,000 members strong. Hesse also publishes six total eNewsletters covering different

By |2016-03-30T14:02:21-04:00March 30th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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FBI Issues Advisory That Connected Cars Increasingly Vulnerable To Cyberattack

WASHINGTON DC - If you're not already worried about your car being hacked, you really should be, the US government says. Connected cars are becoming "increasingly vulnerable" to cyberattack, according to an advisory issued Thursday by the FBI and the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They are just two of the latest organizations to voice

By |2016-03-25T10:08:47-04:00March 25th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Cyber Defense|
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Brophy Tech Predictions: Self-Driving Cars To Transform Highways, Car Ownership

GRAND RAPIDS - The dawning age of self-driving vehicles will radically transform the century - old love affair with humans driving cars, and lead to swarms of connected vehicles motoring down the roads in orchestrated packs - while transforming ownership from individuals to companies, such as Uber, Google and Lyft, predicted technologist Keith Brophy, in

By |2016-03-18T13:32:18-04:00March 18th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, News|
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Willow Run Airport To Become Center For Autonomous, Connected Vehicles

ANN ARBOR — A nonprofit organization and a board of directors have been formed to handle operations for the new American Center for Mobility. The center, located in Ypsilanti Township at Willow Run Airport, is intended to help accelerate the development of autonomous and connected vehicles, as well as lead to economic development in Michigan.

By |2016-03-18T18:24:43-04:00March 18th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Mobile MI|
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Consumer Watchdog Tells Congress Not To Grant Safety Exemptions For Self-Driving Cars

SANTA MONICA, CA – Congress will put lives at risk if it rushes to grant self-driving robot cars a shortcut around safety rules to eliminate the requirement that humans be able to intervene, Consumer Watchdog said today as the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on the developing technology. According to Google reports, a

By |2016-03-15T21:46:24-04:00March 15th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Politics|
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MTAM Offers Connected Vehicle Course With Mobile Comply In March

DETROIT – A two-hour, on-line introduction to connected vehicle concepts, condensed from an intense three-day training program, is available through the end of this month by Mobile Comply and the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan. The Overview course is intended to benefit managers and participants interested in enhancing their professional credibility in the connected vehicle

By |2016-03-04T09:25:00-05:00March 4th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Connected Tech, Mobile MI|
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