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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.

IoT TechConnect April 29 Michigan Science Center – Why Your Company Needs To Get Involved

DETROIT - On April 29, MITechNews.Com will co-host IoT TechConnect 2 at the Michigan Science Center. It includes eight information tracks, a keynote from the former head of R&D at General Motors, an IoT Pitch Competition hosted by the Chinese government, 600 plus attendees projected and 80 vendors, plus a VIP reception. If your company

By |2019-03-06T07:04:14-05:00January 31st, 2019|Autonomous Vehicles, IoT, Mike Brennan|
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Report: Self-Driving Cars Make Mistakes Because Of Limited AI Training Situations

DETROIT - Self-driving cars are still prone to making mistakes, in part because the AI training can only account for so many situations. Microsoft and MIT might just fill in those gaps in knowledge -- they've developed a model that can catch these virtual "blind spots," as MIT describes them. The approach has the AI compare a human's

By |2019-01-30T19:10:15-05:00January 30th, 2019|Autonomous Vehicles, Mobility|
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Wise Systems, WaveSense Win PlanetM Awards At Automobili-D

DETROIT – PlanetM, the state accelerator for the Michigan mobility industry, handed out two awards this week at Automobili-D, the mobility show spinout of the North American International Auto Show. Wise Systems, an autonomous dispatch and routing system for fleets, was named 2019 Techstars Startup of the Year, while WaveSense, developers of a ground-penetrating radar

By |2019-01-17T11:52:39-05:00January 17th, 2019|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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MCity To Access Autonomous Vehicle Safety Before Road Tests

ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan’s Mcity autonomous and connected vehicle testing center announced a test track-based concept for evaluating the safety of highly automated vehicles before they’re tested on public roads that UM officials say could emerge as a model for a voluntary standard for safety testing. The project comes after two highly

By |2019-01-17T11:52:40-05:00January 17th, 2019|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
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Mobility, Auto Industry To Create 100,000 Jobs – Six Times More Than College Graduates

DETROIT – Self-driving and electric cars will help create more than 100,000 mobility industry jobs in the United States in the coming decade, including up to 30,000 jobs for engineers with degrees in computer-related subjects. The demand could be as much as six times the expected number of such graduates, exacerbating the industry’s already significant

By |2019-01-17T11:52:40-05:00January 17th, 2019|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
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65 Mobility Startups To Showcase Products, Services At NAIAS – Detroit Auto Show

DETROIT – Sixty five mobility startups from 10 countries will be exhibiting during the press preview and industry days at the North American International Auto Show – aka Detroit Auto Show – at the 3rd annual AutoMobili-D exposition, Jan. 14 – 17, 2019. AutoMobili-D is a 150,000 square-foot exhibition featuring a wide range of automakers, suppliers, investors and

By |2018-12-19T15:45:59-05:00December 19th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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Einride, Ericsson, Telia Partner On 5G To Bring Autonomous, All-Electric Vehicles To Market

JONKOPING, Sweden - The installation of Einride’s autonomous electric transportation system will be the first commercial application of their all-electric vehicles in the world, and it is made possible by Ericsson’s 5G technology. The partnership begins with the installation of a 5G network, 4G radio with 5G core in collaboration with Telia, a leading telco

By |2018-11-09T10:55:48-05:00November 9th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
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MSU Campus Transforming Into Advanced Mobility Ecosystem

EAST LANSING – Michigan State University is transforming its 5,200-acre campus into a live, connected ecosystem to drive mobility research and development to advance smart-vehicle technology and better understand the human element. With much of the transformation already complete across its urban, suburban, industrial and rural zones, MSU’s controlled infrastructure and active campus make it

By |2018-11-05T11:14:53-05:00November 5th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
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PlanetM Startup Grants: Panel Discussion And Webinar

DETROIT - NextEnergy is hosting a panel discussion and webinar noon Dec. 11 for anyone wanting to learn more about the the PlanetM Startup Grants. The grants provide access to $1.3 million in funding for global mobility startups to test, validate and prove out new technologies with the goal of making transportation easier, safer and

By |2018-10-31T16:46:12-04:00October 31st, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
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Wards Intelligence Hires Connected Car Expert To Lead WI Mobility Practice

SOUTHFIELD – Wards Intelligence has hired connected car and smart mobility expert Doug Newcomb as a senior analyst to lead WI’s mobility practice. Newcomb joins WI from C3 Group, LLC, a West Coast mobility and events consulting firm, headquartered in the Portland, Ore. area, where he has served as president since 2013. Prior to launching

By |2018-10-11T14:34:07-04:00October 11th, 2018|Autonomous Vehicles, New Products / Contracts|
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