DETROIT - Toyota Motor Corp will acquire Lyft Inc's self-driving technology unit for $550 million, the companies said Tuesday, as the Japanese auto company steps up its automation ambitions with the newly created Woven Planet division. The acquisition of Level 5 automation will also provide Toyota access to the U.S. ride-hailing firm's more than 300
GRAND RAPIDS — The autonomous shuttle that runs through downtown could transition to an on-demand format with new vehicles under a proposal before city officials to renew the pilot program that’s set to expire on April 30. The Autonomous Vehicle Initiative led by Mobile GR, Ann Arbor-based May Mobility Inc. and various private sponsors started in July 2019.
ANN ARBOR – University of Michigan and Ford Motor Co. are opening a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to developing robots and roboticists. The facility aims to improve people’s lives and keep them safe with its research and to promote a more equitable society. The Ford Motor Company Robotics Building is on U-M’s North Campus. The $75 million
ANN ARBOR - This month, we welcome Selam Ghirmai and Tony Garcia from the Michigan Film and Digital Media Office. Ghirmai serves as the Director of the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office, with 10 years of experience working to provide a positive creative and business experience for local, out-of-state, independent, and studio productions in
ANN ARBOR - After a year of employees working from home, what the office market will look like longer-term — if remote working becomes permanent — is still taking shape. So far, office lease rates are not falling and vacancies are not rising as quickly as feared, while employers weigh the value of spending time
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. But the iPhone introduced a totally new way to interact with computers. The always-on internet connectivity, finger-friendly touch screen, and interface based around clickable app icons all seem commonplace now. But at the time, the
DEARBORN - A bustling city’s transportation system can often seem chaotic, especially with more than half of the world’s population moving to urban areas and new mobility services jockeying for space. But as Ford CEO Jim Hackett outlined at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Ford vehicles and other forms of mobility don’t exist independently of
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 2023, future Ford and Lincoln vehicles at all price points will be powered by Android, with Google apps and services built-in. The partnership includes a
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 will take place at Michigan testing centers, including Mcity at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and the Michigan Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium (MUASC) in Alpena. “Our testing
DETROIT - Canada-United States Business Association is hosting a Great Lakes Automotive Outlook event Dec. 14 to focus on several key mobility topics, including new investment around the Great Lakes resulting from the Unifor contracts, a description of Canada’s EV initiative known as Project Arrow, an update on Michigan’s I-94 AV corridor, and a far-ranging interview
