DETROIT - As the electric vehicle market surges, reliable charging infrastructure is more critical than ever. Enter SkillFusion, a customer success platform for electric vehicle service equipment operations and maintenance providers. The new company launched Oct. 25. Co-founder Rue Phillips joins MiTech TV to discuss SkillFusion’s approach that provides charger-agnostic skill enhancement and certification, creating
DETROIT - Mercedes has partnered with Microsoft to make ChatGPT available in its cars across the United States. As of June 16, the generative artificial intelligence platform has been made available to 900,000 Mercedes vehicles fitted with the company’s MBUX infotainment system via a software update. According to the company, opting in to using ChatGPT
TOKYO, Japan - Toyota has just launched a fifth-generation Prius whose plug-in hybrid variant is claimed to deliver an electric range that's more than 50% higher than the previous generation's 25 miles. However, the company is working on plug-in hybrids that will offer significantly more range. At a presentation on Friday outlining Toyota's strategy for the coming
DETROIT - With fossil fuel reserves like oil projected to exhaust by 2040 and the increasing concern over global warming, the need for alternative fuel sources to power automotive vehicles is more important than ever. As the world continues to search for cleaner and more sustainable energy sources, companies like Toyota and Honda have ensured that hydrogen combustion engines are seen as
ANN ARBOR - Bill Grabowski, head of North America for ADASKY thermal cameras, joins MITech TV to explain how they can help driven and autonomous vehicles keep from running over pedestrians, bikes, and anything else in the road. By adapting its auto-grade thermal camera, ADASKY built a new sensor that alerts when detecting elevated body
DETROIT - AutoMobili-D will be the backdrop for four days of mobility conversation and mobility-themed content coming from the Cobo Center Atrium and PlanetM Stages, Jan. 14-17. Media and industry attendees will hear top thought leaders share insights on mobility manufacturing, connectivity, cybersecurity, keeping up with the demand for mobility talent, urbanization through autonomy and
Detroit is well known as the Motor City and the heart of the American automotive industry. Today, this industry is experiencing a revolution that will drive the future of mobility in new directions as transportation technologies evolve in ways that would have been hard to imagine just a few years ago. And once again, Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS - Carla Bailo recently returned to Michigan to lead the Center for Automotive Research as its President and CEO after her groundbreaking work at The Ohio State University led them to win the 2016 U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge. Now Carla shares her expertise with a Michigan audience as the keynote
GRAND RAPIDS - CAAT (Center for Advanced Automotive Technology) partners with industry, education, government, and professional organizations to support local economic development. Through these partnerships, the CAAT identifies funding opportunities for the creation and adaptation of curricula in advanced automotive technology programs. The CAAT advances the preparation of students for careers in new and developing
TROY - Altair announced that Lund Combustion Engineering - LOGE AB - has joined the Altair Partner Alliance, adding its LOGEsoft and LOGEengine software for chemical kinetics modeling and internal combustion engine simulation. “LOGEsoft and LOGEengine are meant to bridge the gap between fundamentals in chemistry and applied engineering,” said Fabian Mauss, CEO at Lund,
