ANN ARBOR — Connected cruise control uses vehicle-to-vehicle communication to let automated vehicles respond to multiple cars at a time in an effort to save energy and improve safety. University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated its effectiveness on public roads, even when just one automated vehicle is moving among human-driven cars. Vehicle-to-vehicle communication, or V2V,
OTTAWA LAKE - The Toyota Research Institute will build a closed-course 60-acre test facility at Michigan Technical Resource park in Ottawa Lake that will become operational in October to develop automated vehicle technology. Construction permits were filed this week. The new site will be used exclusively by TRI to safely replicate demanding “edge case” driving
ROYAL OAK - A study done to better understand how organizations in connected and automated vehicle sectors are related to each other was able to identify some 350 working in this space in Southeast Michigan, and some 1,400 connections, so says Tricia Walding of the Workforce Intelligence Network of Southeast Michigan. WIN wanted to generate
DETROIT - Southeast Michigan’s Connected and Automated Vehicles network is burgeoning, with 351 organizations identified, including automotive, software, legal, construction, government and manufacturing. The report also found nearly 1,400 relationships already developed between these organizations, a significant sign that a healthy, collaborative climate is being fostered in the region – a dynamic vital to long-term
WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) Friday led a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues in a letter calling for increased funding to support the advancement of connected and automated vehicle technologies. The letter specifically calls for Congress to appropriate funding for the safe development and testing of CAV
ROYAL OAK - Melissa Sheldon from the Workforce Intelligence Network of Southeast Michigan discusses the Connected and Automated Vehicle report and the demand for workers to fill these jobs in this episode of M2 TechCast. A new report from the WIN says connected and automated vehicle makers need to work together more collaboratively to identify
