ANN ARBOR — Results of Mcity's consumer survey, conducted in partnership with global market research firm J.D. Power, showed that 86 percent of riders said they trusted the technology after riding in it, as did 66 percent of nonriders surveyed. U-M donated one of two shuttles used for the project to The Henry Ford in
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today applauded the inclusion of $100 million in the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 spending bill for the safe research, development and demonstration of self-driving vehicle technologies, including dedicated funding for the Department of Transportation’s federally designated Automated Vehicle Proving Grounds. “Self-driving vehicles have the potential to
DETROIT - Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP recently launched a formal practice group focusing on the rapidly growing autonomous vehicle industry. The firm, which maintains offices in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Lansing, recently hired Steve Wernikoff to co-chair the practice with Tom Appledorn, a partner in the firm’s intellectual property group. Wernikoff formerly served
LANSING - The Institute For Public Policy and Social Research is hosting an event March 29 briefing to provide an update on what’s happening with the development of autonomous vehicles in the Great Lakes Region. Called “Autonomous Vehicles: Where Research and Innovation Hit the Road,” researchers and manufacturers in the business and transportation industry, policy
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, to learn more about new federal guidelines for driverless car development, the threat that artificial intelligence poses to jobs, Apple’s free app to reach children how to code and
DETROIT - Safety, rather than the rush to be first to market, must be fundamental to the development of autonomous vehicle technology, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. The government will move ahead with plans to release new guidelines covering the development of self-driving vehicles later this summer, Foxx said during a speech in
WILLISTON, Florida - One person died in a May crash in Florida involving a Tesla Model S cruising on its semi-autonomous Autopilot mode, as Tesla has officially confirmed. NHTSA is currently investigating the wreck. It was in a Model S last month, and only now are details of the crash public, thanks to a statement
GRAND RAPIDS - Despite facing an uphill battle of legislation and regulation, 21 million fully and semi-autonomous vehicles will be sold globally by 2035, according to a forecast from Southfield-based IHS Automotive released Tuesday. The U.S. is expected to lead the way with initial deployment and early adoption of autonomous vehicles as it works through
DETROIT - Google Inc. is in the market for new high-tech space in the suburbs. Sources say the Internet giant has been scouting for locations of at least 30,000 square feet for R&D space related to autonomous vehicles, Crain’s Detroit News reported Friday. The locations that have been considered so far include Southfield, Troy and
