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Air Traffic Control For Driverless Cars Could Speed Up Deployment

ANN ARBOR—Combining human and artificial intelligence in autonomous vehicles could push driverless cars more quickly toward wide-scale adoption, University of Michigan researchers say. That’s the goal of a new project that relies on a technique called instantaneous crowdsourcing to provide a cost-effective, real-time remote backup for onboard autonomous systems without the need for a human

By |2019-02-07T21:07:35-05:00February 7th, 2019|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|

Study: Federal Mandates For Connected Vehicles Could Save 44,000 Lives Each Year

ANN ARBOR - Up to 8.1 million car crashes and 44,000 deaths could be prevented if the federal government mandated connected vehicle technology now, rather than waiting even three years to develop and evaluate competing technologies. That's according to a new analysis by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The research shows the extent

By |2018-03-08T14:49:08-05:00March 8th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, IoT|

Gas Mileage Up A Gallon Since Early ’90s

ANN ARBOR - Despite advancements in fuel-saving technologies over the last 25 years, on-road fuel economy for all vehicles is up only one mile per gallon during that time. In an update to research conducted two years ago, Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute say that actual, on-road

By |2017-03-02T16:58:06-05:00March 1st, 2017|Clean Update|

Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications Tech Gets Thumbs Up From UMTRI, Mobility Center

ANN ARBOR - Leaders of the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute and Mobility Transformation Center support the U.S. Department of Transportation's proposed rule announced Tuesday that would mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology on all new light-duty vehicles. The technology would enable a multitude of new crash-avoidance applications that could prevent hundreds of thousands of crashes

By |2016-12-13T20:59:39-05:00December 13th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles|

Sale Of Fewer Gas Guzzlers In January Drove Gas Mileage Higher

ANN ARBOR - Despite cheaper gas prices, fewer people bought gas guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks, driving gas mileage higher in January for new vehicles sold in the United States for the first time in eight months, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new

By |2016-02-04T22:21:45-05:00February 4th, 2016|News|

Sayer Named Director U-M Transportation Research Institute

ANN ARBOR - The U-M Office of Research announced on January 11 that James R. Sayer has been appointed Director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, the developer of the Mcity, the U-M’s 32 acre autonomous driving experiment range on north campus. Carol Flannagan, who has served as Interim Director of UMTRI during

By |2016-01-14T16:09:13-05:00January 14th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles|