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The American Center for Mobility was specifically deigned to put autonomous vehicles through rigorous testing applications. Photo by ACM.

Innovative test facilities advance mobility safety

Two Detroit region advanced mobility facilities were designed from the ground up using innovation focused on rigorous safety testing for connected and autonomous vehicles. We learned about the innovation behind the infrastructure design of ACM and Mcity.

Tome has worked on projects like the bicycle-to-vehicle safety (B2V) project to help vehicles recognize and register vulnerable roads users.
Inspired by automotive, mobility innovation moves much more than people

Modern mobility solutions running thousands of lines of code don’t resemble the four-wheels-plus-engine legacy automobile. Yet innovators are taking inspiration from the automobile industry to design and build solutions that move goods and services in new and efficient ways.

FIRST Championship
FIRST does more than teach kids how to build robots, it prepares them for the future

Anna Munie says the most impressive thing about the FIRST Robotics World Championship wasn’t a robot piloted by a goldfish. It was how prepared for the working world the competitors already were. Munie is a resource planning analyst for Consumers Energy and a FIRST volunteer.

Experience Ann Arbor as a tech hub at a2Tech360

Ann Arbor SPARK’s a2Tech360 is growing by the year. Through speaker events, a street fair, student demonstrations, business connections, awards, and more, this festival celebrates Ann Arbor as a hub for tech innovation. We found out what to expect from the June event.

Jeff Lowinger, president of eMobility with Eaton Corp. will speak at the CAAT Conference on May 10.
Innovation and electrification: preparing for the future, now

To win the race to vehicle electrification, companies must have a plan in place now. We learned this and more from Jeff Lowinger, president of eMobility at Eaton, ahead of his keynote at the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology 2019 conference at Macomb Community College.

Mobility Moments Podcast: Rob Stead and the Detroit AutoSens conference

We’re talking with Rob Stead, managing director with Sense Media about AutoSens, an automobility sensor-related conference happening in May at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit. Listen and learn about a unique AV Hackathon for kids and a convening of the IEEE Standards Association P2020 working group, all happening beginning May 11, 2019.

Conquering the unknown is goal for kids at hackathon event

The Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Group is teaming up with Lawrence Technological University and AutoSens to expose kids to AI at a special hands-on hackathon this month.

Vehicle Cybersecurity
Hackers beware: Students being tapped for automotive cybersecurity field

Today’s cars and trucks are loaded with technology, enabling drivers to touch screens for music, navigation, and communication, and helping ensure their safety on the road.

Moving the Michigan mobility needle

During MICHauto’s 2019 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 29 at the Detroit Athletic Club, The Detroit News’ Daniel Howes moderated a discussion on industry collaboration between New Economy Initiative’s Pamela Lewis, Magna International’s Jim Tobin, and Ford X’s Kristin Welch.

Autonomous cars on the road
Artificial intelligence is no match for the real thing when it comes to autonomous driving

Fatal car crashes are a rarity, but there are still 40,000 of them every year in the United States alone.

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