TRAVERSE CITY - Researchers at Volkswagen Group?s Electronics Research Laboratory are developing intuitive forms of communications between driver, car and the external environment, leveraging three elements crucial for connected driving - the car, mobile devices and cloud. ?The end-to-end user experience is the key success factor to providing more connected intelligence services to our customers,?
ANN ARBOR - Fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the U.S. during July fell just shy of the all-time high, reports researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased last month was 25.6 mpg, just off the record-high of 25.7
TROY - Automation Alley welcomed 15 new member organizations in July. Since its founding in 1999, Automation Alley has expanded to include nearly 1,000 businesses, educational institutions and government entities from the city of Detroit and the surrounding eight-county region. ?I would like to personally welcome our 15 new member organizations to Automation Alley. It
TRAVERSE CITY ? Jaguar Land Rover this week was named the winner of the 2014 Altair Enlighten Award, the second year the Troy software company has honored auto makers that achieve significant weight reductions in vehicles. Jaguar, one of 11 nominees, received the award this week during the Center for Automotive Research?s Management Briefing Seminars
LANSING - The Michigan Restaurant Association has added Jennifer Szewc and Ted Behen to its Board of Directors. Szewc is a joint venture partner with Outback Steakhouse and was voted to the MRA Board of Directors at the April meeting. Prior to recently relocating back to Michigan, Szewc spent four and a half years managing
KALAMAZOO - The law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has welcomed two well-respected attorneys as it moves into new, larger offices in downtown Kalamazoo. Eric V. Brown, Jr. brings nearly five decades of experience as a business attorney to his role as an of counsel attorney at Warner Norcross, which is one of
MACOMB - Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has named Sean H. Cook as the chair of the firm?s Tax Practice Group. Cook will lead the group of nearly 20 attorneys who work with publicly traded and privately held companies. The firm routinely advises corporate and commercial organizations in critical tax areas, including bankruptcy, restructuring, mergers
ANN ARBOR - Whole Brain Group has hired four new team members and relocated the company to a larger office space the Burlington Building on the south side of Ann Arbor. Earlier this year, Dania Dunlap-Hurden and Dan Keelan joined the team as Client Engagement Managers, responsible for developing and managing lead generation strategies for
TROY ? Altair has acquired EM Software & Systems - S.A., makers of FEKO electromagnetic field analysis software. FEKO is now part of Altair's computer-aided engineering suite HyperWorks. Altair gains a local presence in South Africa where personnel in Stellenbosch will be responsible for all Altair sales and support activities in the region. "Altair's flexible
TROY - Altair Wednesday announced 11 nominations for the 2nd Altair Enlighten Award, presented in collaboration with the Center for Automotive Research, is the automotive industry?s only award program created specifically to acknowledge innovations in vehicle lightweighting. The winner will be announced during the ?Featherweight Competition: Agile, Light, and Strong? session of the 2014 CAR