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Autonomous Vehicles

News and information about vehicles which can drive themselves without human supervision or input. Unmanned vehicles are vehicles which are either controlled remotely, or perhaps operate autonomously.

Driver’s Licenses For Self-Driving Cars?

ANN ARBOR - Just like people, self-driving vehicles should be required to pass a licensing test, say University of Michigan researchers. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the U-M Transportation Research Institute say that most driver-licensing tests evaluate three aspects of driving readiness: visual performance, knowledge of rules and regulations related to driving and traffic

By |2015-10-22T20:18:29-04:00October 22nd, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles, News|
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10th Annual LTU RoboParade Celebrates Halloween Oct. 24

SOUTHFIELD - Students from elementary through high school will demonstrate their ability to design, program and build autonomous (self-driving) robots at Lawrence Technological University’s RoboParade on Oct. 24 in the Expo Center on the South Campus of Macomb Community College in Warren. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s parade theme

By |2015-10-15T17:15:19-04:00October 15th, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles, Entrepreneurs, Featured, Science|
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Apple Committed To Building Electric Apple Car By 2019

CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple Inc. is accelerating efforts to build an electric car, designating it internally as a “committed project” and setting a target ship date for 2019, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The go-ahead came after the company spent more than a year investigating the feasibility of an Apple-branded car, including

By |2015-09-21T21:05:32-04:00September 21st, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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GMC Works With Canadian Speedbike Team To Refine Aerodynamics

MILFORD - It looked like a giant oblong egg rolling rapidly down the test track at the General Motor Milford Proving Grounds on Aug. 24. But it actually was a recumbent speedbike, from team AeroVelo, performing aerodynamic tests in partnership with GMC in preparation for the Human-Powered Speed Challenge next month. The speedbike, called Eta,

By |2015-09-18T20:13:05-04:00September 18th, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles|
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MRacing Formula SAE Team Picks VI-Grade Driving Simulation

ANN ARBOR - VI-grade announced Tuesday that the MRacing Formula SAE Team of the University of Michigan has adopted VI-DriveSim Static, VI-grade's driving simulation solution. The simulator will be used to support chassis and controls development for formula SAE vehicles. "We have already put in many hours on tuning our VI-CarRealTime model, which creates a

By |2015-09-18T20:05:20-04:00September 18th, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles|
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Americans Cutting Down On Daily Driving Trips

ANN ARBOR - Americans spend 10 percent less time making trips for daily activities than they did a decade ago, says a University of Michigan researcher. In another in a series of reports that examines recent motorization trends in the U.S., Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation Research Institute says that the average time spent

By |2015-09-18T19:36:25-04:00September 18th, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles|
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Majority Of Drivers Prefer Driverless Technology

ANN ARBOR - While only a small percentage of drivers say they would be completely comfortable in a driverless car, a sizable amount would have no problem as long as they retain some control, according to a University of Michigan report. Researchers Brandon Schoettle and Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation Research Institute examined motorists'

By |2015-09-18T19:06:27-04:00September 18th, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles|
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Mcity Opens Amid Predictions It Will Usher In New Era Of Driverless Cars

ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan's Mcity, billed as the world's first controlled environment designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicles technologies, officially opened July 20 - coincidentally the 46th anniversary of the first moon landing. Just as the Apollo mission kicked off a new age of scientific discovery, speakers at

By |2015-09-18T19:00:29-04:00September 18th, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles|
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