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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.

Michigan Connected Vehicle Security Startup Karamba Security Raises $10 Million

BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Connected vehicle security startup Karamba Security Ltd. announced it has raised $10 million in another venture round that will be used to fund the acquisition of companies and technology to beef up its Autonomous Security portfolio. The money in this round came from Silicon Valley-based venture debt firm Western Technology Investment. Last May, Karamba, an Israeli

By |2018-04-11T15:48:15-04:00April 11th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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Airfoil Group Blog Series Focuses On AI, Machine Learning, Autonomous Driving

ROYAL OAK - Airfoil Group is working on a blog series to inform and educate Airfoil’s audience about tech trends on the horizon. It’s called In Tech Trends We Trust, (or Maybe Not). On this segment of M2 TechCast, Airfoil’s Media Strategist and Editorial Director, Tim Moynihan, and Technical Operational Supervisor, Tony Onofrio, discuss different

By |2018-03-28T13:18:57-04:00March 28th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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Experts Contend Uber’s Driverless Car Crash Was Avoidable

TEMPE, Az. - It's day four of the Tempe Police Department's investigation into Uber's self-driving car crash, the accident that resulted in the first fatality of a pedestrian from a car in full autonomous mode. And there's still no clear answer what went wrong. The Arizona police, along with federal investigators, have been examining the vehicle and accident

By |2018-03-23T12:27:35-04:00March 23rd, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
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Michigan Senators Applaud Federal Funding To Advance Safe Development Of Self-Driving Vehicles

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

By |2018-03-22T18:48:17-04:00March 22nd, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Politics|
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Smart Cities’ Symposium Aims To Prepare Local Governments For Seismic Changes Coming With Autonomous Vehicles

ANN ARBOR - A seismic change is taking place with city planning as smart grids, autonomous vehicles and other innovative mobility services draw closer to becoming commonplace. The upcoming "Smart Cities: A Connected Way Forward" symposium will cover the latest developments that local governments should be following, and what adjustments should be made to infrastructure

By |2018-03-22T18:31:21-04:00March 22nd, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
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Self-Driving Car Kills Pedestrian – How Does This Impact Autonomous Vehicle Future?

TEMPE, AZ- Despite all the talk about bringing robo-taxis to A City of the Future Near You within the next few years, self-driving cars are still very much in development. We've only just begun seeing how true driverless cars operate in public spaces, and after Monday's fatal autonomous Uber accident in Tempe, Arizona, it could all come screaming

By |2018-03-20T20:38:18-04:00March 20th, 2018|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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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|
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Autonomous And Connected Vehicle Infrastructure – Where Are We Today?

DETROIT - In spite of the heavy focus during the last several years on connected and autonomous vehicles – particularly in Michigan, much less attention has been paid to the infrastructure required to support these vehicles. On Monday, March 12 at 5:30 p.m. at RIIS in Troy Mobile Monday Detroit will hear from Michigan-based experts

By |2018-03-07T12:54:08-05:00March 7th, 2018|Autonomous Vehicles, Connected Tech, Mobile MI|
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What’s The Regulatory Environment For Autonomous Vehicles?

ROYAL OAK - What’s the regulatory environment for Autonomous Vehicles? Audi is rolling out a Level 3 capable vehicle this year, making us closer to cars that can drive us home. But we have no federal regulations - other than those that require a steering wheel and brakes - on the books. State regulations are

By |2018-03-06T13:55:27-05:00March 6th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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Ann Arbor Autonomous Vehicle Company Raises $11.5 Million From Venture Capitalists

ANN ARBOR — May Mobility, an autonomous vehicle company seeking to replace existing transportation systems with self-driving micro-shuttles, announced that BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures have joined its investor-base, co-leading an $11.5 million round of seed funding. The company said the funding will allow it to launch new deployments across the country. Other

By |2018-02-28T09:27:38-05:00February 28th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Entrepreneurs|
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