FacebookLinkedInRssXYouTube

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.

US Transportation Secretary Chao Announces New Autonomous Vehicle Regulations

ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan's Mcity testing track was the site for U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao to announce new policy changes related to autonomous vehicles. State and university officials, along with automotive and manufacturing officials, gathered at UM's Mcity, 2901 Baxter Road, Sept. 12, to hear Chao talk about the updated policies. After being

By |2017-09-14T19:35:54-04:00September 14th, 2017|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
Read More

Honigman Launches Autonomous Vehicle Practice Group

DETROIT - Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP recently launched a formal practice group focusing on the rapidly growing autonomous vehicle industry. The firm, which maintains offices in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Lansing, recently hired Steve Wernikoff to co-chair the practice with Tom Appledorn, a partner in the firm’s intellectual property group. Wernikoff formerly served

By |2017-09-07T12:17:10-04:00September 7th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles|
Read More

State Launches Platform To Connect Global Automotive, Mobility Audiences At NAIAS

DETROIT - There will be a new wrinkle at the North American International Auto Show in January. A business-to-business and business-to-industry connection platform, called AutoMobili-D, will showcase connected and autonomous vehicle development in Michigan. The announcement came Thursday from the NAIAS and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. “Last year was a great inaugural event of

By |2017-08-25T04:00:26-04:00August 25th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
Read More

An Inside Look At Ford’s $1 Billion Bet On Argo AI

SAN JOSE, Ca. - Somewhere between the 14th and 15th floors in a concrete stairwell, Bryan Salesky pauses, searching for the right words to explain his mission for the foreseeable future. He wants to give cars the eyes, ears, and brains they need to operate without humans. And he wants to do it for Ford

By |2017-08-22T04:12:08-04:00August 22nd, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, News|
Read More

LTU Researching Autonomous Taxi With Donations From Corporate Partners

SOUTHFIELD — Lawrence Technological University has begun the research and development of an autonomous campus taxi thanks to donations from several corporate partners. Hyundai MOBIS, the parts and service division of the Korean automaker, donated $15,000 for the purchase of a Polaris GEM e2 two-seat electric vehicle. Dataspeed Inc., a Rochester Hills engineering firm specializing

By |2017-08-04T13:03:09-04:00August 4th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, ESD|
Read More

Driverless Bus To Serve University Of Michigan North Campus This Fall

ANN ARBOR - Starting this fall, students at the University of Michigan will have access to an entirely new form of transportation in the form of this adorable, completely autonomous shuttle bus. The university plans to deploy two of the shuttles, manufactured by French startup Navya, to service a two-mile route between the Lurie Engineering

By |2017-06-22T11:51:38-04:00June 22nd, 2017|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
Read More

Autonomous Cars (No Human Backup) May Hit The Road Next Year

DETROIT — Autonomous vehicles with no human backup will be put to the test on publicly traveled roads as early as next year in what may be the first attempt at unassisted autonomous piloting. Automotive electronics and parts maker Delphi and French transport company Transdev plan to use autonomous taxis and a shuttle van to

By |2017-06-08T10:23:22-04:00June 8th, 2017|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
Read More

Uber Under Investigation For Potential Theft Of Trade Secrets From Google

NEW YORK - A judge asked federal prosecutors to investigate Uber Technologies Inc. and one of its engineers for potential theft of trade secrets from Google, heightening the stakes of a legal battle between Uber and Google parent Alphabet Inc. over driverless-car technology. U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco referred the case to

By |2017-05-12T11:15:25-04:00May 12th, 2017|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
Read More

U-M Renames Mobility Transformation Center Mcity

ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan has a new yet familiar name for its center dedicated to advancing connected and automated vehicles: Mcity. Mcity replaces Mobility Transformation Center, or MTC, as the official name of the public-private partnership U-M established in 2013 with government and industry to lead the transition to connected and driverless

By |2017-04-13T19:39:07-04:00April 13th, 2017|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|
Read More

Sen. Peters Joins Colleagues Seeking Increased Funding For Connected Vehicles

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) Friday led a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues in a letter calling for increased funding to support the advancement of connected and automated vehicle technologies. The letter specifically calls for Congress to appropriate funding for the safe development and testing of CAV

By |2017-04-07T14:39:26-04:00April 7th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Politics|
Read More