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U Michigan opens Mcity test environment for connected and automated vehicle technologies

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The University of Michigan has opened Mcity, the first large controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars. DENSO Corporation. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Econolite Group, Inc.

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New bipartisan bill in US Congress to expand EV and hydrogen fuel cell tax credits

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The Driving America Forward Act is supported by 60 organizations, including ABB Inc., ITC Holdings Corp., The Nature Conservancy, Toyota Motor North America, Union of Concerned Scientists, Volkswagen Group of America, and Volta. The Driving America Forward Act is supported by 60 organizations, including ABB Inc., ITC Holdings Corp.,

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CAR report quantifies automotive’s position as a leading high-tech industry

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The report, supported by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, measures the technological nature of today’s auto industry and compares it to other sectors of the economy often viewed as technologically advanced. One study surveyed by the CAR group found auto companies make up one-quarter of the top 20 corporate spenders on R&D globally.

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New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

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ALMMII is a public-private partnership led by Ohio-based manufacturing technology nonprofit EWI, the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. The funding includes $10 million from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and an additional $10 million from the state of Ohio.

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MassCEC Approves $5M Forgivable Loan for A123 Systems; Targeted at Expansion for Grid Storage Systems

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A123 Systems has added more than 50 corporate and research and development jobs in Massachusetts in the last year associated with its expanded US manufacturing capacity in Michigan. Under the terms of the MassCEC financing, A123 will double its Massachusetts employment to more than 500 by 2014.

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Governor George Pataki Calls for 40% Penetration of Electric Drive Vehicles in US by End of Decade

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Incentivize auto manufacturers, for example, by exempting the profits resulting from the sale of the first 10 million vehicles that deliver more than 75 mpg from any corporate taxes. Almost 70% of that is in Michigan, but only 40% of demand [is projected to be] in North America. Pataki suggested some approaches: Autos.

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Dartmouth professor calls for unlocking geospatial data gathered by autonomous vehicles

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That information is currently housed in technological and corporate black boxes. Thus, in navigating, and potentially transforming, space, autonomous vehicles effectively produce new virtual spaces through processes enclosed within technological as well as corporate black boxes. Autonomous cars rely on computerized systems to run.

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