Jun 25, 2020 | Car Sharing, Detroit, Featured, Safety
The latest challenge for the autonomous vehicle industry: How to assure passengers that the car they are getting in is virus free, even if it doesn’t have a driver. Widespread use of autonomous vehicles already had been delayed by a March 2018 fatal crash...
Jun 25, 2020 | 5G, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Ford Motor Co has signed a deal with Vodafone Group Plc to install a private 5G network at the car maker’s electric-vehicle (EV) battery facility in UK’s Essex, the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday. The project is part of a 65-million-pound...
Jun 18, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
Ford’s new hands-free-driving product will be available on its Mustang Mach-E electric car. The Dearborn, Mich., auto giant said in a news release its new Ford Co-Pilot360 Technology will open up “hands-free driving on more than 100,000 miles of divided...
May 28, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Investment, Mobility
PlanetM, the State of Michigan’s mobility initiative, said Tuesday it was awarding more than $280,000 in grants to five companies to tackle mobility difficulties in the state caused by the coronavirus crisis. The companies will receive the grants in...
May 21, 2020 | Detroit, Featured, Mobility
Economic development leaders from both Windsor and Detroit joined together Wednesday to announce a new partnership to better promote the region as the perfect two-nation destination for existing and startup mobility companies to invest, locate and conduct business....
May 14, 2020 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
General Motors is steadfast that its next-generation electric vehicle program, revealed in March, is moving ahead as planned despite the pandemic slowdown and corresponding budget cuts elsewhere in the company. “We haven’t changed our plans at all, and we’re...
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