automobile

Michigan research universities team up to look beyond the car

March 30, 2011

Partners in Michigan’s University Research Corridor are teaming up to focus on multidisciplinary transportation research.

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$25 billion to promote electric cars is untouched

March 3, 2009

The Energy Department has $25 billion to make loans to hasten the arrival of the next generation of automotive technology — electric-powered cars. But no money has been allocated so far.

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Nokia announces 11 finalists in global Calling All Innovators competition

January 30, 2009

Forum Nokia announced 11 finalists in its Calling All Innovators mobile developer contest. Applications of interest to the transportation community include GreenDrive, which senses real-time and anticipated road conditions that influence fuel consumption, and TigerMap, which combines mass transit information with recommendations for hotels, restaurants, and shopping in more than 150 Chinese cities. Link to [...]

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Car-sharing is catching on

January 23, 2009

“Car sharing services are starting to make their presences felt on college campuses and in cities throughout the U.S. The latest company to join the environmentally-friendly trend is U-Haul, best known for its truck and trailer rentals, which has launched U Car Share. It joins Zipcar, which already services more than 100 college campuses.” Read [...]

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Pilot project to power up Greater Toronto Area for electric vehicles

January 16, 2009

The Ontario government announced a partnership with Better Place, a California-based company, to build a network of battery recharging stations throughout the Greater Toronto Area to support electric vehicles. Better Place’s vision is to set up regional Electric Recharge Grid Operators that would sell energy to electric-car drivers as part of a monthly subscription — [...]

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Learning from locusts: Volvo sets collision-avoidance goal

December 16, 2008

Volvo has set an ambitious safety goal: No motorist will die in a Volvo crash after 2020.  As a first step, the manufacturer is unveiling a low-speed braking system next year.  Called City Safety, the system is designed to reduce collisions at less than 18 mph by automatically applying the brakes if the driver does [...]

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