Mcity Driverless Shuttle reports research findings after safe project conclusion

...many more shuttle services operating across the country, including in Phoenix, where Waymo last week began running its program without an onboard safety driver. The Mcity project helped pave the...

How to launch a driverless shuttle: U-Michigan shares insights in new case study

READ CASE STUDY COPENHAGEN – As global interest in driverless vehicle services grows, the University of Michigan has released a case study documenting its experience launching an on-campus driverless shuttle...

Collaboration with industry helped Mcity become a mobility mecca

...is to improve mobility for seniors in Detroit and around the state through an automated shuttle service. A2GO, an on-demand, autonomous vehicle shuttle service that runs in downtown Ann Arbor and...

Mcity testing facility scheduled to be operational in spring 2015

...convergence of connected and automated technologies accelerates the transformational power, reliability and deployment of a new system of mobility services for people and freight. When implemented on a large scale,...

Mcity’s resident charcuterie expert knows his bacon

...Curing meats hang in McGuire’s basement There, Emily signed up for the new car-sharing service Zipcar, and referred McGuire and his college roommate to serve as the engineering team, which...

Why we’re building a house inside the Mcity Test Facility

...meals delivered, while shopping online for everything from household goods to cleaning supplies to prescription drugs, clothing and more. Curbside delivery is the new carry out service. Drone drop-offs are...

COVID-19 could have derailed Mcity’s summer interns. It did not.

...platforms, databases, cloud services (AWS) and deployment tools (Docker). These are skills commonly sought when companies recruit “full stack developers.” The students moved through the topics at different times. They...

Mcity joins global alliance focused on advanced mobility testing, standardization

...services. IAMTS is an SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (ITC) program. Mcity is one of twenty-one members who have joined IAMTS since it was chartered last year.  The group’s goal is...

Partnering transactions and intellectual property in the automated vehicle industry

...covered included agreements involving the development, licensing and supply of technology, products and services. To better understand these transactions and their effects, the researchers reviewed the reasons why companies partnered...

U-M part of group awarded $7.5 million federal mobility grant

...systems from simulation to test tracks, according to a news release. It will also focus on future services and business models around driverless vehicles that improve the quality of life...

Cybersecurity in self-driving cars: U-M releases threat identification tool

...and financial information, spoofers who present incorrect information to a vehicle, and denial-of-service attacks that move from shutting down computers to shutting down cars. In addition, new threats unique to...

U-M Mobility Transformation Center announces founding corporate partners

...of people and goods in society the university announced Friday. Spanning such sectors as auto manufacturing, suppliers, ITS, insurance, telecommunications, data management, and mobility services (see list below), the MTC’s...