Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Navistar establishes eMobility center in Rochester Hills, further extending state’s leadership in design and production of autonomous and electric vehicles
Commercial truck manufacturer investing, adding jobs with support from Michigan Strategic Fund
Read MoreMonday, August 24, 2020
May Mobility Restarts Autonomous Shuttle Service in Grand Rapids
Rigorous cleaning procedures in place to ensure passenger safety
Read MoreThursday, August 13, 2020
Michigan, Cavnue Creating Road of Future Between Ann Arbor and Detroit
● A first-of-its-kind connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) corridor will improve transportation across Southeast Michigan and continue Michigan’s leadership in smart infrastructure and future mobility. ● Cavnue, a company founded by Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, selected to lead the project in partnership with the state of Michigan. ● The first phase of the project will test technology and explore the viability of a more than 40-mile driverless vehicle corridor between Downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor. ● Cavnue, project will draw on advisory committee of automotive and autonomous mobility companies, including Ford, GM, Argo AI, Arrival, BMW, Honda, Toyota, TuSimple, & Waymo.
Read MoreWednesday, August 5, 2020
May Mobility’s expansion in Ann Arbor underscores Michigan’s leadership position in autonomous and connected vehicle technology
Autonomous technology leader investing, adding jobs with support from Michigan Strategic Fund
Read MoreThursday, July 2, 2020
Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification Formally Launches, Sets Course for Economic Growth, Job Creation
Trevor Pawl named Chief Mobility Officer, to head Office of Future Mobility and Electrification
Read MoreTuesday, May 26, 2020
Five companies to deliver mobility solutions for COVID-19 challenges in Michigan
• GHSP, Gatik, Penske Vehicle Services, RCO Engineering and Pratt Miller have been selected to receive grant funding to aid in the development and deployment of solutions aimed at providing mobility-related COVID-19 relief in the state • Two industry firsts, including Pratt Miller’s Large area autonomous Disinfecting robotic vehicle (LaaD) to disinfect airport concourses and GHSP’s mobile UV-C treatment, grēnlite™, to disinfect the air and surfaces in first responder vehicles and autonomous shuttles will be deployed as part of this program • Solutions will be deployed in cities across Michigan, including Grand Rapids, Rochester and Detroit
Read MoreThursday, May 7, 2020
Four companies to deploy mobility solutions across Michigan with support of PlanetM grant program
• Adastec, IXR Mobility, KTISIS and SafeMode are among the latest recipients awarded more than $300,000 in grant funding to deploy their mobility solutions in the state • Pilots to be deployed in Detroit, East Lansing, Lansing and Silver Lake Sand Dunes
Read MoreWednesday, February 19, 2020
Four mobility startups to launch pilots solving transportation challenges in Michigan with support from PlanetM
• More than $1.5 million invested in 20 startups piloting their mobility solutions throughout the state since the launch of the PlanetM Mobility Grant program in 2018 • e-Mobility Analytics, Parkofon, PikMyKid and Zown among the latest recipients of the PlanetM Mobility Grant program
Read MoreThursday, January 30, 2020
Detroit Announces Winners of the City:One Challenge
After working collaboratively with Ford Motor Company and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s mobility initiative PlanetM, the city of Detroit today announces its winning projects from the City:One Michigan Central Station Challenge
Read MoreMonday, January 13, 2020
Lt. Governor Gilchrist Announces NAIAS 2020 Michigan Mobility Challenge Airport to Downtown Technology Demonstrations
Michigan's leadership in dynamic technology deployments comes to life at NAIAS 2020.
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