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Visteon Joins Michigan’s Advanced Mobility Test Center
Visteon Corp. is committing $5 million to become a founder-level sponsor for the American Center for Mobility (ACM) currently under construction in Ypsilanti Township, Mich.
GM to Reveal Its Autonomous-Car Vision
General Motors Co. says it will lay out its “vision for an autonomous future” on Nov. 30 during an investor event in San Francisco.
Altran Opens Michigan Safety Test Center
This week Altran Technologies SA, a French engineering and consulting firm, opened a passive-safety test center in Wixom, Mich.
Germany Plans Fuel Cell Trains
French rail company Alstom SA has signed a contract to build 14 fuel cell-powered trains for the Local Transport Authority of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Let’s Go Ride a Bike
Bicycling in Denmark is, to put it mildly, a way of getting to point A to point B far more often than one might imagine (assuming that one isn’t in that country): according to the Cycling Embassy of Denmark, 90 percent of Danes own a bike.
Audi to Build Test Plant for E-Diesel Fuel
Audi AG plans to construct a pilot facility in Laufenburg, Switzerland, to produce and test a newly developed synthetic diesel (e-diesel) fuel.
Autonomy 101: Teachable Accidents
On the first day of a year-long pilot program in Las Vegas, Navya Technologies’ driverless shuttle bus was hit by a delivery truck.
Via Transport Expands Micro-Transit Service
New York City-based Via Transportation Inc. is expanding its four-year-old ride-sharing service to Arlington, Tex., and West Sacramento, Calif.
Subaru Broadens Inspection Recall in Japan
Subaru is expanding its recall of improperly inspected cars sold in Japan to 400,000 units from 255,000.
I, Robot
Not everything that comes out of the [San Francisco] Bay Area that’s associated with the auto industry has to do with some form of autonomous driving technology, even though it most certainly seems that way.