Mexican Media Brands
Denso, U-Michigan Will Test Car-Sharing Tech
Electronics supplier Denso Corp. is partnering with the University of Michigan’s campus in Dearborn to test car-sharing technology and service strategies.
#electronics
Share
Electronics supplier Denso Corp. is partnering with the University of Michigan’s campus in Dearborn to test car-sharing technology and service strategies.
Called MDrive, the study will select 30 students to share three Ford Focus electric sedans equipped with special cameras and real-time diagnostic gear. Denso says the students will use a smartphone app to reserve a car and may drive it anywhere in the continental U.S.
Participants will fill out a short survey after each vehicle use. They also will participate in weekly online discussions about how to improve car sharing vehicles in the future. Denso will present results of the research at the 2017 SAE World Congress in Detroit next spring.
NextEnergy, a Detroit-based energy and mobility technology accelerator, is helping to develop and manage the MDrive project.
RELATED CONTENT
-
2017 Buick LaCrosse Premium AWD
The Buick design team deserves the strongest of accolades for their work at transforming the appearance of the brand from one of, well something akin to “the last ride” to one of contemporary stylishness befitting of a the cohort of automotive customers who didn’t cast their first presidential ballot in 1968 or earlier.
-
Honda Re-Imagines and Re-Engineers the Ridgeline
When Honda announced the first-generation Ridgeline in 2005, it opened the press release describing the vehicle: “The Honda Ridgeline re-defines what a truck can be with its true half-ton bed payload capability, an interior similar to a full-size truck and the exterior length of a compact truck.” And all that said, people simply couldn’t get over the way there is a diagonal piece, a sail-shaped buttress, between the cab and the box.
-
FCA Opens the Door to The Future
FCA introduced a high-tech concept vehicle today, the Chrysler Portal, at the event previously known as the “Consumer Electronics Show,” now simply CES.
