Ann Arbor - The Future for Automotive and Mobility research

The future of the automotive technology in Michigan is bright, and the Ann Arbor region continues to be a driver as we move towards a future of mobility. This includes research and testing to pave the way for Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) technology which will revolutionize the transportation of people and goods over the next 5-10 years. Ann Arbor is at the center of the Smart Corridor which was created to test ways for vehicles to communicate with the infrastructure and with other vehicles to prevent many crashes. There is also the connected vehicle safety pilot, which equipped thousands of vehicles with (vehicle-to-vehicle) V2V technology, was conducted by University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) and funded in large part by U.S. Department of Transportation.