{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/university-of-michigan-receives-15m-to-continue-automated-connected-transportation-research/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"University of Michigan receives $15M to continue automated, connected transportation research","slug":"university-of-michigan-receives-15m-to-continue-automated-connected-transportation-research","createdLocal":"2023-03-02 14:30:50.254547","publishDate":"2023-03-01 00:00:00","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2023/03/01/university-of-michigan-receives-15m-to-continue-automated-connected-transportation-research/"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>A specially equipped Lincoln MKZ, based at Mcity, is an open-source connected and automated research vehicle available to U-M faculty and students, startups and others to help accelerate innovation.\nImage credit: Joseph Xu, Michigan EngineeringANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan has received a new $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to continue its efforts in advancing connected and automated vehicle research.\nThe five-year grant will renew and expand the Ann Arbor-based and U-M-led Center for Connected and Automated Transportation.\nCCAT members include Purdue University, the University of Akron, the University of Illinois, Washtenaw Community College and Central State University in Ohio, Northwestern University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin.\nFunded with $15.76 million in its first six years, CCAT was first announced in 2016 and is a regional USDOT University Transportation Center.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"university-of-michigan-receives-15m-to-continue-automated-connected-transportation-research"}}}