DENSO Opens R&D Lab At University of Michigan To Advance Machine Learning And Automated Drive
The DENSO R&D Lab gives DENSO an opportunity to more closely collaborate with the University and North American automotive manufacturers on key safety technologies like machine learning, advanced driver assistance systems and automated drive. As part of the lab, 12 university students have been selected to participate in research projects, which will begin this month and run throughout 2017.
On This Day: A Solar Roller Is Born
On this date in 1955, William G. Cobb of the General Motors Corp. demonstrated the world’s first solar-powered car.
Spectra Premium Signs Major Partnership With Racecar Driver Jean-Francois Dumoulin
Spectra Premium engineers will partner with the Dumoulin Competition crew to develop a radiator for Dumoulin’s car.
Axalta Opens New Waterborne Coatings Plant In Shanghai
Expanded production capacity to help China’s auto industry grow sustainably.
DENSO Foundation Announces 2014 Grants To Drive Innovation In Auto Industry
Foundation gives grants to 19 colleges and universities to advance engineering education.
Carl Edwards Drives Historic 1901 Sweepstakes Race Car In Advance Of Henry Ford’s 150th Birthday Celebration
Ford Racing NASCAR superstar Carl Edwards was given the honor of driving the legendary Sweepstakes racecar built and raced to victory by Henry Ford in his one and only race in 1901. Edwards drove the car around the grounds of Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford, under the guidance of Sweepstakes Engineer Glenn Miller and the watchful eye of Henry Ford’s great-grandson, Edsel B. Ford II.
Battery Truck Driver Jumps In To Help Stranded Mom
As the son of a firefighter, Chris Kern knows a lot about rescues. So Kern, who operates an ACDelco battery marketer truck for Seattle Automotive Distribution Inc., knew what he had to do when he saw a young mother and her kids stranded on the southbound shoulder of the I-5 expressway.
NASCAR Drivers’ Custom Truck Designs Raise Thousands Of Dollars For Charity
Clint Bowyer’s Toyota Tundra raises $100,000 and wins
the Sherwin-Williams Planet Color Custom Finishes All-Star Charity
Challenge.
Madison Dearborn Partners Completes Acquisition of Schrader International
Madison Dearborn Partners Global and certain affiliated investment funds and members of Schrader’s management team have, through a new company formed for such purpose, acquired Schrader from Tomkins Ltd.
‘Petty Blue’ Goes Green: Petty’s Garage Converts to BASF Waterborne Paints
BASF Automotive Refinish has announced that Richard Petty, famed NASCAR driver and one of the most respected figures in motorsports, has converted Petty’s Garage to BASF R-M Onyx HD, waterborne paint.