Transportation Technology

  1. Ice crystals formed along the edge of an airplane wing. Some crystals appear to glow green as they cover a light on the wing.

    Cars and planes could avoid hazardous ice, freezing rain with new sensors

  2. Vehicles are seen passing through a busy downtown intersection.

    Faster commutes in Oakland County—rollout underway for U-M-designed traffic flow system

  3. An electric vehicle charges in a neighborhood with solar panels and wind turbines in the background.

    Letting EVs take a load off the grid could result in ‘negative emissions’ while saving drivers money

  4. Lustrous black graphite crystals poke through an otherwise earth-toned rock.

    Does the US have enough graphite to meet growing energy demand? Yes, but costs, quality are concerns

  5. Concept illustration of a driver listening to their car talk. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Sound familiar? Matching voices boost trust in self-driving cars

  6. Charging an electric vehicle. Image credit; Chuttersnap, Unsplash

    Ford’s new track on EVs in the current environment: U-M experts available to comment

  7. A view of blue water and a distant shoreline from the bow of a sailboat.

    New study tackles the dynamics of common—and difficult—sailing maneuver

  8. A man in a white t-shirt and shorts sits, at left, in a mechanized chair in the rear compartment of a van, while another man, standing, at right, analyzes data on a screen mounted to the van wall.

    Motion sickness technology could alleviate symptoms for passengers in today’s cars, and tomorrow’s

  9. A blurred background with a black, softball-sized sphere with dimples like a golf ball is suspended by a thin rod in the foreground.

    Nimble dimples: Agile underwater vehicles inspired by golf balls

  10. A woman, wearing a jacket and winter hat, prepares to connect an electric vehicle to a charger.

    Charging electric vehicles 5x faster in subfreezing temps

  11. A man dressed in a button down shirt and dark pants stands in front of a massive engine inside a laboratory.

    U-Michigan, UC Riverside launch alliance to promote hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines

  12. A woman, wearing a sensor strip across her forehead, straps into the passenger seat of a test vehicle while a researcher in the back seat works on a laptop computer.

    Roadway safety research, automated vehicle testing join forces at U-M

  13. A man sits low in the seat of a driving simulator, with a steering wheel extended from the console in front of him. To his right, another man stands with his hands turning an imaginary steering wheel in demonstration. A third man sits to the right of the other two, in front of a computer console using a mouse as part of the demonstration.

    Mcity opens for remote testing of autonomous vehicle technologies, calls for federal standards

  14. U-M researchers computed the total system energy efficiency of using green hydrogen directly, or indirectly in e-fuels, to power planes, trains, automobiles and ships. They found that the system inefficiencies during hydrogen or e-fuel production, storage, transportation, dispensing and use leads to about 80-90% energy loss of the initial electrical input. By contrast, electric-powered transport is about three to eight times more efficient than using hydrogen directly or in e-fuels. Image credit: Stephen Alvey and Joaquim Martins

    Green hydrogen: Powering the future of passenger and freight transportation?

  15. Michigan Minds: When will cars drive themselves?

  16. Pima County Arizona copper mine. Image credit: Joyce Cory, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Copper can’t be mined fast enough to electrify the US

  17. Charging an electric vehicle. Image credit; Chuttersnap, Unsplash

    More local officials see relevance of electric vehicle planning, cite costs of preparation

  18. Mother drives a car, a child in a safety seat in the rear seat. Image credit: iStock

    Women caregivers are stressed: Transportation infrastructure could help

  19. On the left side of the image, what looks like a T-junction in a roadway is mapped in black on a green background. Two cars, red and blue, arrive from the west. Two green cars depart to the north. The roadway to the south is empty. On the right side of the image, the roadway is outlined in white on a black background, and the viewer takes the perspective of a car arriving from the west. A teal line suggests an anticipated right turn, and red text warns of a light wait.

    With AV Challenge, engineers can put their decision-making algorithms to the test

  20. Concept illustration of automated electric long-haul trucks. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Could automation, electrification of long-haul trucking reduce environmental impacts?