Transportation Technology

  1. Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions for each vehicle class and powertrain. Average lifetime emissions account for differences in grid emissions for electricity balancing areas and county-level differences in drive cycle and temperature effect on fuel economy. Image credit: From Woody et al. in Environmental Research Letters, 2022

    Study: Greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles

  2. A diagram of the battery shows how lithium ions can return to the lithium electrode while the lithium polysulfides can't get through the membrane separating the electrodes. In addition, spiky dendrites growing from the lithium electrode can't short the battery by piercing the membrane and reaching the sulfur electrode. Image credit: Ahmet Emre, Kotov Lab

    1,000-cycle lithium-sulfur battery could quintuple electric vehicle ranges

  3. President Joe Biden signing the infrastructure bill. Image courtesy: Whitehouse.gov

    The infrastructure bill: U-M experts can discuss

  4. Andrew Weng, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, and Anna Stefanopoulou, the William Clay Ford Professor of Technology, identify an early-life diagnostic signal that predicts the impact of the formation protocols on battery life without needing cycle life testing.

    Resistance is not futile: Predicting how changes in production, materials impact EV battery life

  5. Self-driving delivery robot concept. 3D illustration. Image credit: sarawuth702, iStock

    Package delivery robots’ environmental impacts: Automation matters less than vehicle type

  6. Electric delivery vans. Image credit: iStock

    Electric delivery vehicles: When, where, how they’re charged has big impact on greenhouse gas emissions

  7. Overhead image of Mcity

    First demonstration of Mcity’s test concept for highly automated vehicles

  8. Aerial view of the Mcity test course

    First demonstration of Mcity’s test concept for highly automated vehicles

  9. U-M Block M Logo

    Virtual demo of Mcity’s test concept for highly automated vehicles

  10. North University Ave. early morning before the hustle and bustle of daily life at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on September 17, 2015. Image credit: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

    ‘Transportation is a form of freedom’: How to make it more equitable

  11. Michael Wang, materials science and engineering Ph.D. candidate, uses a glove box to inspect a lithium metal battery cell in a lab at the University of Michigan in 2020. Image credit: Evan Dougherty/University of Michigan Engineering

    Next-gen electric vehicle batteries: These are the questions we still need to answer

  12. Traffic noise study in progress sign.

    Truck noise in Southwest Detroit adds to public health concerns

  13. A graphene-based transparent photodetector array (acting as two layers of sensors in a camera) measures the focal stack images of a point object simulated by focusing a green laser beam onto a small spot in front of the lens inside Ted Norris’ lab on North Campus in Ann Arbor, MI on January 27, 2021. Norris and his team fabricated a prototype of transparent photodetector arrays with graphene on glass and used two pieces of the detector arrays separated slightly apart and behind an imaging lens to demonstrate its potential applications in 3D object tracking tasks. With this prototype’s application this will aid in autonomous driving and robotics, responding to moving objects that require their perception units to obtain not only what they are but also where and how far they are in real time. Image credit: Robert Coelius/Michigan Engineering, Communications and Marketing

    3D motion tracking system could streamline vision for autonomous tech

  14. Scrap metal. Image credit: Daniel Cooper

    Scrap to sustainable sheet metal: A $2M effort to overhaul automotive recycling

  15. Women leaving backseat of cab with drinks in hand. Image credit: iStock

    Ride-sharing services linked to binge drinking

  16. Mcity OS operating system. Image courtesy: Mcity

    First license for AV testing software developed by U-M’s Mcity goes to American Center for Mobility

  17. U-M Block M Logo

    U-M’s Robert Hampshire joins Biden administration to work in transportation research and technology

  18. An Ann Arbor intersection. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering

    $9.95M for ‘smart intersections’ across Ann Arbor

  19. The Mcity Driverless Shuttle makes two stops on the University of Michigan's North Campus on it's one-mile route. Image credit: Roger Hart, Michigan Photography

    Mcity Driverless Shuttle research reports findings after safe project conclusion

  20. Car interior with digital interface on blurry bokeh background. Image credit: iStock

    U-M’s DARPA project aims to protect cars, trucks, spacecraft from hackers