Posted Dec 13, 2011, by John Day
Nearing the end of its first year in operation, Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) announced four new research projects and three new partnerships related to vehicle safety. The new projects are focused on advanced crash modeling technologies and better protecting vulnerable populations, particularly seniors.
The projects and partners include:
- a detailed computer model of … Read More
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Posted Sep 15, 2011, by John Day
Chuck Gulash, the engineer who heads Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC), was asked this week about the connection between the Center, which was formed in January, and the furor over unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles. The CSRC, he said, is a direct result of the promise Toyota Motor Corporation President Akio Toyoda made to Congress and the American people.
The CSRC initiative … Read More
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MIT AgeLab,
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Toyota,
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI),
Wake Forest School of Medicine,
Transportation Active Safety Institute (TASI),
Virginia Tech,
Washtenaw Area Trasnsportation Study
Posted Apr 26, 2011, by John Day
Who do you like in the EcoCAR 2, the three-year collegiate automotive engineering competition that began during the SAE World Congress in Detroit earlier this month?
The 16 teams that qualified for the competition are Cal State, Colorado State, Embry-Riddle, Mississippi State, NC State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rose-Hulman, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Tennessee, … Read More
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