GM to send 50 engineers to U-M to develop electric car technology
GM and U-M are about to share something more than a letter. Excerpt: The University of Michigan and General Motors have long been bastions of innovation, often by working together. Now the two institutions are ratcheting up their cooperation as GM sends more of its engineers to U-M to develop the next generation of electric cars. “This is a big problem,” says Ann Marie Sastry, director of the Energy Systems Engineering Program at the University of Michigan. “Electrification of the vehicle is a paradigm change. It affects every system in the vehicle.” Read the rest of the story here.
GM and U-M are about to share something more than a letter.
Excerpt:
The University of Michigan and General Motors have long been bastions of innovation, often by working together. Now the two institutions are ratcheting up their cooperation as GM sends more of its engineers to U-M to develop the next generation of electric cars.
“This is a big problem,” says Ann Marie Sastry, director of the Energy Systems Engineering Program at the University of Michigan. “Electrification of the vehicle is a paradigm change. It affects every system in the vehicle.”
Read the rest of the story here.
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