Michigan Business Review,
5/21/2009
A time of strife forces change and rethinking pretty much everything. With that said, GM and Ford have shifted their gaze toward the University of Michigan and its engineering department to tighten their relationship for research purposes.
Excerpt:
U-M's auto partnerships reflect the university's willingness to help
contribute technological advancements as the suffocating auto industry
is starving for cash. But it also shows that some major automakers are
positioning their research operations to emerge from the crisis with
new collaborative strategies designed to accelerate future technologies.
General Motors' engineering partnership with U-M has been formalized
as the GM/U-M Institute of Automotive Research and Education. The
institute includes the new Advanced Battery Coalition for Drivetrains,
through which GM is investing $5 million over five years to develop new
electric vehicle technologies.
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