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Nissan Leaf on Campus and in Class on Dec 2
Posted Nov 19, 2009 – 7:00PM
The Nissan Leaf, the first electric vehicle for the mass market, will be presented on White Plaza by Nissan experts the afternoon of Dec 2. The Nissan NA Product Planning Director will give a lecture on the Leaf in class at 4:15PM to explain technology and market strategy of the Leaf and to discuss with the automotive community at Stanford.
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Prof. Clifford Nass Lectured on "Multitasking while Driving", video recording available
Posted Nov 13, 2009 - 7:30PM
Prof. Clifford Nass explained the recent study on multitasking and put it in context with driving an automobile. The discussion in the class "The Future of the Automobile" put attention on the fact that a growing population might consider the driving task "secondary" and that cars need to be designed differently to address this trend.
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Interview with Sebastian Thrun - Next Autonomous Challenge is SF - LA
Posted Nov 10, 2009 - 7:30PM
Prof. Sebastian Thrun was interviewed by GetRobo, an online magazine on robots for home and community. He talks about the past competitions, the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, and also about the next big goal: an autonomous drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles that is scheduled for Spring 2010.
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Southern California Edison visited Stanford to discuss Smart Grid, EVs
Posted Nov 6, 2009 – 8:30
On November 5 Southern California Edison, a key player in smart grid technology and electric vehicle infrastructure in California, visited the School of Engineering to discuss opportunities for collaboration. CARS established a connection with the Electric Vehicle Technical Center to identify areas of collaboration.
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Stanford Autonomous Car Takes On High Speed Rally
Posted Nov 4, 2009 - 7:00PM
The research team at the Dynamic Design Lab lead by Prof. Gerdes and the engineers at Volkswagen designed a car that can drive autonomously (almost) as fast as a race driver. The vehicle was unveiled at the “Driving Dynamics” Event on Oct 24 and has since been generating a lot of press.
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Lecture on Robotic Cars by Brad Templeton, Oct 28
Posted Oct 30, 2009 - 6:00PM
Brad Templeton, Chairman of the EFF, Dot-Com Founder, Tech Blogger and Futurist, gave a lecture “Robocars - Where will they take you?” in class on Oct 28 discussing technology, politics, and society issues of autonomous vehicles.
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"Driving Innovation" - Volkswagen and Stanford Celebrate Collaboration, Oct 24
Posted Oct 26, 2009 - 9:00PM
On October 24 Volkswagen and Stanford celebrated its long-lasting research partnership. The event that was attended by about 400 guests from academia, industry, and beyond showcased many new research results with a strong focus on autonomous driving, vehicle dynamics and driver-vehicle interaction.
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Lecture On Navigation & Media Systems by Institute for the Future
Posted Oct 16, 2009 - 7:30PM
More than 60 students, faculty, and affiliates attended the talk that focused to a large extent on wireless communication, location based information, and augmented reality. The speakers key assumption was that mobile devices will become the most commonly used computer that most people will prefer over a laptop or even desktop computer.
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American Le Mans Series at Stanford University
Posted Oct 8, 2009 - 8:00PM
The American Le Mans Series visited Stanford University on Oct 7, 2009 for a special lecture to explain the Green Racing Challenge, present their racing vehicles making use of hybrid technolgy and biofuels. During lunch, the CARS affiliates could also discuss matters in more detail with the drivers and organizers.
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CARS In The Media
Stanford University: Next-Generation Vehicle Research Center "CARS" Established, RobotWatch (japanese) - November 17, 2009
Volkswagen and CARS celebrate collaboration, Stanford Daily - November 3, 2009
Driverless car takes on high-speed rally, The Telegraph - November 2, 2009
Media Multitaskers Pay Mental Price (Video), YouTube - August 25, 2009
The drive for the future, BBC - Sepember 10, 2009
Why Multitaskers Stink at Multitasking, The Wall Street Journal - August 26, 2009
The Connected Car, The Economist - June 4, 2009
'By-wire' boosts hybrid vehicle dynamics, Automotive Engineering International - April 22, 2009
Clifford Nass in NY Mag, The Portfolio Javelin - January 21, 2009
Four Ways for Detroit to Save Itself, The New York Times - January 3, 2009
Bosch Expands Activities With Stanford University, Reuters - October 2, 2008
Stanford research: Chatting with your car may be useful to you -- but also to corporations, e! Science News - May 13, 2008
Is Silicon Valley the new Detroit for electric cars?, cnet news - February 22, 2008
Making roads safer by reading drivers' moods, cnet news - June 16, 2008
Volkswagen to Contribute $5.75 Million to Stanford University, Volkswagen Newsroom - November 15, 2007