Kirk T. Steudle, P.E., Director of MDOT discusses his involvement with the MICHAuto Summit and the future of mobility. He discusses with Chris the Michigan Mobility Initiative and the embracing of technology in the automotive companies here in MI. He covers the need to look into the future of how goods and people move around to help drive the economy. He discusses the research that is currently going on in the automotive industry that will help keep Michigan competitive in a changing automotive market.
He points out how the landscape has changed and how civil engineers, computer, IT, mechanical and electrical engineers are currently working together when it comes to interfacing. They review MCity and the antonymous car experiments that are going on in Ann Arbor, MI. He wraps up by noting real life challenges with the autonomous car in MI compared to Google’s in CA.
