Michigan Awards Seed Money for Transportation Innovation

The Ann Arbor project is being led by Bluecity, which was awarded $100,000 by Michigan. The company will work in partnership with the University of Michigan, Velodyne Lidar and others to place its real-time traffic monitoring technology at five intersections in Ann Arbor…

Other companies awarded grants as part of the Mobility Funding Platform include GEKOT, (Great Engineering Kids of Tomorrow,) which installs collision avoidance and theft prevention software onto e-scooters at Oakland University. The company was awarded $70,000…

Mouvit will deploy its autonomous sidewalk bots in communities around Dearborn. The company, which was awarded $100,000, will partner with Lawrence Technological University, The Henry Ford Museum, Stantec and others…

Nimbus is creating small three-wheeled electric vehicles, which cost only about $10,000, have a range of about 100 miles and can charge quickly and easily overnight on a standard wall outlet. As part of the Mobility Funding Platform program, the company was awarded $15,000, to help the company further develop the vehicle at the proving grounds of Kettering University’s GM Mobility Research Center.