CARS - Affiliates News
Stanford Fiscal Year 2010/2011 - 4 New CARS Affiliates and 2 New Automotive Programs
As the Stanford community is entering a new fiscal year, the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) is proud to have established formal relationships with four additional industry affiliates over the past 12 months. With PACCAR, Volvo Cars, Hyundai, and BMW, the automotive affiliates program is now a group of 10 member companies, with two more currently formalizing their partnership. The growth of the CARS community has been giving the program additional thrust to initiate research projects as well as educational activities addressing the needs and challenges of personal mobility in the 21st century.
With driver assistance, alternative energy, connected mobility, and mobile society being the main directions that are being pursued by CARS, the program is also proud that it was instrumental in establishing The Revs Program at Stanford and the fellowship program "Legal Aspects of Autonomous Driving. This is another important step in applying to automobiles and personal mobility the interdisciplinary thinking that Stanford is known for.
The four new industry affiliates that have joined the CARS program over the last months are similarly looking for interdisciplinary research directions and student groups to enrich the respective company's innovation portfolio. In general the companies are interested in research regarding Driver Assistance, Human Factors, Efficiency & Low Emission. The following paragraphs offers a brief introduction to the new members (in the order of their membership commitment):
PACCAR Inc
As a multinational technology company, PACCAR manufactures premium commercial vehicles sold around the world under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. The corporate headquarters are located in Bellevue, WA from where the company also maintains its CARS membership through experts in the R&D Departments. PACCAR joined CARS in January 2011.
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Volvo Cars Corporation
The Volvo Car Corporation is one of the car industry's strongest brands, with a long and proud history of world-leading innovations. The corporate headquarters are located in Gothenburg, Sweden, while the CARS membership is maintained through the engineering & design team at the Volvo Monitoring and Concept Center in Camarillo, CA. Volvo Cars joined CARS in January 2011.
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Hyundai Motor Company
The Hyundai Motor Company, as the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, is the world's fourth largest automaker and the world's fastest growing automaker. The corporate headquarters are located in Seoul, South Korea from where the company primarily maintains its CARS membership with additional staff at Hyundai Ventures in Menlo Park, CA. Hyundain joined CARS in April 2011.
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BMW Group
The BMW Group is the worldwide renowned manufacturer of premium automobiles and motorcycles with the brands BMW, MINI, and Rolls Royce. The corporate headquarters are located in Munich, Germany, while the CARS membership is maintained through the R&D group at the BMW Technology Office USA in Mountain View, CA. BMW joined CARS in May 2011.
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CARS welcomes all new members and programs and is looking forward to a successful and cooperative fiscal year 2011/2012.
For further information please contact Sven Beiker (beiker@stanford.edu).
September 13, 2011 - 1:00PM