CU-ICAR In The News
WYFF 4: CU-ICAR Classic Car Show
The first CU-ICAR showcase of the year by the CGEC Student Association featured a classic car show.
[Published: October 10, 2011]
Channel 7: Grant Helps CU-ICAR train students for high tech automotive jobs.
New intiative at CU-ICAR will help train students for high tech automotive
industry jobs.
[Published: September 27, 2011]
WYFF 4: Clemson University Gets New Research Center
Clemson University has been awarded a $1 million U.S. Department of
Energy grant that will create a center for research and education in
sustainable vehicle systems.
[Published: September 26, 2011]
Independent Mail: $1 million grant paves road for automotive jobs program at Clemson's ICAR
Carmakers, their suppliers, academic researchers and world governments
will have to work together to find answers for the growing economic and
environmental strains on the global auto industry.
[Published: September 26, 2011]
Automotive News: Clemson gets DOE grant for EV, hybrid center
An automotive program at Clemson University has received a $1 million federal grant to fund a research and education center for hybrid and electric-drive vehicle systems integration.
[Published: September 26, 2011]
Fox Carolina: Dept. of Energy to give CU-ICAR $1M grant
Clemson University's president James Barker announced Monday that the school's automotive energy program would receive $1 million from the US Department of Energy
[Published: September 26, 2011]
GSA Business: Auto Technology Cleared for Takeoff
CU-ICAR will engage in testing of next-generation transportation; clean transportation technology ; and connected vehicle research at the S.C. Technology and Aviation Center.
[Published: September, 2011]
Robotics Online: Stäubli Robotics Reaffirms Its Commitment to Area Schools
students in Clemson University’s automotive engineering program benefit from Stäubli’s 2011 donation of a robot, now installed in the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).
[Published: August 29, 2011]
IndependentMail.com: CU-ICAR public-private collaboration transformed S.C. economy, Clemson president says
Clemson University President James F. Barker told a U.S. House
subcommittee field hearing Tuesday that the university was built on a
foundation of economic development and the surest path to prosperity is
education.
[Published: August 16, 2011]
GSA Business: CU-ICAR, SCTAC to create test bed
Clemson University will soon test new vehicle technologies on a runway at the S.C. Technology and Aviation Center, or SCTAC, that has been dormant for 45 years, the two parties announced today.
[Published: August 9, 2011]
GSA Business: CU-ICAR set to open tech center
The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research, or CU-ICAR, will open the 60,000-square-foot Center for Emerging Technologies this year.
This center will house dozens of emerging or established companies that will expand and develop technologies to complement research of Clemson faculty and students.
[Published: August 9, 2011]
IndependentMail.com: CU-ICAR reports mark three years of milestones
Three years after admitting its first students, the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research has generated at least 775 jobs and $250 million in investment.
[Published: August 9, 2011]
UpstateBizSC: Clemson World alumni magazine now available on iPad
As communication delivery methods change — think Morse code, Pony
Express, fax machines — so change the practices of the communicators.
[Published: August 8, 2011]
SearchAutoParts.com: Frost & Sullivan Special Product Report: Electronics
In recent years, the buzz around high-tech electronics in vehicles has been
primarily focused on advanced telematics and infotainment systems. On the other
hand, discussion about the increasing penetration of electronic systems in other
key car components has been somewhat muted.
[Published: July 21, 2011]
Upstate Biz SC: CU-ICAR to host leading Transatlantic automotive conference
Political and industry leaders will visit Upstate South Carolina in September for a leading automotive conference that will address competitiveness, economic development and the global auto industry’s future.
[Published: June, 2011]
Greenville News: Leaders share ways to sustain auto industry
German ambassador to the US Says his country benefited from defying conventional wisdom and focusing on manufacturing.
[Published: April 6, 2011]
ABC News: German ambassador visiting Clemson University
Clemson University is hosting the German ambassador to the United States for
discussions on international business and automotive research.
[Published: April 4, 2011]
The Auto Channel: Clemson University to host key automotive conference, German ambassador
A key industry sector will meet at the Clemson University International Center
for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) next month when the university hosts ICSAT
2011 — the International Conference on Sustainable Automotive Technologies. More
than 100 auto industry and university representatives from around the world will
gather April 5 and 6 to discuss new technologies and approaches in sustainable
mobility. The conference is hosted with the Institute for Technology and Design
in Ingolstadt, Germany, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in
Australia. ICSAT 2011 marks the first time the conference has taken place in
North America.
[Published: March 9, 2011]
HeraldOnline: Winning conference boosts Greenville's profile
The leading professional association for electrical engineers has picked
Greenville as host of its first electric vehicle conference next year, an event
expected to draw up to 2,000 attendees from around the world and boost the
city's reputation as a center for automotive technology.
[Published: January 31, 2011]
The White House Blog: Winning the Future, Proterra Style
Yesterday, Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff and I toured the Greenville, South Carolina, bus
manufacturing plant of Proterra, Inc. And I don't think you could find a better
demonstration of the American innovation President Obama invoked in his State of
the Union address Tuesday night.
[Published: January 28, 2011]
Greenville Online: U.S. Transportation Secretary praises Proterra during visit
to Greenville plant
U.S. Transportation
Secretary Ray LaHood praised electric bus maker Proterra as one of the nation’s
best examples of “green” jobs during a visit to the company’s plant in
Greenville this morning.
[Published: January 27, 2011]
WYFF TV: Transportation Secretary Tours
Proterra
The U.S. Transportation Secretary toured an Upstate
company Thursday, and praised its innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.
[Published: January 27, 2011]
SAE International: SEMA task force ensuring aftermarket parts maintain ESC
performance
SEMA has a suspension task force developing a
comprehensive plan, essentially based on a simulation program in a demonstration
operation at Clemson University's International
Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). When fully operational, the program is
intended to enable members to be confident their products comply, without the
expense of the actual road test described in FMVSS 126. CU-ICAR is directed by
Paul Venhovens, a BMW engineer who holds the
university's BMW-endowed chair in systems integration in the automotive research
graduate program.
[Published: November 15, 2010]
mother nature network: A hip car for Gen Y? There's an app for that
Collaboration between Dell and Clemson University's
engineering students produces a cool BMW hybrid with an entertainment system you
update the way you add cell phone apps.
[Published: November 4, 2010]
Fast Company: Fast, Green, Deep Orange EV Earns Grad Students an A+
For a group of eco-minded Clemson engineers, graduate
school involved serious automotive innovation.
[Published: September 23, 2010]
News Channel 7: CU-ICAR to Unveil "Deep Orange" Car
Clemson
University's International Center for Automotive Research will unveil the first
concept car created by graduate students at the school on Thursday.
[Published: September 23, 2010]
iStockAnalyst: Electric cars taking hold in auto industry
CU-ICAR Faculty and Partner Company team up to provide expert opinion to E-Mobility Conference.
For additional information on the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S., visit their blog: http://gaccsouthblog.wordpress.com/
[Published: June 4, 2010]
The Post and Courier: ICAR fulfilling auto industry jobs
promise
The chief executive of electric bus maker Proterra
said the International Center
for Automotive Research was one of the biggest reasons his company chose
Greenville for a plant over sites in Ohio or Indiana.
[Published: May 10, 2010]
Upstate Alliance: Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd and Greenville Chamber to Honor CU-ICAR
The law firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. will honor the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) with the 2010 International Economic Development Award at the Greenville Chamber’s 18th Annual International Luncheon Tuesday, May 18, at the Embassy Suites in Greenville.
[Published: May 8, 2010]
Greenville Online: Upstate home to more than 250 international companies
Clemson University's
International Center for Automotive Research will receive
the 2010 International Economic Development Award at the Greenville Chamber's
18th annual International Luncheon on May 18.
[Published: May 6, 2010]
EarthTimes: Proterra To Create Over 1,000 Cleantech Jobs in South Carolina with Pioneering Clean Transportation Manufacturing and R&D Center
Clean-transit start-up Proterra selected Greenville, South Carolina, for its new manufacturing and R&D center that will employ over 1,000 local residents. Proterra will partner with world-renowned Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) to drive its vision for a clean-transit future.
[Published: February 4, 2010]
Fastcompany.com: The Car of the Future is Deep Orange
With Deep Orange students, instructors and industry-types are getting together to take a vehicle from the white board to the road at Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research.
[Published: October 30, 2009]
Automotive News: Carolina center offers alternative for auto r&d
Automotive News industry editor James B. Treece says CU-ICAR is a good idea for America’s automotive industry
[Published: September 28, 2009]
Black Box Magazine: CU-ICAR | What Does It Mean To The Rest of the World?
This time last year, Nabil Elkouh, Ph.D., the Chief Technology Officer of American Titanium Works (ATW), didn't really know much about Greenville, S.C. He had, however, heard about CU-ICAR.
[Published: May 2009]
G Magazine: Shifting Gears
As the first class of Clemson’s International Center
for Automotive Research readies for graduation this summer, the school’s
Upstate-based brain trust of engineering powerhouses presses onward, working to
scrap the gas-guzzling, inefficient technology of yesteryear and develop the
greener, cleaner vehicles of tomorrow.
[Published: May 1, 2009]
Advanced Materials for the Automotive Industry
The Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) brings together two industry sectors – Automotive and Advanced Materials, which also are two of Clemson University’s critical emphasis areas, pairing university expertise with the needs of South Carolina’s economy.
[Published: April 2009]
