Overview Project Green

PRESENTATION Dr. Joachim G. Taiber Research Professor, Institute Director and Program Manager Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR)

The automotive industry continues to develop exciting products with the need to showcase technology

The road into a future of more intelligent and sustainable transportation solutions
TODAY
Driver always in control of vehicle

2015-2030
Semi-autonomous/ semi-remotely controlled vehicle

2030-2050
Full-autonomous, fully-remotely controlled vehicle

Vehicle Technology

High-performance gasoline-centric

High efficiency hybrid-electric Light weight material

Full-electric with multiple energy storage options

Telematics Infrastructure

Navigation, mobile device Eco-driving, active collision-avoidance (V2V), Automated driving, automated integration, emergency centric active traffic control (V2I), automated parking refueling, on-demand transportation

Built-out electric charging infrastructure, Convergence of mobile nodes, physical Road-centric, manual refueling, manual parking, V2V- and V2I-ICT infrastructure, 4G network road, ICT and grid infrastructure to built-out, data centers for cloud services fully integrated intelligent network manual payment 3

The Southeast of the USA is of growing strategic importance for the Automotive industry

New plant facilities from major OEMs and suppliers

New headquarters, R&D locations and new tracks

New IT centers

Motorsports plays a major role in the Southeast of the US

Clemson University

Clemson University ranked 25 in 2012 U.S. News & World Report of top public national universities

CU-ICAR (Clemson University International Center of Automotive Research) was created 2005, more than 250 million USD have been Invested in the public-private partnership CURI (Clemson University Restoration Institute) was awarded with a 100 million USD grant to built the largest wind turbine test facility in the US in Charleston

Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR)

Charlotte

Atlanta

South Carolinas economic development strategy is driven by a cluster approach to improve competitiveness (inspired by Michael Porter from HBS). The foundations of CUICAR (Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research, www.cuicar.com) have been created in 2003 (ground breaking) to develop an Automotive cluster, the first campus facility was built in 2005 (BMW ITRC). CUICAR is the largest dedicated research campus focused on automotive engineering research in the South East. So far more than 250 million USD have been invested in the public-private partnership.

The Automotive Engineering program at CU-ICAR is growing rapidly

Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center (CGEC)

Graduate Engineering Center for the Automotive Engineering Program. 90,000 sq.ft. (8,400 m2), building completed in 2008.

Currently 134 MS and PhD students Currently 197 MS and PhD students (2012) Industry involvement in curriculum development/teaching, research direction/projects.
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Further expansion of CU-ICAR

Expansion of public and private partners as well as infrastructure capabilities (vehicle software development, vehicle system development, component testing, vehicle and infrastructure testing)

Public and private investment into vehicle and infrastructure testing capabilities for energy efficient and connected vehicles

Private investments into engineering and testing sites

Public and private investment into an emerging technology building including commercially operated labs

South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center

SC-TAC is with 2600 acres and more than 80 companies one of the largest industry parks in South Carolina SC-TAC is a FAA certified airport with an active 8000 ft and a 5000 feet inactive runway (150 feet wide) SC-TAC is closely located to CUICAR

www.sc-tac.com

Project Green
Greenville

CU-ICAR

SCTAC

Project Green is a joint economic development initiative between CU-ICAR and SC-TAC with the purpose to redevelop a significant part of the airport property into a unique test bed for public and private stakeholders in the domain of sustainable mobility and vehicle to infrastructure connectivity.

The vision
R&D project centers

Conferences & events

Test track landscape with unique infrastructure

Technology experience

The vision of Project Green is to redevelop a significant part of an inactive airport structure (650 acres) into a national and internationally known center for advanced mobility solutions which can be used for testing of vehicles and related infrastructure, technology events as well as driving events. A specific focus will be laid on clean transportation solutions as well as connected vehicle technology. The center will be utilized by both public and private stakeholders and will attract more industry R&D related activities in transportation & logistics into the area. In particular the interaction between vehicle development and infrastructure development (road, energy, communication) will play a primary role in the further development of Project Green. 12

Utilization of Project Green platform to support sustainable mobility and connected vehicle research
Testing of vehicles and related infrastructure

Testing of wireless networks for the connected vehicle

Testing of stationary and dynamic wireless charging systems Testing of autonomous and remotely controlled vehicles

Primary stakeholders to address

OEMs ICT (Informa/on & Comm. Technology) U/li/es

Tier 1/Tier 2

Industry Socie/es Media Groups

Motorsports

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Which services will Project Green offer with its partners ?

- technology, strategy and innovation management workshops - technology conferences - technology exhibitions - mobility experience events - innovation scouting - R&D contracting - certification - integrated vehicle and infrastructure testing

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How can you get involved in Project Green ?

- You can become a service partner - You can become an investor - You can become a client

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