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Southwest Research Institute

SwRI NEXTCAR Initiative

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Phase II of SwRI’s ARPA-E NEXTCAR project seeks to increase energy savings to greater than 30% using Level 4 automation technologies. The approach builds on the success of eco-routing, eco-driving and power-split optimization, expanding to explore cooperative control, smart lane change/merge, and dedicated connected and automated vehicle (CAV) operations.

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