University of Iowa researchers at the National Advanced Driving Simulator pave the way for the automated vehicles of tomorrow. But how soon before self-driving cars get here? Iowa's rural roads could hold the key.

The University of Iowa National Advanced Driving Simulator's custom Ford Transit shuttle bus has been across the Midwest and is now being outfitted with automated driving technologies.

This report documents the University of Iowa’s (UI) Data Management Plan (DMP) for the Automated Driving System (ADS) demonstration project and provides details regarding how UI will securely and reliably manage the data and provide access to the data to users inside and outside the organization.

University of Iowa researchers with the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) are ramping up their testing of automated vehicles on rural roads—thanks to a $7 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant.

Dan McGehee of the National Advanced Driving Simulator and his colleagues recently received a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to research automated driving in rural America.

At a casual glance, it looks like any Lincoln MKZ. But it’s smarter.