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Advanced Automotive Technology Definitions
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Advanced Automotive Technology Definitions
“Advanced Automotive, Manufacturing, and Materials Technology” means any technology that involves 1 or more of the following:
- Materials with engineered properties created through the development of specialized process and synthesis technology.
- Nanotechnology, including materials, devices, or systems at the atomic, molecular, or macromolecular level, with a scale measured in nanometers.
- Microelectromechanical systems, including devices or systems integrating microelectronics with mechanical parts and a scale measured in micrometers.
- Improvements to vehicle safety, vehicle performance, vehicle production, or environmental impact, including, but not limited to, vehicle equipment and component parts.
- A new technology, device, or system that enhances or improves the manufacturing process of wood, timber, or agricultural-based products.
- Any technology that involves an alternative energy vehicle or its components, as alternative energy vehicle is defined under section 2 of the Michigan NextEnergy authority act, 2002 pa 593, MCL 207.822. “Alternative Energy Vehicle” includes the following:
- Alternative Fueled Vehicle – A motor vehicle that can only be powered by a clean fuel energy system and can only be fueled by a clean fuel.
- Fuel Cell Vehicle – A motor vehicle powered solely by a fuel cell energy system.
- Electric Vehicle – A motor vehicle powered solely by a battery cell energy system.
- Hybrid Vehicle – A vehicle that can only be powered by 2 or more alternative energy systems.
- Solar Vehicle - A motor vehicle powered solely by a photovoltaic energy system.
- Hybrid Electric Vehicle – A motor vehicle powered by an integrated propulsion system consisting of an electric motor and combustion engine. Hybrid electric vehicle does not include a retrofitted conventional diesel or gasoline engine. A hybrid electric vehicle obtains the power necessary to propel the motor vehicle from a combustion engine and 1 of the following:
- A battery cell energy system
- A fuel cell energy system
- A photovoltaic energy system
- Advanced computing or electronic device technology related to advanced automotive, manufacturing and materials technology.
"Advanced computing" means any technology used in the design and development of 1 or more of the following:
- Computer hardware and software
- Data communications
- Information technologies
“Electronic Device Technology” means any technology that involves microelectronics, semiconductors, electronic equipment, and instrumentation, radio frequency, microwave, and millimeter electronics; optical and optic-electrical devices; or data and digital communications and imaging devices.
- Design, engineering, testing, or diagnostics related to advanced automotive, manufacturing and materials technology.
- Product research and development related to advanced automotive, manufacturing and materials technology.
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