CU-ICAR In The News

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]

GreenvilleOnline.com: CU-ICAR catches Detroit's eye
Ford executive says local center rivals other domestic auto research facilities.
[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]

SAE-ARi Hosts Trip for Tier One Automotive Supplier Executives to Tour CU-ICAR Campus and BMW Facility in South Carolina
As a part of its commitment to drive innovation and forge new relationships in the automotive industry, SAE International's Automotive Resources Institute (SAE-ARi) today will host a trip to South Carolina that allows Detroit auto execs to tour the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), an advanced-technology automotive research campus, as well as visiting BMW Manufacturing Co., the exclusive manufacturing plant for all X5 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity Coupes.
[Published: May 19, 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]


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