The NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology (NC-CAV) was initially funded by the North Carolina Department of Transportation in 2020. The NC-CAV Center brings together a strong and diverse team of researchers from North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT), North Carolina State University (NCSU), and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC).

Downtown Greensboro Incorporated (DGI) is an economic development organization focused on stimulating investment and activity in the center city. DGI provides NC-CAV with funding and logistics needed for Pilot programs for testing, demonstrating, and adapting shuttle in a dedicated AV route that connects Downtown and North Carolina A&T. Read more ...

Verizon is an American wireless network operator. Verizon is the second-largest wireless carrier in the United States. Verizon provides NC-CAV with the technical support and communication devices needed for connecting the components of the NC-CAV testbeds for reliable performance. Read more ...

Real-Time Innovations (RTI)  provides the RTI Connext® DDS to securely share information in critical distributed systems in real-time and work as one integrated system. RTI provides NC-CAV with Connext DDS software, which can be used as a middleware to increase the reliability and communication efficiency of Nc-CAV testbeds. Read more ...