Technology/Autonomous Vehicles

Volkswagen aims to redefine long-distance mobility and offer a ground alternative to short-haul flights with a fancy new driverless concept it previewed today. To be clear, the automaker says the GEN.TRAVEL is an experimental prototype with no plans for production. Rather, it is designed to test new autonomous driving functionalities …

General Motors is about to significantly expand the network of roads that are compatible with its Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving technology. Across North America, customers will be able to drive hands-free on twice as many roads as they do now. In Canada, the number of compatible roadways will more than …

Apple’s 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) opened on Monday with the tech giant previewing the new iOS 16 as well as the next generation of CarPlay. The latter will go even further by deeply integrating with a car’s hardware. It will be able, for instance, to provide content for multiple …

Nissan is developing a new driver-assistance technology that uses highly accurate, real-time information about the vehicle's surrounding environment to dramatically enhance collision avoidance. The goal is to improve the capabilities of ProPILOT-equipped Nissan vehicles and of course tomorrow’s full self-driving cars. Called “ground truth perception," the technology fuses information from …

Driving enthusiasts want no part of tomorrow’s autonomous cars, but some of their technology could help make driving safer for a lot of people, especially when losing control of the vehicle. That’s what the team at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) in California is thinking after successfully programming a GR …

Are you excited or not about Apple’s on-again, off-again car project ? You should know that other tech giants are also exploring mobility solutions for the driverless future. At CES 2022 , Sony unveiled a new prototype of its Vision-S electric vehicle and announced the founding of a company to …

A lot of autonomous vehicle concepts promise to reinvent the way we move and spend our time on the road. The latest was unveiled at CES 2022 in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Meet the spectacular Cadillac InnerSpace. Physically speaking, it’s a full-size luxury coupe with an extremely sleek and aerodynamic …

WayRay, a Swiss deep-tech company, claims to have unveiled the world’s first car with ground-breaking holographic true augmented reality technology—a so-called “Metaverse on Wheels.” The Holograktor can either be driven conventionally or by remote control and is designed around a new ride-hailing business model, connecting the virtual and real worlds …

Volvo has just invested in Israeli start-up Spectralics, which specializes in optical and imaging technology, through the Volvo Cars Tech Fund. Why? To apparently revolutionize the in-car user experience. How? By integrating a new head-up display system covering the entire windshield. The technology is still at an early stage of …

General Motors plans to launch in 2023 a premium model that would enable hands-free operation in 95 percent of driving scenarios, the U.S. auto giant announced Wednesday. The technology, called "Ultra Cruise," is a centerpiece of a newly unveiled plan that the Detroit company says will enable it to double …