Technology/Autonomous Vehicles

During Tesla ’s AI Day yesterday, the electric car maker announced the new D1 chip for its Dojo supercomputer—a key to self-driving vehicles of tomorrow—as well as a humanoid robot called Tesla Bot. No, it’s not a joke. And yes, it’s a bit creepy. CEO Elon Musk said a working …

So you prefer to let the car do most of the work on the highway? We have good news for you: General Motors today announced it will introduce new Super Cruise capabilities on six model year 2022 vehicles in the first quarter of next year. The automaker’s semi-autonomous technology allows …

The Alexa personal assistant will soon become part of Ford vehicles, the automaker announced in a joint presentation with Amazon. Using voice commands, drivers will be able to control the radio or get weather and traffic information in real time while keeping both hands on the steering wheel. Alexa will …

Tesla has often been criticized for misleading customers with its so-called Autopilot system, but now with the “Full-Self Driving Capability” option, things are even worse. In a letter sent to California's Department Of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and later published on Twitter, the company admits that "Full Self Driving (FSD) Capability …

Hyundai has just unveiled the second concept in its series of “Ultimate Mobility Vehicles” created by its new design studio, New Horizons. After Elevate , meet TIGER! Short for “Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot,” this small autonomous vehicle is only marginally bigger than a large suitcase, yet it’s designed to …

While SYNC 4 is still very fresh and considered one of the best infotainment systems in the auto industry, Ford already wants to move on. It has just signed a six-year partnership with Google to reinvent the whole connected vehicle experience. As its preferred cloud provider and starting later this …

When the all-new Mercedes-Benz EQS electric sedan makes its debut later this year, the conventional dashboard will be replaced by what the company calls the “Hyperscreen,” an available full-width digital display that redefines the human-machine interface. Remember when Chinese automaker Byton introduced the M-Byte crossover concept at CES in 2019?

The development of autonomous cars is not as quick and encouraging as some people were hoping. There are still way too many questions to answer and issues to address. Honda is among the various automakers that are working to put AVs on the road in the future, but in the …

Like every other automaker, Tesla submits a number of patent applications for innovations that may or may not end up in its future vehicles. Some of these are pure genius, while others are probably too crazy or far-fetched to become viable. Here are five of them. We’ll let you decide …

While parent company BMW recently introduced the all-electric iX SUV , MINI designers have imagined the car of the future. Inevitably shaped like a crossover, this one is called Vision Urbanaut. Half-SUV, half-minivan, the vehicle is actually reminiscent of the old Volkswagen Type 2 Split Window, except that the entire, …