Apps

While Google and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) may be the two names most closely associated with autonomous vehicles, they’re hardly the only organizations working on self-driving cars. Ceatec Japan is an annual conference highlighting the latest advances in...

For those who spend a disproportionate amount of time driving cars, speed traps are an ever-present danger to driver’s licenses and insurance rates. No matter how much you invest in technology to warn you of speed enforcement, it seems that law enforcement is always one step ahead of you...

San Francisco will be the U.S. launch center for two new urban mobility apps from BMW. City mayor Ed Lee, and Dr. Ian Robinson from BMW, announced the new ParkNow and DriveNow apps at a press conference on Monday. ParkNow is a new parking app developed to ease the pain of parking in congested...

Last year Rolls-Royce launched a new certified pre-owned vehicle program called Provenance that was aimed at helping to take the worry out for anyone considering spending the huge sums that even a used Rolls-Royce commands. Today the automaker has launched a new app that should make finding your...

A downloadable app for customizing your dream Mustang is now available for the 2013 model.

Honda said today that it would launch a new cloud connectivity service in its upcoming 2013 Accord, which will be unveiled later this year. The 2013 Accord will offer HondaLink on upper trim levels, and the new HondaLink service represents the first full launch of the Aha internet radio platform in...

BMW’s defines its ConnectedDrive as “the innovative connection between you, your BMW and the rest of the world.” That’s a more poetic way of saying that ConnectedDrive blends apps, navigation, smartphone integration, infotainment and telematics to create an improved driving...

BMW has revealed its list of improvements to its ConnectedDrive infotainment technology, set to debut in a variety of BMW and MINI models from this month. Already some of the most advanced in-car entertainment and information technology on the market, ConnectedDrive now features some entirely new...

If you own an Android phone, the New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has just released an app called “Police Tape” that allows users to document, via video, an encounter with police. The function of the app is simple: get stopped by the police, and it allows you to...

Near Field Communication (NFC) keys are nothing new to the auto industry, which has embraced the concepts of keyless entry and push-button start on a near-universal basis. Getting into your car and starting it without having to dig for keys adds convenience, but will likely pay big dividends when...

They're in your home, in your phone and they've been in your car for several years now--we're talking about computers. High-tech on-board infotainment systems are certainly useful, but not always easy to fathom. That's why Lexus is letting customers try before they buy--by releasing the Enform...

We’ll admit it: we’re suckers for car museums, and frequently plan vacations around hitting up collections we haven’t visited, trying to find cars we’ve never seen. Admission is rarely free, and when you factor in the cost of travel, seeing a 1934 Avions Voisin C 25...

U.K. Mercedes-Benz C-Class shoppers now have the ability to download an interactive brochure app for the iPad.

No stranger to the automotive apps game, BMW today made its latest app available for iOS devices, including the iPhone: the BMW Remote Mobile App, which lets BMW owners access features of their cars remotely through BMW Assist. So what can the app do? It can report a car's position (if the ignition...

Chevy's Super Bowl-themed "Game Time" app gives users the chance to win thousands of prizes, including 20 new Chevrolets.

GM recently challenged Israel's Bezalel Academy of Art and Design to come up with new ways to enhance the rear-seat driving experience. The result was "Windows of Opportunity."

A new app from Volkswagen, called "Golf R Drivers Forever," celebrates the history of the Golf and the worldwide passion for the Volkswagen brand.

What separates your regular gasoline car from an electric car? The batteries? The motor? Plugging in each night versus going to a gas station in the morning? All of the above, of course, but also the high levels of interactivity now available to electric car users, via their smartphones. Ford is...

Chevy is including its MyLink infotainment system in the upcoming Sonic RS, as well as higher-trim models of the Spark.

Looking to highlight its latest advances in telematics, Mercedes-Benz is demonstrating its latest mbrace2 system at this week's Consumer Electronics Show.