Consumer Electronics Show
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The Volkswagen Group will use next week’s 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to formally announce a strategic partnership with a self-driving company by the name of Aurora Innovation. You may not have heard of Aurora but you’ll definitely know of the key people behind it if you’ve been following the current race in the self-driving car space: Aurora was founded in 2016 by Chris Urmson, Drew Bagnell and Sterling Anderson. Urmson, a former Carnegie Mellon robotics researcher, headed the Google Self-Driving Car Project (now Waymo) until 2015. He famously said in 2015...
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Lyft users will able to sample a self-driving taxi service at CES thanks to Aptiv
Once the stuff of science fiction, the idea of a self-driving taxi service is fast becoming a reality. Boston, Massachusetts-based self-driving car startup nuTonomy made headlines in 2016 when it launched the world’s first self-driving taxi service. That was in Singapore and limited to only a...
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Nissan developing technology to read your thoughts
Imagine a world where you can send instructions to your car with your thoughts alone. It might sound like science fiction but Nissan is actually attempting to develop such a system. The Japanese automaker on Wednesday said it was developing a technology called Brain-to-Vehicle, or B2V, which will...
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Startup Byton teases electric SUV ahead of CES debut
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has become more than a place for technology companies to show off their latest smartphone or gadget. Now, automakers and auto startups flock to the stage to present technical concepts and new vehicles as the automobile becomes more connected than ever. At...
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Hey Hyundai? Automaker to offer personal assistant beginning in 2019
As soon as 2019, Hyundai will offer drivers an in-car personal assistant powered by Soundhound's artificial intelligence (AI) system. The Korean brand announced Thursday its "intelligent personal agent" will make its debut at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show along with a conceptual cockpit. The...
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Honda bringing new robot concepts to 2018 CES
The rise of the robots cometh...to the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show next month. We've already seen a handful of other robot concepts coming to the show, but Honda has revealed what it has in store. The company's famed Asimo will stay home, but four new robots will make their debuts: 3E-A18...
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Swiss automotive think tank Rinspeed is returning to the Consumer Electronics Show next year with a concept that demonstrates a possible future where the chassis and body of a car can go their separate ways. The result is that cars, or at least their bodies, could also offer meaningful immobile use. Rinspeed’s Snap concept, which will debut at next month’s 2018 CES, exists in a world where instead of owning a complete car an individual could simply own the body. This body could then double as a small office, lounge or even a place to sleep. A trip across town would require a...
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Yamaha to show robot rider at CES that will challenge Valentino Rossi
Yamaha plans to pit man against machine with its latest self-riding motorcycle concept. And it has an appropriate name: Motobot. The Japanese motorcycle company announced last Tuesday that it will bring its Motobot concept to the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where it will detail the...
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Honda unveils NeuV and Riding Assist concepts at 2017 CES
Honda’s theme of its 2017 Consumer Electronics Show presence is something it calls the Cooperative Mobility Ecosystem, where via artificial intelligence, robotics and big data the various aspects of one’s life are combined in order to foster safer, more productive use of time. For...
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Audi using AI to fine-tune self-driving cars, says production version coming in 2020
It’s easy to think that self-driving cars simply need to be programmed with the general set of road rules and then have some form of object detection so that the car’s computer can then apply the rules for a given situation. The reality is much more complex, especially due to the...
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BMW previews next-gen interior complete with hologram technology
BMW is currently leading the way when it comes to in-car technology with its Gesture Control system that debuted on the 2016 7-Series. The system allows you to make basic commands by simply waving a finger. At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, BMW showed an evolved version of the system called...
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Toyota's Concept-i decides when to drive autonomously
As we move into an autonomous future, automakers are looking at how occupants will experience cars that drive themselves. Toyota is doing just that with the Concept-i it has introduced at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Toyota bills the Concept-i as a car built from the inside out...
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Stopping short of calling itself the purveyor of the "ultimate riding machine," BMW announced at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that its first cars capable of driving themselves will be on the road later this year. The trial run will eventually lead to the launch of BMW's iNext self-driving car, which the automaker hopes to have on sale in 2021. If BMW hits that target, it may be the first carmaker to sell to consumers a vehicle capable of driving itself. ALSO SEE: Audi using AI to fine-tune self-driving cars, says production version coming in 2020 Forty specially-modified...
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Faraday Future reveals 1,050-horsepower FF 91 electric crossover due in 2018
Faraday Future, the startup electric brand with Chinese backing based in Nevada, introduced its first production-intent vehicle today on the sidelines of the 2017 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. The FF 91 is a crossover SUV that boasts 1,050 horsepower and posts a 2.39-second 0-60 mph time...
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Chrysler Portal concept is an electric van with Level 3 self-driving capability
Given the dearth of new product at Chrysler, it’s easy to think parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] has forgotten about the brand. (With the demise of the 200 in December, the only Chryslers still in production are the 300 and Pacifica.) But that isn’t the case, it...
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Report: Electric Chrysler Pacifica to debut at 2017 CES
The Consumer Electronics Show has become one of the major events on the automotive calendar in recent years as the convergence of the auto and tech industries has become unequivocal. The 2017 CES is just around the corner and already we have confirmation that the firms Faraday Future, Honda and...
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Faraday Future electric car teased ahead of 2017 CES debut
Faraday Future has given us our best look yet at its first production model, an electric car confirmed for a debut at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show. The car looks to feature a hatch-like design with a form factor similar to the Toyota Prius. It will ride on the now standard...
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Rinspeed Oasis concept headed for 2017 Detroit auto show
Swiss design firm Rinspeed is constantly trying to predict the automotive landscape of the future. In that sense the company is more of a think tank than an actual design firm, since we never actually see any of its concepts enter production though certainly they have inspired elements on cars on...
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Chinese tech giant LeEco on Wednesday organized its first major press conference in the United States, mainly to talk about new smartphone and television products. The event took place in San Francisco and was hosted by LeEco CEO, Chairman and founder Jia Yueting. LeEco made its name in online streaming but has since expanded into numerous areas in the tech industry. It now wants to launch electric cars with self-driving capability and has previewed what’s possible with the LeSee concept car unveiled in April at the 2016 Beijing auto show. LeEco is also the backer of California-based...
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Rinspeed Oasis concept: The car for anti-car folk
Swiss design firm Rinspeed is constantly trying to predict the automotive landscape of the future. In recent years the company has bet big on self-driving technology, and concepts like the XchangE, Budii and Etos have been the result. Rinspeed’s latest concept, which makes its world debut...
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China’s Ehang unveils autonomous passenger drone
Small, remote-controlled drones, usually with cameras mounted to them, have become a popular gadget for tech buffs, but a company from China took the concept of a personal drone to a whole new level at this week’s Consumer Electroncs Show. That company is drone-maker Ehang, which showed off...
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Bentley Continental GT Gets Monster Audio For CES
Bentley has teamed up with America’s Monster, a firm specializing in high-performance audio, to create this one-off Continental GT V8 S known as the Monster by Mulliner. Mulliner, of course, is the name of Bentley’s personalization department. The car was rolled out this week at the...
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2017 Volvo S90 Coming Standard With Autonomous Mode For Highways
Volvo at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show confirmed that its all-new S90 sedan going on sale later this year will be fitted as standard with its latest Pilot Assist semi-autonomous system. The original version of Pilot Assist made its debut on the 2016 XC90 and allows the vehicle to...
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McLaren 675LT With JVC Kenwood's CarOptronics Rolled Out At CES
The Consumer Electronics Show isn’t really a place we see niche brands such as McLaren make major announcements, but this year the British brand was out in force with a new concept based on its limited edition 675LT supercar. The concept was built to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the...
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