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  • Audi e-tron Quattro concept - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

    Audi’s e-tron Quattro concept that we first saw at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show previews a new crossover thought to be called a Q6. An electric version of the new crossover is in the works and confirmed for launch in 2018. At this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, Audi rolled out an updated version of the concept fitted with new technologies coming soon to the brand’s cars. The new technologies are mostly in the in the areas of autonomous driving and infotainment. Audi groups its autonomous technologies under the heading Piloted Driving. Initially, Piloted Driving will...

  • Aston Martin Rapide S with Letv’s Internet of the Vehicle system - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    Aston Martin Previews Next-Gen Infotainment System At CES

    Aston Martin recently partnered with Chinese media giant Letv on connectivity technology for cars. Letv has been described as the Chinese version of Netflix, and its billionaire founder Jia Yueting is linked with American electric car startup Faraday Future, which at this week's Consumer...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Shown At CES: Video

    We've seen the Chevrolet Bolt for awhile now. It debuted as a concept car at last year's Detroit Auto Show, and we've spied development cars running on the streets. Today, Chevrolet revealed the production version of the 2017 Bolt EV at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The most...

  • Volvo Concept 26  -  2015 Los Angeles Auto Show live photos
    Volvo And Ericsson Developing High-Speed Streaming For Autonomous Cars: Video

    Volvo recently showed off a concept that previewed the interior of the future, a future where cars will be capable of driving themselves without any human intervention. To spend the time that normally would be spent on driving, the driver can simply sit back and watch a movie, catch up on some work...

  • Volkswagen e-Golf Touch - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    VW Bringing Gesture Control To Mainstream Cars

    While the Budd-e concept, thought to preview a modern version of the iconic Microbus, proved the star of Volkswagen’s stand at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the automaker also had a version of its e-Golf fitted with a next-generation infotainment system that includes a gesture...

  • Volkswagen Budd-e Concept
    Volkswagen Budd-e Concept At CES: Microbus Goes All-Electric

    With the world debut of a new concept vehicle at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Volkswagen is signaling that it’s seriously thinking about plugging a new generation of the legendary Microbus back into its lineup—but as an all-electric plug-in van. The...

  • Kia Drive Wise

    So far, autonomous car research has been the domain of the luxury automakers but we’re starting to see more mainstream brands embrace the technology as the realization grows that fully self-driving cars are going to be a reality in the next decade or two. While brands like Mercedes-Benz, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] and Volvo are leading the way, Nissan has also been quite vocal about its autonomous car ambitions and more recently Toyota joined the fray. Now it’s Kia’s turn. The Korean automaker used this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to announce Drive...

  • Ford's Sync 3 Infotainment System
    Ford's Sync 3: The good, the bad and the ugly

    Anyone who experienced Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] MyFord Touch infotainment system is likely still recovering from the nightmare that were the blue screen of death, glitchy software, frozen screens, slow responses, and a complicated overall user experience. For the 2016 model year, Ford wiped...

  • Toyota Entune Multimedia System
    Toyota At CES: More Smartphones, More Telematics, More Robots

    The future of smartphone-connected and autonomous cars at Toyota is being mapped out at this week's CES in Las Vegas. Toyota says will join forces with Ford and tech company Livio to deliver the next generation of smartphone services to its vehicles--and it's working on developing the long-term...

  • BMW i Future Interaction concept - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    BMW rolls out i8 Spyder concept at 2016 CES packed with technology

    If you’re looking to make a big splash at the Consumer Electronics Show, taking a page out of BMW’s book and rolling out an exotic sports car wearing bright orange paint on its exterior and featuring some mind-boggling tech in the cabin wouldn’t be a bad idea. The German automaker...

  • Volvo voice control with Microsoft Band 2 smartwatch
    Talk To Your Volvo With Microsoft Band 2 Smartwatch

    Will wearable technology actually become a thing? Perhaps. Volvo, however, isn’t waiting around to find out and instead is already rolling out new features on its cars that leverage some of the capabilities of wearable technology such as the smartwatch. The Swedish automaker recently teamed...

  • Faraday Future FFZERO1 concept, 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    Faraday Future reveals 1,000-hp FFZERO1 concept and VPA platform

    Faraday Future—the Southern California electric automaker that's backed by billions of dollars of Chinese money and has been working in stealth mode for the past 18 months—has just unveiled the FFZERO1 Concept at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Yes, the earlier leak was...

  • Fourt-generation Uconnect

    The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has become a de facto auto show. Automakers don't show new cars, per se, but they do highlight their latest in-car technologies. That's what Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] did today by showcasing the fourth generation of its Uconnect infotainment system. The new Uconnect system will arrive in select Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and possibly Fiat vehicles in 2016. The big news is the addition of Apple Car Play and Google Android Auto. These systems integrate your iPhone or Android phone into the infotainment system, allowing drivers to...

  • Ford Sync 3 infotainment system
    Ford Upgrades Sync 3 With Apple CarPlay, Android Auto And 4G LTE: Video

    One of Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] announcements for the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show starting Wednesday is an updated version of its Sync 3 infotainment system. We’re not quite at the Sync 4 stage just yet but there are still quite a few changes being made with this update. Owners...

  • General Motors' Dan Ammann (center) with Lyft's John Zimmer (right) and Logan Green (left)
    GM to develop on-demand autonomous car service with Lyft

    General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] today announced it is entering a long-term strategic alliance with Uber-rival Lyft to create an on-demand ride-sharing service that will rely on a fleet of autonomous cars. GM will supply the vehicles and autonomous technology while Lyft will provide its growing...

  • Faraday Future Concept Leaked?
    1,000-Horsepower Self-Driving Electric Faraday Future Concept Leaked?

    Here's what we know: In just about 12 hours a mysterious automotive startup out of Silicon Valley is going to unveil the future of transportation at the 2016 Consumer Electronics show. Technically, the company is unveiling a concept car, but frankly there's so much mystery surrounding Faraday...

  • Volkswagen 2016 CES electric concept vehicle teaser photo
    New Teaser For VW’s CES Concept Reveals Budd.e Name

    Volkswagen has released a new teaser image for its concept debuting at this week’s 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, and the image reveals what's likely to be the "Budd.e" name. A previous teaser showed the front-end design of the concept. The new name has been previously trademarked by VW and...

  • Volkswagen 2016 CES concept teaser
    VW Concept For 2016 CES Teased In New Video

    Volkswagen is set to reveal a new concept car at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, and today we got a second look at the vehicle by way of a teaser video. The concept is thought to preview a new generation of VW’s Microbus, which is reported to be entering production sometime later this...

  • Teaser for BMW Vision Car concept debuting at 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

    BMW has finally revealed some of its plans for next week’s 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, and they include the introduction of a new concept. We’ve previously heard that the concept will be an updated version of the i8 Spyder concept we first saw in 2012, and that could still be the case, though all BMW will say right now is that the focus of the concept will be next-generation interior design and technologies. Teaser shots revealed today give us an early look at the new interior, which appears to lack physical switches and dials and is instead dominated by a huge screen angled...

  • Ford Fusion autonomous car prototype
    Google Might Partner With Ford For Autonomous Car Development

    There are reports Google is in talks with Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] over autonomous car development. The talks are said to involve a deal where Ford ends up building autonomous cars for Google, though it’s not clear if the cars are meant to be dedicated models for the tech giant or versions...

  • Rinspeed Etos concept, 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
    Rinspeed Etos Is A Self-Driving BMW i8 Complete With Own Drone

    Recently, we told you about Swiss engineering and design firm Rinspeed preparing a new concept car for the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, an event that each year sees more and more automakers show up due to the rapidly increasing convergence of the auto and tech industries. Although it...

  • Volkswagen 2016 CES concept teaser
    New VW Bus To Enter Production In 2017, Potential Concept Version Teased

    Volkswagen is just itching to launch a new generation of its Microbus. First there was the Microbus concept of 2001, and then there was the funky Bulli concept of 2011. Now there’s said to be a new ‘Bus’ concept coming and this one may just preview a planned production model...

  • BMW i8 Concept Spyder
    BMW i8 Spyder Coming Soon

    Yesterday, we learned that BMW won’t launch a standalone supercar as part of its centenary celebrations in 2016, but the automaker is sure to have something special to mark the milestone. Perhaps that something will simply be a convertible version of the i8 plug-in hybrid sports car. MUST...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV spy shots - Image via Green Car Reports
    2017 Chevrolet Bolt Spy Shots

    Chevrolet’s upcoming Bolt electric car has been spied ahead of a world debut rumored for next month's 2016 Consumer Electronics Show. Additional photos, which you can view in full at Green Car Reports, show the Bolt in great detail. The subcompact hatch has a design that’s even more...

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