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Cute as a button and spelling doom for the enthusiast; no, it’s not the Rabbit of Caerbannog. It’s Google’s first in-house-designed self-driving car prototype, built from the ground up to deliver a seamless driving experience. But you won’t be doing the driving. Still a...

Google's self-driving car has learned to deal with more real-world driving scenarios.

The Pagani showroom is the latest automotive destination on Google Maps.

Those with an incurable case of topgearitis will already know the famed Top Gear test track is available on Google Maps’ Street View. But today, Top Gear released a video showing how the Google Maps team was welcomed onto its circuit, as the show ramps up for its 21st series (or, as we'd call...

Google Glass is slowly working its way into the automotive infotainment sphere.

Nissan 3E is a Google Glass-like wearable smart device.

Google Glass--the wearable computer with an optical display--is representative of the move towards permanent internet connection and information access many of us increasingly crave. Integration with other things we use on a day-to-day basis, such as cars, is the next priority. To this end...

The Honda Collection Hall is now open to virtual visitors thanks to Google street view.

It’s now possible to take a stroll through Lamborghini’s official museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese from the comfort of your own home, thanks to the magic of Google Maps. Using the same technology as the Google Maps street view function, you can simply click your way through the two...

As drivers, we rely on certain gestures to relay information to other motorists on the road. Be it a friendly wave after someone lets you merge, or a less-than-friendly single-digit hello when someone cuts you off. Now it seems that some gestures could be taking place inside the car in order to...

The future is going to be automatic. Automatic social updates pushed automatically to your mobile phone, synced automatically to your computer and to your car, which then drives you automatically to work where you automatically perform the tasks for which your employer automatically drops credits...

Self-driving cars are a divisive topic. Enthusiasts despise the idea of being cut out of the loop, and tinfoil hat conspiracists despise the idea of Big Brother looking over their shoulder; on the other hand, commuters would welcome the extra free time and even an enthusiast can appreciate being...

Google Glass might be the best way to publicly mark yourself as a nerd (and to get in deep with the NSA's databases), but Mercedes-Benz sees it as a tool for research and development. How does Mercedes use Google Glass? According to the Silicon Valley Business Journal, the three-pointed brand is...

The annual Google I/O developers conference is going on this week in San Francisco, California, featuring in-depth sessions that showcase the latest and greatest from Google in the way of products and technology. One of the things being highlighted this year is Mercedes-Benz's integration of...

The video below may be the first on-track footage shot with Google Glass--and it was driven in a Cadillac CTS-V at Monticello Motor Club. We can't be sure if this is the first track lap recorded with Google Glass, since there's no official registry of Google Glass precedents as far as we know. The...

Speaking solely from a technology point of view, Google believes that autonomous cars will be a reality in three to five years. For the most part, the hardware exists today, so the stumbling block is really perfecting the software and firmware. As Bloomberg points out, the obstacles that autonomous...

Hyundai is heading to the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show next week to showcase the next generation of its Blue Link telematics and infotainment system. The new system is designed to incorporate the best of Apple and Google technology along with features from several other industry giants...

Ron Medford is currently the deputy director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which makes him second in command of the agency responsible for establishing motor vehicle safety standards. Medford has been involved with the federal government for over four decades, and has had a...

Representing a major coup for proponents of autonomous cars, the Governor of California, Jerry Brown, has signed a bill that will set out laws to allow self-driving cars on the state’s roads. The new bill, put forward by Democrat Senator Alex Padilla, helps establish the rules that will...

Google’s fleet of self-driving cars may soon be heading to California, with the state’s Senate passing a bill this week that would allow the autonomous cars to be tested and operated on its roads. The bill, which establishes guidelines for the use of autonomous cars on public roads...