Car Tech

Aurora Innovation on Thursday announced plans to purchase a lidar company that could have a major effect on the burgeoning self-driving car industry. The California-based Aurora Innovation said it will purchase the Montana-based lidar company Blackmore. The self-driving-systems company said the...

General Motors on Monday showed off its latest electronic platform to support the needs of future vehicles as more technology seeps into them. The electrical architecture will provide the structure for future active safety features, infotainment systems, electric cars, and the automaker's...

Renault has been teasing us with a series of self-driving car concepts over the past year but the French automaker at a tech conference in Paris on Thursday revealed how it is making the technology a reality. Renault has established a self-driving car research unit at the Paris-Saclay technology...

Nissan on Thursday announced an upgraded version of its ProPilot self-driving system that will enable hands-free travel on the highway. ProPilot allows a vehicle to travel in a single lane and handles all of the accelerating, braking and steering. However, it requires both hands to be on the...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has largely opted out of developing its own self-driving technology and instead decided to find a partner. In 2017, FCA joined BMW's self-driving car alliance, which includes Mobileye and Intel, for future autonomous car technology, and now we know it's headed to Maserati...

Volkswagen is slated to unveil a redesigned Golf in October and the automaker has previewed the car's high-tech interior with a teaser sketch. Tucked away in a document outlining the Volkswagen Group's 2019 annual general meeting that took place on Tuesday, the teaser sketch shows the digital dash...

Android users will have a new way to interact with their built-in Google Assistant in the near future. Google announced at its developer's conference Tuesday a new Driving Mode for the assistant. The Driving Mode turns the Google Assistant into an extension of an infotainment system for any Android...

Android Auto is in for a refresh. Google announced Monday it will roll out a refreshed user interface for Android Auto this summer, and the design changes amount to a far sleeker-looking system overall. Most notable is the design change itself. Google said users can now take advantage of a "dark...

The AMG 53 Series looks to the past for its future in the Mercedes-Benz lineup. In addition to the CLS-Class, E-Class, and upcoming GLE-Class, the turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 that defines AMG 53s is likely to appear in nearly every Mercedes model soon. Related to the inline-6 found in the 450...

A new BMW SUV code-named the iNext will arrive in 2021 and form the basis of the automaker's pilot fleet of self-driving cars offering Level 4 and even Level 5 capability. A Level 4 self-driving car can drive on its own in set conditions but requires a human to take over outside of the set...

Despite technical setbacks, Roborace is pushing forward with plans to let self-driving race cars duke it out on a racetrack. The startup racing series published a new set of images via a Twitter announcement on Monday that show the original prototype DevBot's transformation into the more advanced...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles starting in the second half of 2019 will roll out a new version of its Uconnect infotainment system powered by Google's Android operating system and featuring new cloud-based services that you can take advantage of both in and out of the vehicle. More and more automakers...

Cadillac hasn't forgotten about its brand-exclusive Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system first launched in 2017. In fact, the technology is due for some "major" upgrades ahead of its launch on more models in 2020. The Verge reported on Sunday that there are plans to push updates to Super...

Tobias Moers is the type of guy you want running your performance automaker. The boss of Mercedes-Benz AMG looks the part. His casual answers belie his intensity for the details in what he does; Moers drives all AMG models and is intensely involved in engineering. He tracks his cars—often. He...

Jaguar-Land Rover will encourage drivers to share their data voluntarily in exchange for compensation in the form of cryptocurrency. On Monday, the British automaker announced the data sharing and payment process, which uses Smart Wallet technology to unlock access to crytocurrency. JLR will...

Paint may seem a relatively simple part of automobile manufacturing, but the truth is a lot goes into the process. It's especially true for luxury vehicles and sports cars. Case in point: the Acura NSX. Auto detailing company Ammo produced a new video that takes fans inside Honda's Acura NSX...

Ford has a solution to keep hackers from stealing crucial information encoded in a key fob. The automaker announced last week that its smart key fobs will include a sleep mode to prevent hackers from decrypting key signals. A hacker is capable of using what's called a "relay box" to extend a signal...

Volvo's new cars and SUVs will strike up a conversation with one another come 2020. The automaker announced Monday that every new car sold in Europe will be fitted with its latest connected-safety technology that can warn other Volvo drivers about road conditions or vehicle crashes. Volvo calls the...

One Jaguar's scrap is another model's treasure, at least it will be soon. The British automaker last week started to develop the second phase of its materials repurposement program. In this case, old Jaguars will provide materials to build new ones. Specifically, Jaguar will recycle aluminum from...

The 0-60 mph time has been a measure of performance for a long time and cars have continued to reduce their times over decades. BMW decided to explain what goes into shaving seconds off of a 0-60 mph time and it involves a few key areas. The basics show that all of the power a car has needs to work...