Cars, Transportation and Auto: The Latest News In Car Tech
From crazy car builds to whatever Elon Musk has tweeted this week, we know you love auto news. Here you’ll find the latest news, videos and op-eds about the car industry.
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Amazon Wants You to Throw Out Your BMW’s User Manual in Favor of AI
“We want you to be able to throw out your user manual,” was one of the first things Dean Miles, Amazon’s director of product for its smart vehicles, told me as we sat down to chat over Amazon’s big push to stick AI in cars at CES 2024. The idea was first billed to me…
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Transparent Swarovski Crystal Touchscreens Could Bring an Extra Touch of Class to Car Interiors
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is always a fount of jaw-dropping new technology, from robots and foldable TVs to the latest smart home devices and even food. Automakers and suppliers have come to CES in recent years with everything from actual new car reveals to more over-arching tech announcements, but a lot of…
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Mercedes Wants You To Have Real, Natural Conversations With Its New In-Car AI Voice Assistant
Automotive journalists love to clown on in-car voice assistants, always talking about how useless and pointless they are, but not me. I’m already the kind of guy that says “thanks girl” after asking Siri a question, and I do love using a good voice assistant in a car (emphasis on the word “good.”) They can…
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BMW Thinks People Want to Play Video Games in Their Car
Automakers keep creating new tech based on an assumption that buyers want to practically live their lives in their car.