Cadillac's new luxury sedan will teach buyers about its infotainment system by letting them explore its features on Apple's tablet, which is included in the car's price.
Nevada’s putting a new spin on the idea of “hands-free” driving this week: The state just issued Google its first license for a car that drives itself.
Google’s not the only company working on cars that drive themselves. On Friday, General Motors announced that it has its own self-driving car tech in the works for Cadillac, called Super Cruise.
Whenever I imagine a flying car, which is quite often for some reason, it usually looks like something out of the Jetsons or Back to the Future. Sadly, today’s flying cars look more like lackluster Transformers.
He strolled through the Great Wall of China, levitated over the Grand Canyon and vanished the Status of Liberty, but illusionist David never pulled off a trick quite like this: a hydrogen-powered Mercedes car rendered all but invisible in multiple locations using a camera and a cloak of colored lights.
Robotic cars are no longer mere sci-fi fodder — they could also begin appearing on Nevada highways. After ongoing lobbying from Google, which began testing self-driving vehicles in 2010, Nevada passed legislation last June that required the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a set of regulations for self-driving vehicles. And now, that hurdle has been cleared.
Since the advent of portable electronics, man has been trying to jury-rig portable electronics into automobiles to replace the lowly car stereo. Those days may soon be coming to an end.
Ford just took the wraps off three streamlined new 2013 Fusions, including a head-turning plug-in hybrid it claims can do 100 MPGe.
Detroit has a lot to learn from Silicon Valley, but Silicon Valley should take notes too.
My latest Technologizer column on TIME.com is about OnStar FMV, the first version of the car safety-and-information service available as an aftermarket add-in for most cars, cleverly built into a rear-view mirror. When I shared the story on Twitter, Facebook and Google+, I heard from some folks who said FMV sounded neat. But a few said [...]
Ford’s Microsoft-powered Sync system offers voice-activated control of music and navigation services, but the technology will be expanding to include health and wellness services in the not-too-distant future. On a rainy October day outside MIT’s Media Lab, I hopped in a cloud-connected Ford Explorer for a demonstration by Ford’s Group and Senior Technical Leader for [...]
