Car Tech

The suite called Navigation Guided Pilot, released by the Chinese EV maker Xpeng, sounds very close to Tesla's Navigate on Autopilot functionality—but with the addition of lidar.

Fisker Intelligent Pilot won't count lidar sensors as part of its initial component set, although like Tesla it will offer cameras, ultrasonic sensors, and radar.

The Polestar 2 is a Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist, a YouTuber built an electric Mini Cooper, and Volkswagen's taking a different marketing approach in launching the ID.4.

The road-surface solar panels might power streetlights or serve with energy storage as backup for grid outages.

Hyundai's platform for a generation of EVs offers a modular layout, rear- or all-wheel drive, more than 300 miles of range, and some very flexible charging.

Active Drive Assist will allow hands-free driving on more than 100,000 miles of highways in North America—in more than 100,000 vehicles in the first year.

Underinflated tires—and tire choice in general—subtract a surprising amount of electric vehicle driving range.

The UK national winner for the James Dyson Award is an innovative idea for collecting particulate matter pollution from tires.

Drivers will be able to assess what the air quality is like inside their vehicle, which with filtration might be better than that inside their houses.

The Terravis solar tonneau will be aimed not just as a feature for upcoming electric trucks, but as an accessory for gas trucks.

Next-generation premium gasoline and EV Audi models will have an electronic chassis platform with 10 times the computing power of the current unit.

The partnership between Mercedes-Benz and Nvidia will allow OTA updates and upgrades and future autonomous-vehicle features.

Apple announced a series of iPhone iOS updates Monday, some of which will bring new features to BMW vehicles soon.

These two Tesla and Ford systems might have nearly the same function, but a cultural rift between Detroit and Silicon Valley separates them.

Heat pumps help preserve precious miles of range in cold weather—and Hyundai and Kia have been embracing the technology.

The newest Vokswagen Golf and the fully family of ID electric models have been designed via a new digital process.

The upcoming Polestar 2 will have a new inner airbag system for the front seats, plus a new version of Volvo's Pilot Assist.

A lithium-ion accessory battery is now included in the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and all other hybrids from the brand.

Although still in demonstration mode, a DOE lab project shows that wireless charging for commercial trucks is feasible with current tech.

The Chinese startup Aiways hasn't found much market traction from its EVs yet, but its robotic charging concierge is refreshingly different.