Car Tech

Some owners couldn't access their Tesla vehicles for a time on Friday, as app- and phone-based keys are headed toward wider adoption in tech-forward EVs.

Ultra Cruise and Super Cruise will coexist, but Ultra Cruise adds a new sensor set including lidar, plus learning systems that sound like those employed by Tesla.

Natural rubber and wood-based nylon are ingredients for special sustainable tires in the X5 xDrive45e PHEV.

The seven-year-old startup's FF91 is still enticing, and the company is showing that it plans to keep the model's leading-edge tech focus.

Ford considered in-wheel hub motors such as those being used by Lordstown Motors, but it ruled them out for a long list of reasons.

As tires wear from driving, they shed particles that can be carried far away, contributing to pollution in the ocean and atmosphere.

Teammate "Advanced Drive" appears to offer some of the functionality of Navigate on Autopilot, with a more conservative approach than Tesla.

A new kind of engine design doesn't produce any torque—and it might be the best fit for electric-truck range extenders.

Chakratec brings back flywheel tech in a package that could do a lot of good in balancing the grid as fast-charging needs put the pinch on it.

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.

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.

Lordstown poached employees and stole infotainment secrets and know-how from Karma Automotive, the latter alleges.

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.

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.

A new alliance could take the partnership to a next level, involving the joint development of full vehicle platforms and a shared supply chain.

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