Car Tech

Ford CEO Jim Farley discusses why electric architectures and relying on suppliers poses new big problems in the electric age.

Airless tires have long been considered beneficial for EVs, and a postal-van test in France will help prove the tire tech in the real world.

The carbon black key to durability isn't from combustion but from a process from Monolith using methane and renewable electricity.

All Tesla models now have heat pumps—a complete turnaround versus a few years ago when it considered the tech unnecessary.

The charging robot, developed by EFI Automotive, intelligently detects the vehicle’s charging needs, moves into place for the charge, and will choose off-peak times to do so when possible. 

Natural rubber from guayule could offset the oil, silica and virgin carbon black currently used in tires.

Bottom line: Lucid claims that its drive units are light, compact, efficient, power-dense, and can be scaled up. And it took going back to the core physics to get there.

The E Tense Performance aims for a future in which brake dust and brake-pad replacements might be a thing of the past, and brake regen handles it all.

Nissan’s e-4orce all-wheel-drive system is the technology star of the Ariya lineup—but it’s not arriving until a few months later.

DreamDrive Pro has been billed as an answer to Tesla's Autopilot, and Lucid has hinted that it might eventually exceed the capabilities of that and other systems.

Although the 1987 Pontiac Pursuit prototype didn't see the future as electric, it embraced many of the tech items showcased by today's leading-edge EVs.

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.

Although Bosch is proactive on climate issues, it doesn't see battery-electric vehicles as the whole future.

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.