Conversational AI from your phone cast to your car should be about to get better. Google’s platform for casting audio and navigation apps from a smartphone to a car’s infotainment system beat Apple’s to market by a good while, but that head start has not always kept Android Auto…
The concept is meant to inspire the next generation of electric single-seaters. We’re in something of a purple patch if you’re a fan of clever new technology in single-seat race cars. Out in the Middle East, the autonomous A2RL crew held another race at Yas Marina, one that by…
A Reddit user posted video of his safety driver sleeping at the wheel in San Fransisco. As Tesla’s profits shrink and its model lineup continues to age, the company remains focused on establishing new lines of business. Tesla CEO Elon Musk says there’s not much his Optimus robots won’t…
The EV failed to match the 2018 stunt, damaging the stairway in the process. Be careful with your marketing stunts around national landmarks. That should be the take-home message from Chery Automobile’s recent attempt to measure itself up against Land Rover, an attempt that went sadly wrong. In 2018,…
We’ve seen schoolbuses and big pickups do V2G; how about a smaller car? Not everything about the future sucks. Like electric cars. Sure, there’s one thing that dinosaur-burners do better—short refueling stops—but even the least efficient EV is still multiple times better than its gas equivalent. So much better…
Hydrogen and solar power the rally infrastructure, but navigation is low-tech. I’ve been involved with the Rebelle Rally since its inception in 2016, either as a competitor or live show host, and over the past 10 years, I’ve seen it evolve from a scrappy rally with big dreams to…
Almost half of US car buyers won’t consider a car without Apple CarPlay. Apple CarPlay, the interface that lets you cast your phone to your car’s infotainment screen, may finally be coming to Tesla’s electric vehicles. CarPlay is nearly a decade old at this point, and it has become…
Alphabet will add routes in LA, Phoenix, and San Francisco for its driverless cars. Waymo is set to expand its self-driving taxi service onto highways in three US cities on Wednesday, an advance for the venture owned by Google’s parent company that raises the stakes on safety. The company…
Audi says it wants to be an F1 title contender by 2030. Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich and accommodation so Ars could visit its motorsports facility and see its F1 car. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. MUNICH, Germany—Audi’s long-awaited Formula 1 team gave the…
Pirelli’s Cyber Tire can work for the greater good as well as the driver. Pirelli’s sensor-embedded Cyber Tire is starting to find a whole new niche helping traffic agencies. When we first learned of the smart tire, it was making its debut fitted to McLaren’s then-new plug-in hybrid supercar.…
