car technology

Amazon tech boss to join Stellantis

Stellantis has announced that Ned Curic will take over as chief technology officer on 30 August. He arrives from Amazon, where he is currently vice president of Alexa Automotive. Curic […]

AW subscribes to escribe

AW Repair Group has chosen Thatcham Research’s escribe platform for methods repair data and technical support. Escribe is an online repair methods solution designed to help the industry return crash […]

Apple car rumours gather momentum

Rumours that tech giant Apple is getting ready to develop its own a self-driving or electric car are gathering pace, as chief executive Tim Cook told the car industry to […]

Toyota self-driving cars by 2020

Toyota has unveiled its vision for self-driving cars, promising to start selling autonomous vehicles in Japan by 2020. Toyota demonstrated on a Tokyo motorway what it called the ‘mobility team-mate […]

Wireless charging to revolutionise car market

A new study has found that wireless charging is poised to change the way consumers interact with their cars, with an estimated 50 million vehicles offering built-in wireless device charging […]

Toyota invests $50m in autonomous cars

Toyota is making a major investment into developing intelligent and self-driving vehicles alongside two leading US universities. Over the next five years, Toyota Motor Corporation will invest approximately $50 million (about […]

SEAT downloads connectivity technology

SEAT is undertaking an ambitious plan to prioritise in-car connectivity across all of its models, seamlessly bridging the gap between the smartphone and infotainment system, so in today’s increasingly digital […]

Millennials Prefer Backseat Driving

A new report from Key Note ‘Motor Insurance (Consumer) 2015’, suggests that Millennials prefer to be driven as opposed to driving themselves, despite the recent fall in motor insurance premiums. According […]

Google tests autonomous cars in Austin

Google has started testing its autonomous cars in Austin, Texas, increasing efforts to gather information on how its prototypes interact with the surrounding environment. Google has been testing self-driving cars since 2009, […]

Toyota Mirai goes the distance

The new Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle has proved it can go the distance, achieving 67 miles per gallon in official US combined city/highway driving calculations, and an estimated […]

BMW embark on S$1.3m electromobility research

BMW Group and Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) launched a new electromobility research programme, involving the all-electric BMW i3 and plug-in hybrid sports car BMW i8 that runs on electricity […]