Emerging Technologies

U.S. to propose rules limiting vehicle software made in China

'A car is a very scary thing. Your car knows a lot about you'

Chinese robot 'guide dog' could help the visually impaired — it's even a talking dog

China has few actual guide dogs, and hopes to mass-produce these like cars

Stellantis talks up its software and hands-free ADAS tech coming to 2025 models

STLA Brain is the computer running the new STLA Cockpit and AutoDrive

What's behind VW's $5 billion EV software bet on Rivian?

Rivian has expertise in areas where Volkswagen has faltered; VW, in turn, has money

Troubled Cruise gets new CEO as Waymo opens up its San Francisco robotaxis to everyone

Cruise's new CEO was a key engineer of the Xbox

VW to invest up to $5 billion in Rivian in an EV tech joint venture

This gives Rivian the scratch it needs to bring the R2 to market

Musk thanks Tesla faithful for his pay deal by spinning a tale of trillion-dollar robots

Optimus optimism: Claims Tesla could become a $20 trillion company

IIHS and senators urge NHTSA to take action on automated driver assists

There's a cmplete lack of oversight or data on how the tech is being used and abused

Lawmakers call out eight automakers for sharing connected vehicle data

This is after they volunteered to adhere to tight privacy rules

Warm weather's back — and with it, reminders to prevent hot car deaths

'Stop. Look. Lock' to prevent child deaths in hot cars. Pets, too.

Atlas shrugged: Boston Dynamics retires its hydraulic humanoid robot

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, for all the dancing and the farewell blooper reel

Magna car plant will test a humanoid robot

'A multi-disciplinary assessment of improving cost and scalability of robots'

Chevy Silverado towing a 20-foot trailer hands-free(!) What could go wrong?

Probably nothing. GM's Super Cruise hands-free driving tech works while towing

Volkswagen's RooBadge aims to reduce car-kangaroo collisions in Australia

Could eventually work on deer, and on any model of car

Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrates 100-kW wireless charging from a parking space

In ideal conditions, it could get an EV around 350 miles in an hour

Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium

Whether from oil fields or brine filtering, Big Oil is on board with batteries

The Apple car was never a sure thing

Plagued by shifts in development direction, the doomed project gobbled up $10 billion

GM's Cruise valuation slashed by more than half, adding to woes

It has seen a billion-dollar budget cut, and the CEO and a quarter of its jobs are gone

The Apple Car that never was: a timeline

Remember the Project Titan

Nissan's interactive puppet entertains fussy babies so parents can drive

Calming an upset baby in a carseat is hard, but Iruyo and Baby Iruyo can help