Emerging Technologies

Get ready: VW to release ChatGPT integration for 2025 models this week

The system brings conversational prompts and deep vehicle control

China's robot makers chase Tesla to deliver humanoid workers

Robots come from some of the same suppliers that rode China's EV wave

New tech tweaks from Hyundai, Kia aim to improve heating, cooling efficiencies

Nano cooling film and under-floor heaters could even help EV range

GM's Cruise to offer robotaxis on Uber's platform from next year

Cruise is finding its way back to U.S. roads after major accident last year

Boston's awful traffic might soon get better thanks to Google's AI

They've got a lot of work to do

Nissan is developing 'cool paint' for cars cut summer cabin temperatures

The cars they're testing are white. But it's more than that: They have 'metamaterial'

Big truck manufacturers are betting on hydrogen combustion

A quicker, cheaper solution using existing engine technology

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