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Touchscreens dominate cars, but not for the best. Amidst consumer backlash, some automakers are beginning to reign their tech fad in.
Advanced Transport

Death to Car Touchscreens, Buttons are Back, Baby!

By Frank Landymore

AI chatbots are all the rage, and a ChatGPT-based one is coming to General Motors' cars, according to a company executive.
OpenAI

General Motors Wants to Put ChatGPT in Its Cars

By Frank Landymore

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Future Society

Ford Files Deranged Patent For Self-Driving Cars that Repossess Themselves

By Frank Landymore

Volkswagen's Car-Net service demanded someone fork over $150 before it was willing to track down the owner's stolen car with her two year old inside.
Future Society

Volkswagen Refused to Track Car with Kidnapped Child Until Owner Renewed GPS Subscription

By Frank Landymore

China has tested modified cars that are capable of magnetically levitating (maglev) almost an inch and a half off of the ground on a stretch of highway.
Advanced Transport

Chinese Researchers Test Cars That Hover Over Road Using Magnets

By Victor Tangermann

Cars in recent years have come equipped with larger, more feauture-packed touchscreen infotainment systems. But are they really better than simple buttons?
Future Society

Study Finds That Buttons in Cars Are Safer and Quicker to Use Than Touchscreens

By Frank Landymore

BMW wants you to spend $18 a month to keep your heated seat subscription, yet another ludicrous consumer-hostile choice in the high-end auto space.
Advanced Transport

BMW Now Selling Drivers Access to Their Cars’ Heating Systems for $18 Per Month

By Victor Tangermann

California governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order today that calls for a complete ban of the sale of any new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
Climate Change

California Is Banning All Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in Just 15 Years

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new paper, electric cars are, in fact, better for the world, despite the environmental cost involved in making them.
Environment

Myth, Dusted: No, Electric Cars Don’t Hurt the Environment That Much

By Foster Kamer

Bosch has come up with a clever car windshield cover featuring an AI LCD panel to cast a shadow on the driver's eyes, blocking out only a small portion.
Artificial Intelligence

This Clever Car Add-On Uses AI to Block Out Just The Sun

By Victor Tangermann

Unless it's particularly old, your car is likely spying on you, sending an unsettling amount of information about you and your behavior to the manufacturer.
Advanced Transport

Cars Are Secretly Spying on Us

By Dan Robitzski

A new Toyota patent details a personalized system that can fill a car with someone's favorite scent. Or, if they're stealing the car, with tear gas.
Advanced Transport

New Toyota Patent Would Let Cars Spray Thieves With Tear Gas

By Dan Robitzski

Noise Is The Next Great Public Health Crisis
Future Society

Noise Is The Next Great Public Health Crisis

By Neel V. Patel

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Science & Energy

Five of the Most Futuristic Cars Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show

By Dom Galeon

Car-to-Car Communications Testing To Begin In California
Robots and Machines

Car-to-Car Communications Testing To Begin In California

By Kathleen Riley

The Dutch Parliament is Looking at Banning Gas and Diesel Cars
Robots and Machines

The Dutch Parliament is Looking at Banning Gas and Diesel Cars

By June Javelosa

Norway’s Capital City Oslo to Ban All Cars by 2019
Advanced Transport

Norway’s Capital City Oslo to Ban All Cars by 2019

By Miguel Santos