Cars

With its handset business in Microsoft’s pocket, Nokia is looking for its next big business opportunity — and it may have found it in connected cars. The Finnish tech company today announced the launch of a $100 million “Connected Car fund” managed by Nokia Growth Partners. The fund will invest in companies poised for growth Continue Reading →

The utopian vision of self-driving cars quietly humming along our roads is nothing new, but much of the work tends to focus on testing a system’s ability to drive a car along a freeway, rather than more tricky busy city streets. However, Google has just published a blog post describing the work it has been Continue Reading →

With Apple’s automotive projects — Car Play and Siri Eyes Free — rolling out in more vehicles throughout the year, the company has been beefing up its in-car technology suite. A document discovered on Tuesday, however, shows Apple’s “iOS in the car” initiatives go back much further than iOS 7. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Continue Reading →

Few American cars are as iconic as the Ford Mustang. This week, the Mustang is celebrating its 50th birthday — and you can play a part. Ford is asking for any and all Mustang fans to sign an electronic birthday card. If you want to help commemorate 50 years of Mustang history, you can customize Continue Reading →

So far, consoles compatible with Apple’s CarPlay feature have only been integrated into a handful of high-end cars. If you want to use the feature without buying an entirely new vehicle, Alpine Electronics will soon be able to hook you up—Nikkei reports that the company will begin selling a standalone CarPlay console in the US Continue Reading →

BlackBerry’s QNX operating system may not be the hit in mobile phones that the company hoped, but one day QNX may be helping you with a different kind of mobility: the autonomous car. BlackBerry is working with VisLab, an Italian laboratory run by the University of Parma that focuses on computer vision research. One of Continue Reading →

While there’s no question that using a cell phone to text, talk or surf the web while driving is a dangerous practice that can lead to accidents, technology as a whole has actually had a positive impact in reducing accidents on the road. According to a recent study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, traffic Continue Reading →

While there’s no question that using a cell phone to text, talk or surf the web while driving is a dangerous practice that can lead to accidents, technology as a whole has actually had a positive impact in reducing accidents on the road. According to a recent study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, traffic Continue Reading →

While there’s no question that using a cell phone to text, talk or surf the web while driving is a dangerous practice that can lead to accidents, technology as a whole has actually had a positive impact in reducing accidents on the road. According to a recent study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, traffic Continue Reading →

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed its investigation into recent Tesla car fires, as the Palo Alto electric vehicle company announced another voluntary effort to improve safety. The NHTSA launched the probe following a pair of fires late last year that occurred after Model S sedans ran over roadway debris, but it said Continue Reading →