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Smart cities need smart cars: In the future, your car will be able to “see” through buildings

Angelo Young
Thanks to V2X technology, connected cars will soon be able to tell you what lies way ahead or around the corner

What fax machines can teach us about electric cars

Jonathan Coopersmith
The auto industry's failure to create a universal charging system has made setting standards difficult

History on wheels: Cuba’s vintage cars tell the country’s story

Alli Joseph
Vintage American cars rule the road in Cuba — and they're more than just cool photo ops

Life in the fast lane: Driverless cars development accelerates

William Messner
The industry's leaders are pushing on with autonomous vehicles

Unexpected dangers lurk for drivers as cars go high-tech

Angelo Young
As automakers pile more microchips into modern vehicles, they can overlook an important factor: the human one

Can we trust self-driving cars?

David Danks
Trust is complex and varied, and so are the technologies in question

An adorable robot that reads bedtime stories and 4 other types of tech you’ll see at CES 2017

Angelo Young
Smarter cars, augmented reality and new TVs will also feature prominently at the annual consumer electronics show

Cars are getting smarter: Here’s why Volkswagen bought PayByPhone, a mobile payment company

Angelo Young
Nobody really quite knows for sure how we’ll interact with cars in the future, but VW’s acquisition give us a clue

EPA plans to keep strict gas mileage standards in place

Tom Krisher, Dee-ann Durbin
New cars will still have to average 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025

Morning becomes electric: Can the Chevy Bolt wake the average American up to the advantages of electric cars?

Angelo Young
Tesla may get all the buzz, but GM has the first electric car with a 200-mile range that costs less than $40K

Burned by smartphones, Samsung enters the “smart car” market in a big way

Matthew Rozsa
With an eye on creating connected cars, Samsung is buying auto-parts supplier Harman International for $8 billion

“The Jetsons” comes to life: Transportation secretary sees autonomous cars in America’s future

Matthew Rozsa
High speed rail. Self-driving cars. Better infrastructure could drive a transit-based America by 2021

Toyota says new developments can make Prius batteries even more efficient

Matthew Rozsa
The carmaker is saying its cars are safe, and is trying to increase its efficiency

“Dear cult members, I love you”: Elon Musk annouces new goals for Tesla and talks smack about competitors

Matthew Rozsa
Musk also said Uber drivers won't be able to use Tesla's self-driving cars

Apple is having second thoughts about building their own self-driving cars

Heather Smith
The company is instead focusing on developing the technology for use by other companies

Lyft founder claims that all its cars will be self-driving by 2021

Scott Eric Kaufman
In the same essay, he argues, counter-intuitively, such a situation will help the people it would seem to hurt

Chinese tech giants hope to have artificially intelligent, autonomous cars on the road in 5 years

Scott Eric Kaufman
Nvidia and Baidu team up to create open, cloud-based platform to self-driving vehicles

Hyundai Genesis owners can now control their cars through Amazon’s Alexa

Scott Eric Kaufman
Hyundai is the first, but by no means the last, manufacturer to integrate Alexa into its cars

“It’s the safety, stupid” — Sorry Tesla, Ford’s bet on self-driving cars shows that safe trumps sexy

Angelo Young
Frumpy old Ford gets what Elon Musk and his company don't: safety features are worth waiting for.
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