| Aston Martin’s Collaboration with China’s LeTV Produces a Concept Infotainment System |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
Back in April, Aston Martin signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese media conglomerate LeTV for the co-development of electric vehicles. This obscure move, understandably, went almost completely unnoticed by the automotive universe. Now, at CES nearly a year later, Aston Martin is debuting the AutoLink Rapide S concept, a normal Rapide S that’s been fitted […]
|
| |
|
| |
| We Try Bosch’s Haptic-Feedback Touch Screen, Are Touched By Its Effectiveness |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
Haptic-feedback touchscreens, essentially displays that affirm inputs with sensory feedback, have been around for years. Typically these systems tend toward the binary, buzzing, vibrating, or “clicking” in response to a digital button press on a flat touch screen. We’ve sampled Bosch’s haptic touchscreen, dubbed Neosense, at CES and can report that it offers more comprehensive, […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Audi at CES: Next-Gen Virtual Dashboard, Haptic Touch, AMOLED Lighting |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| Audi at CES: Next-Gen Virtual Dashboard, Haptic Touch, AMOLED Lighting |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
A next-generation version of Audi’s virtual dashboard and OLED lighting technology headlined the Audi news at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Audi displayed the latest version of its virtual gauge cluster, which CES veterans might remember made its debut at this same show two years ago—and now appears in the production 2016 TT […]
|
| |
|
| |
| CES Fatigue: Juckenwood and the McLaren 675LT |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
There’s an awful lot of polarization in the world these days. On any given subject, one’s bound to find somebody in some corner of the World Wide Web proclaiming something either the worst or best thing ever. But only nuclear holocaust is nuclear holocaust and only motorcycles are motorcycles. Everything else lies somewhere in the […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Volvo S90 To Be First Car Fitted with Standard Semi-Autonomous Tech |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
Volvo’s handsome S90 sedan will enter into a packed and high-tech market when it goes on sale in the U.S. toward the end of 2016. But it’ll pack one feature nobody else offers in the U.S. market: self-driving technology as a standard feature. The S90 will utilize the second generation of Pilot Assist, Volvo’s semi-autonomous […]
|
| |
|
| |
| The Fastest Way to Defog Your Windshield, Courtesy of a Former NASA Engineer |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
Winter’s here, and for lots of us, that means dealing with a foggy windshield full of condensation when we go to start our cars. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t take that long for your defroster to clear your windshield, but if you’re harried and already late for work, that extra time waiting can […]
|
| |
|
| |
| U.S. Seeks up to $48 Billion in Fines for VW Emissions Cheating |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
It’s been nearly four months since the news broke that Volkswagen had been cheating to get around diesel emissions standards, but the scandal is far from over. The federal government has filed suit against the German automaker, and today we learned that the Department of Justice is seeking up to $48 billion in penalties. Reuters […]
|
| |
|
| |
| 75th Anniversary Jeep Models Suit Up in Green and Bronze |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
While a 75th anniversary is generally called a diamond anniversary, things are a little different for Jeep, which reaches that milestone this year. A diamond-encrusted Jeep would just be silly, though, so the company instead is decking out its 75th Anniversary models in special green paint (although other colors can be specified) and lots of […]
|
| |
|
| |
| 75th Anniversary Jeep Models Suit Up in Green and Bronze |
Jan 6th, 2016 |
|
|
| |
|
| |
