Consumer Electronics Show News

This year at the Consumer Electronics Show, automakers showed their best new technology, except some of it wasn't particularly new. Subaru's EyeSight is fantastic in that it brings the same sort of collision avoidance tools used in high-end luxury cars to the masses, albeit with cameras that can recognize people ...    Read more

Audi has a tendency to go a little over the top at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This year proved to be no exception, with the automaker having a large display with new technologies like a 23-speaker Bang & Olufsen audio system in a diesel Q7 prototype, its ...    Read more

With the 2014 Chevrolet Impala on hand at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, representatives from the automaker are giving demos of its new MyLink infotainment system, which is unlike anything that's come before it. MyLink has been around since 2011, giving Chevrolet drivers a touchscreen ...    Read more

It takes about three years to design and test a car before it goes into production for you to buy. But infotainment systems often only take 12 to 18 months to finalize before going into a car. With that amount of flexibility, it allows them to mull between a few ...    Read more

Last year at the Consumer Electronics Show, Ford introduced AppLink to work through its Sync voice-activated infotainment suite, giving users access to every affiliated National Public Radio station they could ever want. Ford said it was giving development kits to other companies to use but didn't say which ones. Turns ...    Read more

Did you know that neither the Chevrolet Sonic nor its smaller brother, the Chevrolet Spark, have a CD player? What does Chevrolet expect you to listen to, AM radio? No, actually. In gearing both cars for a younger generation, Chevrolet expects most drivers will choose from satellite radio, MP3 players, or ...    Read more

You're expecting us to tell you that Lexus just debuted some pie-in-the-sky self-driving concept, basically making its own version of Google's autonomous car. And guess what? You're only partially correct, as Lexus did show a mostly autonomous version of its 2013 LS sedan at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las ...    Read more

Admit it: There have been times when you've gotten into your car and uttered something to the effect of "I wish I ordered it with the navigation system." Chrysler hears you. At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Chrysler is debuting a dealer-installed version of its navigation system ...    Read more

Subaru has never been thought of as a technology magnate, despite the fact that it's owned by Fuji Heavy Industries, a conglomerate that makes everything from steel to aerospace technology and even wind turbines. But the automaker has been consistently one-upping itself with new high-tech gadgets, and it has yet ...    Read more

Google is slowly taking over the world, and Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia are welcoming the technology giant with open arms. Today, the two automakers announced that they are integrating Google Maps into their infotainment software packages, adding to the in-car connectivity already offered in Hyundai's Blue Link and Kia's UVO ...    Read more

Surrounded by the seemingly endless in-car technology at last week’s 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, it became very apparent that the chips and processors side of the car business has become just as important as what’s under the hood. But where engine technology has plateaued for the moment, infotainment systems are ...    Read more

Over the past few days, we've covered touchscreens, voice commands, head-up displays, applications, smartphone integration, and various other technologies featured at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But what does much of it come down to? The cloud. Technology in cars is finally at a point where it needs ...    Read more

This year, plenty of automakers pulled their full weight into the Consumer Electronics Show. But there were plenty of little guys out there, too, that made us ask "Why didn't someone else think of that sooner?" Whether big or small, there were a lot of announcements at the show—some bigger than ...    Read more

Mass amounts of technology have made their way into cars, yet drivers are expected to keep our eyes on the road. It's as though you're taking a child trick-or-treating, yet you tell that child he or she can't have any of the day's candy conquests. But auto suppliers Delphi and Visteon ...    Read more

Sure, Ford's Sync lets drivers and passengers control their cars with voice commands. But it can do a whole lot more than just that. In its latest iteration, Ford has allowed third party developers from National Public Radio and Roximity to create integrated applications through ...    Read more

If you were at Audi's 2012 Consumer Electronics Show display, you might think you were in Frankfurt instead of Las Vegas, as the predominant language spoken at the display was German. You might also wonder how Audi shifted its priorities into making CES its January venue of choice instead of ...    Read more

It isn't often we see cars here that were never meant to drive on our shores. But Kia Motors decided to bring over its Naimo concept that debuted at last May's Seoul auto show and 2012 Kia Ray EV micro car not to show us the U.S. needs more 60-horsepower ...    Read more

Kia Motors took to Las Vegas this week instead of focusing its efforts in Detroit to introduce its second generation of its UVO voice-command infotainment system. In its newest iteration, it will feature in-car telematics and vehicle diagnostics services called eServices that is designed to integrate with a free smartphone ...    Read more

By 2015, General Motors estimates 78 percent of cell phone users will have smartphones. Why should that statistic matter to you? Because GM is designing its in-car software to work seamlessly with the next generation of wireless technology. Speaking about Cue, the new Cadillac infotainment system that will first be available ...    Read more

The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show opened on Sunday night with a General Motors' OnStar unit introducing its latest evolution: allowing third-party companies to create apps for it a la open source software for smartphones. Giving software companies kits to integrate software, OnStar used part of its press time to introduce Shelby ...    Read more

Ford today announced that it will open a new research lab in Silicon Valley, just outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. The facility, scheduled to open early this year, will not duplicate or replace work by Ford's global Research and Innovation teams, but will "develop and discover new technologies, ...    Read more

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