GPS & Car Tech

Self-driving cars to hit Swedish public roads

Volvo is starting a pilot project that aims to have 100 self-driving cars on Swedish public roads around the city of Gothenburg by 2017.

Ford SYNC voice-control upgrade understands you even if you talk funny

Even the techiest cars today have clunky voice features compared to what you'll experience on an iPhone or Android phone. When Ford updated its SYNC infotainment system (to version 3.6.2) in August, it claimed to have improved the speech recognition. We just got a chance to try it while driving the 2014 Fiesta ST.

UPDATED: InGear wins Telstra M2M competition

A group of students from the University of Sydney, led by computer science undergraduate, Jenna Bermeister, has won this year’s Telstra Machine to Machine (M2M) Unversity Challenge for their InGear product.

Ford's new MyKey system a "first step" in the right direction

Ford's new MyKey system, which enables drivers to limit the top speed of selected vehicles using a programmable key, is a "first step in the right direction" when it comes to driver safety limitations, the company says.

Ford tech takes steering wheel from driver's hands

Ford has announced a new fully automated parking and accident avoidance system that removes control of the car from the driver.

Four-seater solar car hits 120 kph in cross-Australia race

A solar-powered car carrying four people hit speeds of 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour) as it raced across the Australian desert in this year's World Solar Challenge.

Toyota expands electric vehicle sharing program

Toyota added a new concept electric vehicle to its Hamo car sharing project, which lets users rent electric cars by the minute.

Nokia to rely on you for next-generation maps

Nokia hopes its Here maps will be become more accurate thanks to crowdsourced information, and is testing the concept in India.

Nissan plans to offer affordable self-driving cars by 2020

By 2020, Nissan will offer self-driving cars in several models created in collaboration with tech teams from the top universities, including MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Tokyo.