Car tech news

Ford emoji jacket could save lives

Tesla's Autopilot is scary-good at autonomous driving, but just how does it work?

The story behind Affalterbach’s wild inline-four

Jaguar's new car seat tricks your body into thinking you’re taking a healthy stroll

We review Apple's long-awaited CarPlay update as part of its brand new iOS iPhone operating system

Here's all the Apple CarPlay news: how much it costs, how it works and the new subscription fees

Anyone can throw a lot of tech at an electric car. It takes a special kind of genius to make it feel so natural to drive...

If you use an Android phone in your car, the updated Android Auto function offers new features and functions – but it’s not perfect

Soon you can hop into a wide range of cars and Apple CarPlay will just… connect

New exoskeloten technology designed to make life easier for Audi factory workers

The airbag hasn’t run out of puff just yet, as shown by a quartet of innovations

An electric crate motor-powered E-10 Concept truck unveiled at SEMA 2019

Here's your guide to the different types of headlight tech on UK roads

Want Apple CarPlay smartphone mirroring in your car? Here’s how to get it

A new lightweight breakthrough claimed by Jaguar Land Rover

Satellite navigation works fine already, but Mercedes thinks its new MBUX tech takes it to the next, futuristic, level

Want Android Auto smartphone mirroring in your car? Here’s how to get it

Our quick and handy guide to figuring out what exactly torque is

Skyactiv-X is a petrol engine with compression ignition, and promises the best of both worlds

All the details on the stillborn Dyson electric car project - and why James Dyson pulled the plug

Swedes team up with Google for new in-car tech

5G could be the trigger that autonomous tech needs. Here's why

Laura is the new digital assistant from Skoda – and it'll be in the Kamiq and Scala

UK roads under the microscope

Supercapacitors, what are they and how do they work?

JLR is developing a Minority Report-style infotainment system

Audi is betting its S models on black, with an electric compressor that gives it a strong hand

Meet a blindspot-defeating system that’s simple and effective - pity it’s only available on a £70k hydrogen car...

Solar roof panels can charge up to 60% of the Sonata's hybrid battery

EVs are going to get noisier for safety reasons

VW tech gives cars from ye olden times of 2008 a digital upgrade through the magic of your smartphone

A new kind of headlamp technology is here to brighten up murky night roads

Swedes are first to comply with new Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure

This wheel will guide you with temperature

In a tight spot? Your new BMW can turn back time by retracing your precise route with Reversing Assistant...

Hone your circuit skills via Porsche's free-to-download Track Precision app, now in heavily-updated Mk3 guise