Adaptive Cruise Control

For driving enthusiasts, ceding control of your braking and acceleration to technology like adaptive cruise control may feel a little relaxing, but may also feel a little robotic. Looking to bring a little human intuition to the experience, Hyundai has revealed it is working on a new form of cruise control that studies the driving style of the person behind the wheel and then mimics their habits with a little help from machine learning.

Cadillac has unveiled a new compact sedan, the 2020 CT5, and with it a new advanced cruise control system called Super Cruise. The CT5 features a fastback design, signature Cadillac color and trim edges, and the ability to drive itself in some freeway cruising situations.

​KTM is thrusting forth in the realm of motorcycle rider assist technology, with a demonstration of adaptive cruise control and blind spot warnings, two cherries on top of the already enormous electronics suite on the standard 1290 Super Adventure S.

Yet more safety and driver assist technologies are set to move from the car world into the motorcycle world, with Ducati announcing it will release a motorcycle fitted with front and rear radars in 2020 as part of its "Safety Road Map 2025"​ strategy.

The emergence of adaptive cruise control in cars has certainly been a welcome development, and now Honda is promising to take things a step further. It says its Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control (i-ACC) can of predict the chances of a car cutting into your lane up to five seconds before it occurs.

The long-tailed classic that is Chevrolet’s Impala has gone through many iterations since it was introduced in the late 1950s – some good, some excessively bland. The redesigned 2015 Impala LTZ is in the former camp.

Automotive tuners and aftermarket companies offer many ways of adding performance, luxury and personalization to vehicles. Now there's a start-up advertising an aftermarket kit designed to tune your car into a self-driving chauffeur … kind of.

Leddar, short for LED Detection and Ranging, is a new type of detection and ranging sensor that uses LEDs to detect objects and determine their distance. While the Leddar is low resolution, it is also low cost, and it may find new applications in vehicles, traffic management, robotics and safety.

An MIT professor has developed an algorithm that relies on monitoring the speed and distance of vehicles traveling in front and behind that could be applied to a modified Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system to help eliminate the traffic jams that occur for seemingly no reason.

The race to the car that drives itself continues to heat up. Last week, Toyota provided a look at its Automated Highway Driving Assist, a feature that should be available within the next two or three years.

Gizmag visited Volvo's test facilities in Gothenburg to see its self-parking and autonomous driving capabilities first hand.

Mercedes-Benz has released four videos explaining different features of its Intelligent Drive System.