Self driving cars

Chinese company JiYue has unveiled a stonking high-performance, long-range, intelligent supercar capable of doing 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in 1.9 seconds, 400 miles (644 km) to a charge, and featuring a unibody carbon frame.

Elon Musk has unveiled Tesla's fully autonomous Cybercab robotaxi in a showy event at Warner Brothers. He also debuted a 20-seat Robovan that's expected to follow, and sent a small fleet of Optimus humanoids out to party with the crowd.

An underreported proposal from the US government could see the sale and import of connected vehicle components prohibited if they're linked to China or Russia. The rule could have far-reaching effects, but it seems motorcyclists might feel it first.

When a road is covered in snow or obscured by fog, the navigation systems of self-driving cars may have trouble seeing where that road is. Specially equipped pavement markers could help, by continuously transmitting radio signals to passing vehicles.

GAC Advanced Design has imagined a wildly capable autonomous RV concept called Vanlife. The fully autonomous vision is designed to drive over all types of earthen terrain, whisking passengers on an outdoorsy adventure while they sleep soundly inside.

The all-new Peugoet Inception concept bowed at CES 2023, showing extreme styling with edges so sharp you might slice a finger on them. The concept promises a much bolder future for the Peugeot EV.

Sony has been inching into the EV market ever since it surprised CES 2020 with the impressively put-together Vision-S concept. With the help of Honda, it now makes its biggest move yet, launching the Afeela badge and the first EV that will wear it.

Volvo has cemented an unparalleled reputation for safety, and it's look\ing to further boost that reputation with the all-new EX90. The electric SUV debuts as the company's most advanced car yet, a "computer on wheels" and intelligent third space.

When crossing the road in front of a car, pedestrians should make eye contact with the driver, to make sure they've been seen. However, what if the car has no driver? New research suggests that the vehicle should then have eyes of its own.

China's first fully autonomous, commercial robotaxi rides – with no safety drivers – are about to open for public passengers in Wuhan and Chongqing, marking an inflection point for one of the key technological revolutions of the 21st century.

Cars in Oxford and London have been driven on public roads via remote control, in a world-first demonstration of a "tele-operation" system, showing how operators can take over autonomous cars when they encounter strange situations they can't handle.

The US has today updated its motor safety rules with a self-driving future in mind, issuing a first-of-a-kind rule to account for vehicles that eschew the steering wheel and other controls for automated driving systems.