Mercedes-AMG’s first ground-up SUV is a 1,150hp electric beast
Mercedes-AMG’s first ground-up SUV is a 1,150hp electric beast

Earlier this year, Mercedes’ AMG performance brand grabbed our attention with the GT four-door coupe, a souped-up sports sedan with three axial flux motors delivering over 1,150 horsepower. Well, now meet its beefier cousin, the 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV, an equally powerful, ultra-fast-charging electric people-hauler. The AMG GT SUV (say that five times fast) marks […]

Mercedes-Benz and Volvo will build their next driving systems on Nvidia
Mercedes-Benz and Volvo will build their next driving systems on Nvidia

Mercedes-Benz will develop its next generation of driver assistance and automated driving systems with Nvidia, the two companies said on Friday. The announcement came a day after Volvo Cars expanded its own Nvidia partnership for automated driving. Bot…

Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, with production set for 2028
Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, with production set for 2028

Tesla revealed its second-generation Roadster on 15 October at a SpaceX site in McGregor, Texas. The car uses cold-gas thrusters built with SpaceX to jump, flip, and land. Reservations cost $50,000 or $250,000 depending on the version, and Musk says pr…

Volvo will use Nvidia’s tech for hands-free, point-to-point driving
Volvo will use Nvidia’s tech for hands-free, point-to-point driving

Volvo plans to launch hands-free, point-to-point driving by 2030, powered by Nvidia’s latest AI technology. The Chinese-owned, Swedish-designed automaker said Thursday it would use Nvidia’s autonomous driving stack to power a new partially automated driving system similar to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised). Volvo says the new point-to-point system will be Level 2++, meaning it can […]

Rivian partner Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president
Rivian partner Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe’s startup Mind Robotics announced the appointment of Doug Field as president in a major coup for the CEO’s secretive robotics project. Field was a VP of special projects at Apple, where he was the de facto head of the company’s ultimately unsuccessful Project Titan effort to make an autonomous electric car. […]

A redesigned Play Store is coming to cars with Google built-in
A redesigned Play Store is coming to cars with Google built-in

The Google Play Store is getting a big update for cars with Google built-in. On Tuesday, the company announced that the Play Store’s layout will now automatically adapt to the size and layout of your car’s screen while making it easier to find and download new apps. The update, which is rolling out in the […]

China agrees to curb hybrid car exports to the EU after Beijing talks
China agrees to curb hybrid car exports to the EU after Beijing talks

China has agreed to moderate its exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars to the EU, which EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said could cut them by more than half. He announced it on Friday in press remarks in Beijing, after the second round of EU-…

Rwanda reportedly wins Africa’s first F1 Grand Prix since 1993
Rwanda reportedly wins Africa’s first F1 Grand Prix since 1993

Rwanda looks set to host Formula 1’s first African Grand Prix in more than 30 years. Motorsport site RacingNews365 first reported the deal, citing paddock sources, as GrandPrix.com relayed. AFP later reported the news, citing its own sources, Semafor s…

The Feds Might Do Something About Those Distractingly Bright Headlights

NHTSA blames current vehicle standards for making it hard for carmakers to use the latest headlight tech.

Wayve and Stellantis tune one AI driver for Fiat, Jeep and Maserati
Wayve and Stellantis tune one AI driver for Fiat, Jeep and Maserati

Every car will one day need an AI driving system, just as it needs seatbelts and emergency braking, Wayve chief executive Alex Kendall said. He spoke with Stellantis chief executive Antonio Filosa at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday. Morgan Stanley’s A…