Can AI Put The UK Back On The Map For Automotive Technology?

The UK punches above its weight in applying AI to solve automotive manufacturing problems. Could this give the country an edge again in this important industrial sector?

Digital car keys are getting more sophisticated
Digital car keys are getting more sophisticated

Last month, over a dozen automobile and smartphone manufacturers gathered in Palo Alto, California, for the 16th annual “Plugfest,” hosted by the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) to test out the latest in digital key technology. Digital keys, which allow vehicle owners to lock, unlock, and start their cars using smartphones or other digital devices, are […]

China’s Geely, Hiding In Plain Sight, Cranks Up European Auto Campaign

BYD is favorite to beat SAIC’s MG and the Chery brands to be China’s market share leader in Europe by 2030, but newcomer Geely will soon be in the fast lane.

Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT

Apple engineers are working to support AI chatbot apps over the next few months.

Apple might let you use ChatGPT from CarPlay
Apple might let you use ChatGPT from CarPlay

CarPlay users could soon be able to use their chatbot of choice instead of Siri. As Bloomberg reports, Apple is working to add support for CarPlay voice control apps from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others. Previously, users who wanted to access third-party chatbots in the car would need to go through their iPhone, but soon […]

Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors

The mysterious businessman pitched Jeffrey Epstein on numerous mobility startups in an era when the sector was white hot, according to TechCrunch’s review of hundreds of documents released by the Department of Justice.

U.S. Auto Industry Limps Into A New Year In 2026

U.S. automakers are coping with uncertainty at the start of 2026.

Is GenAI Putting Enterprise Software Vendors In Jeopardy?

Anthropic, a Generative AI company, introduced a new solution that would seem to put many enterprise software vendors at risk.

What happens when Waymo runs into a tornado? Or an elephant?
What happens when Waymo runs into a tornado? Or an elephant?

An autonomous vehicle drives down a lonely stretch of highway. Suddenly, a massive tornado appears in the distance. What does the driverless vehicle do next? This is just one of the scenarios that Waymo can simulate in the “hyper realistic” virtual world that it has just created with help from Google’s DeepMind. Waymo’s World Model […]

Waymo Builds Fancy AI-Based Simulator Tool To Improve Robotaxi Tests

You want to test a robocar in a simulation of everything you can think of. Now Waymo has built an AI tool with Google Gemini to make that easier to do