This Bluetooth Car Dongle Might Just Kill You By Marshall Honorof The Lemur BlueDriver is supposed to give drivers info about their cars, but lax authentication makes it a potential security disaster.
BMW Connected Assists You On and Off The Road By Andrew E. Freedman BMW's new cloud service will learn your habits and tell you the best way to travel.
CarPlay Killer? New Auto Assistant Goes Beyond Apple's By John R. Quain Inrix hopes to beat Apple and Google at their own game with a personalized assistant that does more than Android Auto or CarPlay.
How to Add Pit-Stops in Google Maps in iOS By Henry T. Casey Google Maps is now making it easier to find the nearest gas station or restaurant and to plan pit-stops.
2017 Hyundai Elantra Review: Best Connected Car for the Masses By John R. Quain The 2017 Hyundai Elantra combines CarPlay, Android Auto and a robust set of safety features in a sleeker and quieter ride.
This Gadget Brings Amazon Alexa to Your Car By Sam Rutherford Another tech giant is joining the in-car voice control race via HeadsUP! which features Amazon's Alexa in its simple dash mounted accessory.
How to Order an Uber from the Amazon Echo By Anna Attkisson With a few simple taps, you can connect your Amazon Echo to your Uber account. Here's how.
This Jet Promises to Fly You From NYC to London in 11 Minutes By Sam Rutherford How fast is Mach 24? A little over 18,000 miles per hour, which could allow the Antipode Concept jet to fly from NYC to London in the time it takes to eat lunch.
How to Get Your Hoverboard Refund from Amazon By Andrew E. Freedman The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that you can return your hoverboard for a full refund through Amazon.
Here's Apple's Official List of CarPlay Vehicles By Sam Rutherford Apple has released its official list of vehicles featuring CarPlay, so check here to see if the model you've got your eye on is supported.
Qualcomm’s Automotive Chips Power Audi Infotainment By Sam Rutherford At CES 2016, Qualcomm announced two new processors specifically made to power the communications and infotainment systems in modern cars.
Tesla Come Home! You'll Be Able to Summon Car Across Country By Sam Rutherford How soon will true autonomous cars be ready? If you believe Tesla CEO Elon Musk, it could be only two years until cars will be able to pick you up.
New BMW Has No Rear or Side Mirrors, and That's Great By Sam Rutherford Replacing mirrors with cameras and displays has been done before, but at CES 2016, BMW's i8 mirrorless car takes the idea to a new level.
VW’s Budde-E EV Concept Revives the Microbus By Sam Rutherford Here's a hands-on impression of VW's Budd-e, the techy reinvention of Volkswagen's Microbus from the 1950's that made its debut at CES 2016.
Faraday Future's EV Concept Car Makes Sci-Fi Real By Sam Rutherford At CES 2016, Faraday Future went from unknown electric-car maker to the next big thing after it unveiled its 1,000 FF Zero concept car.
What’s Next for Car Tech: The Road to Self-Driving Autos By Mark Spoonauer Car owners are overwhelmed by new features, but innovations should drive away confusion, and autonomous driving is becoming a reality.
Drone Rides Shotgun on This Self-Driving Sports Car By Sam Rutherford Rinspeed has a crazy new self-driving sports car concept featuring a steering wheel that folds away and a helipad on back for drones.
Rolls-Royce Wraith Review: Driving a $400K Dream Machine By John R. Quain Mellifluous, yet powerful. Gracious, yet gutsy. An engineering and technical pleasure to drive, the 2015 Rolls-Royce Wraith is a truly unique vehicle.
2016 Cadillac ATS Coupe Review: Well Connected and Frisky By John R. Quain The Cadillac ATS is a very pleasant, comfortable drive. Everything from the seats to the color heads-up display make the driver's task lighter.
Use Your Smartphone As a Heads-Up Display in Your Car By Joey Cosco Keep your eyes on the road — and your nav, speedometer, and everything else — for less than $50.
2016 Ford Escape Tested: Sync 3 (Mostly) Shines By John R. Quain The 2016 Ford Escape Titanium’s new Sync 3 system is a significant improvement over earlier models, but voice recognition is a weak link.
Microsoft Wants to Project Cortana Onto Your Windshield By Sam Rutherford She's already on smartphones and PCs, but Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana could someday arrive in your car.
BMW 7 Series Tested: Here's The Tech You Get for $100K By John R. Quain The BMW 7 Series offers a novel gesture-recognition system and super-smart cruise control in a very luxurious ride.
How Car Wi-Fi Dongles Could Lead to Disaster By Paul Wagenseil New devices promise to add Wi-Fi to your car by plugging into the car's diagnostic port. That's a terrible and dangerous idea.
Tesla P85D's Insane Performance Gets Better-Than-Perfect Scores By Sam Rutherford With impressive marks for fuel efficiency and performance, Tesla's P85D forced Consumer Reports to reevaluate its metrics for car reviews.
Verizon Hum: Like OnStar but Better, For Almost Any Car By Sam Rutherford Hum is a third-party connected car device that brings OnStar-like functions to any car made after 1997.
The Hack Volkswagen Didn't Want Car Thieves to See By Paul Wagenseil A research paper Volkswagen had suppressed for two years described how to crack the code an ignition key sends to an ignition switch.
How a $100 Gadget Can Hijack GM Cars By Paul Wagenseil A white-hat hacker has built a $100 computer that exploits flaws in GM's OnStar app to take control of vehicles.
Chrysler Recalls 1.4 Million Cars for Remote-Hack Fix By Henry T. Casey At the urging of federal regulators, Fiat Chrysler issued a recall to patch vehicles affected by a software hack revealed earlier this week.
New Gadget Makes Your Dumb Car Smart for $99 By Sam Rutherford Vinli is a $99 black box that attaches to the OBD II port in your car and adds 4G LTE Connection, a Wi-Fi hotspot, and helpful service apps.
