Infotainment
2023 Kia Sportage Interior and UX Wins Wards Top 10 Best Award
The 2023 Kia Sportage interior has captured the attention of automotive experts with its exceptional design and user experience.
Match Made in Tech Heaven? Mercedes-Benz & Google Announce Partnership
Mercedes-Benz & Google have announced a partnership between the luxury automaker and tech giant, aimed at developing the next-generation digital luxury car experience.
GM Files Patent for Self-Cleaning Touch-Screen
General Motors (GM), one of the world’s leading automakers, has recently filed a patent for a self-cleaning touch-screen display system. This innovation is expected to…
Mercedes-Benz Unveils the New E-Class Interior
The new E-Class interior offers an immersive, interactive, and intelligent experience with its digital innovations.
AHERA SUV Interior Revealed
The first-time automaker has now released official renders and details of a very unique interior – and we’re a fan.
Review: 2022 Mini Cooper SE Infotainment
The infotainment system is pretty conventional, dominated by Apple CarPlay and limited in scope by very few autonomous driving features. The optional harman/kardon audio system is good but not amazing.
CES 2012: Subaru Brings Web Content To Drivers With Aha
While the automotive world is abuzz in Detroit, there’s still some car news being made in the rest of the world. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Subaru has announced a partnership with Aha to deliver web content to drivers.
One Cool Feature: Honda Intelligent Multi-Information Display And Rev Indicator
When Seyth Miersma had a brief taste of the Civic Si in Washington, DC over the summer, he remarked on the rather cool Intelligent Multi-Information Display, or i-MID display and the new Rev Indicator. These two items flank the digital speedometer (Rev Indicator on the left, i-MID on the right) and can quickly cue the driver in to the various functions of the vehicle.
CarTronics: Toyota’s Entune Infotainment System
When Ford’s Microsoft-powered Sync technology debuted on 2008-model-year vehicles, it ushered in a new generation of automotive infotainment systems. With MyFord Touch, the Sync software has been given even more functionality, thanks to the combination of touch-screen controls and the aforementioned voice recognition. The problem is, Sync was already a complicated system to begin with, with too many menus and sub-menus to navigate through, not to mention a slightly recalcitrant voice-recognition system. Adding the touchscreen functionality of MyFord Touch has simply steepened the already steep learning curve.
CarTronics: How Far Away Are Automated Cars?
For many years, transportation by-products—congestion, pollution, the costs of roads and transportation infrastructure—have been the focus of transportation policy. But as technology advances to address those by-products, it is also bumping up against debates over suburban sprawl and the development of urban cores.
Quick Drive: 2010 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD
The XC60 has a great deal of potential. The 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 produces 281 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, but it feels more powerful than that. Power goes through a six-speed automatic gearbox, which always does what the driver needs. Upshifts and downshifts are quickly dealt with, while stomping on the throttle rarely confuses the gearbox as to what gear it should be in.
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