smart cars
Your car is spying on you—and making personal info vulnerable to hackers
As cars get smarter — like Hyundai's patent to replace cars keys with eye scanner technology — and drivers more willingly upload their data via phones, there's more to tempt hackers.
Apple CarPlay feature will let you buy gas from dashboard
Apple wants you to start buying gas directly from your car dashboard as early as this fall, when the newest version of its CarPlay software rolls out.
Toyota building 'city of the future' at base of Mt. Fuji
LAS VEGAS - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it planned to build a prototype “city of the future” at the base of Japan’s Mt. Fuji, powered by hydrogen fuel...
Here's one way to protect your car from Dorian's wrath
A Florida man came up with a “smart” idea as Hurricane Dorian threatened to roll into the region. Patrick Eldridge, of Jacksonville, told CBS News he parked his Smart car...
Tesla driver asleep at the wheel of self-driving car
Is this the future of self-driving cars? A video of a man appearing to be asleep at the wheel of a Tesla has gone viral. The person who filmed the...
Dubai tests world's first driverless pods
DUBAI — Dubai has begun testing autonomous pods in a trial run the Gulf’s trade and tourism hub hopes will help its transformation into one of the smartest cities in...
A driverless car is officially coming to New York
The first driverless car demonstration in New York State is scheduled in a couple of weeks when an Audi autonomous vehicle wheels around the state Capitol, Gov. Cuomo announced Wednesday....
Samsung buys Harman International for $8 billion
KKR and Goldman Sachs likely read the news Monday about Samsung Electronics agreeing to buy auto stereo maker Harman International for $8.9 billion and were relieved. The duo in 2007...
Toyota to test keyless car-sharing system
DETROIT — Toyota will test a new car-sharing system next year that lets users unlock doors and start cars with their smartphones. The Smart Key Box system eliminates the need...
Man found dead inside Smart car: police
A man was found dead inside of a car on the Upper West Side early Saturday, police said. Authorities discovered the body of the man inside a Smart car at...
Toyota wants to make a crash-less car a reality
LAS VEGAS — Toyota is hiring some big guns to run its new research arm for driverless cars — and the car maker said the new brains are tackling a...
VW shows off all-electric minivan after emissions scandal
LAS VEGAS — What will convince America to forgive Volkswagen for last year’s emissions scandal? The German auto giant is betting on an idea for a new, eco-friendly Microbus. Volkswagen...
Ford bypasses Google in tech tie-up with Amazon
LAS VEGAS — Ford and Google won’t be getting cozy in the front seat, after all. Despite weeks of speculation about a Google tie-up, Ford CEO Mark Fields instead took...
Apple's electric car will be ready in 2019
Apple has designated building an electric car as a "committed project" and has set a target shipping date for 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The project has...
NYPD looks to replace scooter fleet with Smart Cars
https://twitter.com/nypdrecruit/status/561231870000914432 They’ll still look like midgets, but the NYPD wants to replace its fleet of three-wheeled scooters with Smart Cars, officials said Wednesday. The department has acquired nine of the...
Smartphones will soon help cars park themselves
DETROIT — With a thumb swipe on a smartphone, your car one day will be able to drive into a parking deck, find an open spot and back into a...
Hooligans go on 'car tipping' spree in San Francisco
Flippin' vandals! It’s the San Francisco version of cow tipping — Smart Car tipping. A group of ruffians went on a spree and upended three of the tiny cars between Sunday...