Car tech
Porsche's road-finding app adds feature to create scenic routes
The Roads by Porsche app, which helps drivers design customized routes, is getting its first major update since launching in 2019.The free iOS app now...
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Audi, Porsche and VW have joined the Mercedes car app store
More and more automakers are adding software that allows users to find and download apps, giving them direct access to third-party apps in their vehic...
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Ford patents autonomous cars.
Ford is trying to patent a technique for repossessing a vehicle on its own.As The Drive first discovered, Ford's patent application, titled "Systems a...
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Ford begins development of roof-mounted airbags and applies for a new patent.
Ford has filed a second patent application for a roof-mounted airbag designed to provide enhanced crash protection to vehicle occupants.The automaker ...
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Integrating electric vehicle charging into the Google Maps update.
Thanks to new features such as power level information for public chargers and route planning that incorporates charging stops, EV drivers now have mo...
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Ferrari patents performance-enhancing gas propulsion system
Shortly after Tesla unveiled its second-generation Roadster in 2017, CEO Elon Musk teased that the car could be equipped with rocket thrusters to boos...
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BMW will begin testing solid-state batteries in 2023.
BMW announced this month that it will begin testing a solid-state battery developed in collaboration with U.S. battery technology company Solid Power ...
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Ford patents magnetic charger for electric cars.
Ford has filed a patent application for a magnetic EV charger that allows drivers to charge their vehicles without getting out of the car. [The applic...
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