Qualcomm kicks its automotive ambitions up another gear, partners with VW and more

 While Qualcomm continues to work on closing its $47 billion acquisition of automotive chipmaker NXP, it’s…

Hyundai links up with Google Assistant for car voice commands

 Hyundai will team with Google to make its cars voice-operable to a limited degree via Assistant,…

Ford to build new all-electric SUV and autonomous hybrid at Michigan plant

 Ford has announced plans at CES to build a range of new electric and hybrid-electric vehicles,…

GM counters Trump’s Twitter claim about Chevy Cruze being made in Mexico

 On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump tweeted that the Chevrolet Cruze sold in the U.S. is being…

Fiat Chrysler’s Portal concept is a van with a plan for autonomous driving

 Fiat Chrysler is getting ready for a future in which your vehicle is an extension of…

Fiat Chrysler and Google team on Android in-car tech

 Fiat Chrysler and Alphabet are already working together via Waymo, the former Google self-driving car project, and…

Tesla begins rolling out much-anticipated Autopilot update for its newest cars

 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has bold plans for self-driving cars in 2017, and his company took…

No cobalt, no Tesla?

 The battery industry uses 42 percent of global cobalt production, critical for Lithium-ion cells. Much of…