Technology & Infotainment

Here’s how to get Apple CarPlay for your old car
Want Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring in your car? Here’s how to get it

This Audi A6 will find you cheap petrol without asking
The all-new A6 sedan follows the A8 and Q8 to flesh out the top end of the Audi range with new connected tech

Is the airless tyre finally going to bring about a puncture-free future?
Could Hankook and Michelin finally succeed in bringing this puncture-proof mid-2000s invention to passenger car owners?

New hybrid motor promises 20 percent fuel saving
Continental says its new electric motor reduces fuel consumption by one-fifth, without the disadvatages of of a regular hybrid powertrain

Smart lamppost tech could put a speed camera on every street
Designed to boost safety, convenience, and act as an extra set of eyes for autonomous cars, smart streetlamps could also be used for ultra-pervasive speed enforcement

This is what the tyre of the future will look like
Tyre of tomorrow will self-inflate, be kinder on the environment and tell you when your tread is low

Fully-autonomous cars are much, much further away than you think
The head of one of the world’s biggest suppliers of sensors for autonomous cars says the myth of the self driving car is unlikely to become reality for a long time

Stability control of the future will be able to predict wet roads
Continental reveals its next-generation stability control tech will use data to make slippery roads feel like dry ones

CSI Auto: How cars are the latest police forensics tool
If you don’t want the cops to track your movements avoid modern cars and don’t even think of syncing your phone to them

Waymo self-driving car expands internationally with Renault and Nissan
A new partnership could see the former Google self-driving car project move outside the U.S for the very first time.

Hyundai’s incoming AI might just save your life
A new partnership will put a focus on specialised medical artificial intelligence for emergencies

Great news! When the act of driving dies, in-car VR will be king
Interactive animations and immersive experiences are here because the future is boring.

2020 Range Rover Evoque: 5 futuristic details to know
Range Rover’s baby game changer gets hotter, newer and techier

EVs, robots and self-driving tech: What is Amazon planning?
Jeff Bezos is investing heavily in automotive, but what does it mean?

New in-car tech problems on the rise: JD Power
New study finds that in-car technology problems for premium brands are rising, but are actually falling for more affordable cars

Google’s next move: Is Apple CarPlay officially over?
The in-car tech wars are upon us as Google refires its Android system to tackle Apple’s CarPlay dominance

Inside BMW and Daimler’s billion dollar merger
German giants are dropping $1.74 billion into joint services, but there’s a lot to unpack.

Google turns your car into an information dragnet
Cars are inescapably sliding into the permanently connected world and you should be worried about it

Built-in Android Auto coming to cars in 2020
‘Powered by Android’ takes Google out of the smartphone and hardwires it into new vehicles

Apple slices autonomous program
Apple fires a third of its Project Titan autonomous team. Is this the end of the Apple Car?

Are you breaking the law using Apple CarPlay and Android auto?
The rules aren’t clear, but there’s good news and bad for young drivers wanting smartphone pairing depending on where they live

Mazda’s Apple CarPlay retrofit coming soon
Australian customers will soon be able to add smartphone mirroring tech to Mazdas purchased four years ago

Mazda to phase in Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
Smartphone mirroring will become a standard feature across Mazda’s product range progressively, starting in the coming months

Jaguar dives into driverless tech as others show caution
Google’s self-driving tech will be built into up to 20,000 Jaguar I-Pace SUVs as rivals reassess their situation