CES 2020, the biggest tech convention in the world, hit Los Vegas this past week. CES has become the showcase for all the practical and fantastical upcoming tech across the board including the car of the future. Let’s dig right in to some of the bigger announcements:

Product Development:

• Amazon will expand its voice AI offerings with Alexa Auto –Europe Auto News
• Audi revealed a concept car with VR headsets –Mashviral
• One of my favorite ideas—Bosch announced an intelligent, transparent sun visor –PC Magazine
• Hyundai wants to fly cars for Uber –Digital Trend
• Intel’s Mobileye raised the bar —Valdosta Daily Times
• Mercedes-Benz worked with filmmaker James Cameron on an Avatar Car, complete with scales –Tech Crunch
• Very cute and practical—Panasonic showcased a mini firetruck –AutoBlog
• Segway has a new two-wheeled pod—looks like fun! –The Verge
• Sony unveiled its very own car –Digital Trends

Here are some auto stories taking in the overall picture of CES 2020:

• Here’s what automakers are showing at CES electronics show –Europe Auto News
• January roads now lead to CES in Las Vegas, not Detroit auto show –Auto News
• CES Exhibitors Envision Electric, Automated Future for Trucking –Transport Topics
• CES 2020: Shots From the Floor with Wards Auto –Wards Auto
• The Future of Transportation at CES – Video –Las Vegas Review-Journal

CES Pronouncements by Government and Industry Officials:

• Trump administration unveils latest guidelines for autonomous vehicle makers –The Hill
• Consumers hesitant about spending on AV, EV technology, survey shows –Auto News
• Driverless air taxis will come before self-driving cars, says Uber Air partner Bell –Moose Gazette
• VW Exec says Level 4 Self-Driver May Be as Good as It Gets –Wards Auto

Many other stories have crossed the NMA’s Driving News Feed in the past few weeks.

Top 10 Auto Tech Watch Stories you might have missed:

• Lobbying groups Global Automakers, Auto Alliance merge –Auto News
• Connected car cooperative mobility a 2020 trend to watch –Auto Remarketing
• After 2019’s Reality Check, what’s ahead for Driverless Cars in 2020? –Tech Crunch
• Exploring a link between ADAS and distracted driving –Electronics 360
• Perfecting Driverless Cars Is More Ones And Zeroes Than Nuts And Bolts –WUSF
• Toyota is building an insane smart city near Mount Fuji –Endgadget
• Air taxi company EHang flies autonomously in the US (North Carolina) for the first time
• Gaming technology introduced for autonomous vehicles –Digital Journal
• Trucking Fleets: Fuel Efficiency Up 15% From 2009 to 2018 –Transport Topics
• Warning light: A long, and likely expensive, ballot fight over the information spit out by your car is beginning–Right to Repair Law in MA –Boston Globe

Here are some additional Editorials of Interest:

• We are Embarking on a Dangerous Decade in the Auto Industry –Wards Auto
• There Are Too Many Lidar Companies. They Can’t All Survive –Wired
• Opinion: Distracted driving: Automakers need to get back in touch with haptic controls –New Jersey.com
• Jetsons’ flying car tops list of all-time favorite cartoon cars –Detroit Free Press

 

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