Volkswagen and Hyundai Entrust Startup with Their Autonomous Aspirations

– One of the most intriguing and tight-lipped startups building technology for self-driving vehicles said Thursday it has inked partnerships with two major global automakers. – Aurora Innovation, founded in late 2016 by some of the autonomous industry’s most influential leaders, said it is forming collaborations with Volkswagen and Hyundai in efforts to deploy driverless […]

Mazda Vision Coupe Concept: A Gorgeous Signal of Aspirations

– Like automobiles themselves, automotive form vocabularies evolve; sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. Mazda’s lauded Kodo (“Soul of Motion”) design language, which was first applied to the lovely Shinari concept in 2011 and has since spread to the rest of the production-car lineup, is one that has worked so well that we almost winced […]

Recommended Reading: Apple’s original television aspirations

Apple Is a Step Closer to Making Its Own TV Shows David Sims, The Atlantic While the company’s television aspirations remain largely a mystery, Apple hired two big names this week to help build its slate of original shows. Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, presidents of Sony Pictures Television, will make the move to […]

How Apple reinvigorated its AI aspirations in under a year

At its WWDC 2017 keynote on Monday, Apple showed off the fruits of its AI research labors. We saw a Siri assistant that’s smart enough to interpret your intentions, an updated Metal 2 graphics suite designed for machine learning and a Photos app that can do everything its Google rival does without an internet connection. […]

2017 Volkswagen Touareg Quick-Take Review: Great Aspirations

–Overview: There is only one Volkswagen model that the brand characterizes as a luxury vehicle: the Touareg. With a starting price of $ 50,405, this two-row SUV is by far VW’s most expensive product. The Touareg is an outlier in the marketplace as well, with a price, size, and badge that give it few direct […]