Car buyers aren’t thrilled about semi-autonomous features

JD Power’s latest research into the likes and dislikes of car owners has two big takeaways: people love Kia and are pretty lukewarm about self-driving technology. Or, at least those components that most drivers can gain access to right now, like adaptive cruise control, collision avoidance and blind spot warning systems. Overall, the trend for […]

Cadillac Super Cruises to the front with the most advanced semi-autonomous car on the market

Video shot and edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link) NEW YORK—As regular readers of Cars Technica know, the auto industry is going full-speed ahead when it comes to self-driving cars. A number of OEMs and their technology company partners have promised us SAE “level 4” self-driving vehicles by 2021. But not all of these organizations are taking […]

First Ride: 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-class Prototype, Now More Semi-Autonomous Than Ever

– When the 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class debuted last year, it broke with tradition by its inclusion of a new-to-Mercedes suite of semi-autonomous hardware and capabilities. This was strange because, for decades, every new technology to spring from Benz’s imagination—from stability control to adaptive cruise control to night vision—has first made its debut on the flagship S-class. Now equilibrium returns, because […]