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The idea that driving technology in the near-future will reduce us to the passive observer, and the car as the decision-maker, is mind-boggling. But autonomous cars aren’t anything new. Tesla, Google and Mercedes have been piloting this technology for years – with varying levels of success. In fact, we’ve written a few blogs on the subject as well. Of course, the question boils down to, “When will driverless cars be in mainstream usage?” – with the answer being a non-committal, “We don’t know”. However, whilst the immediate inception of driverless cars is shrouded in mystery, one aspect of driving technology close on the horizon is ‘connected cars’. With the recent scandals surrounding Facebook and the implementation of GDPR, discussions regarding data collecting and selling have never been more prominent. The mass production of connected cars will likely see this topic resurface, as it entails the collection of (anonymous) data from your everyday usage of basic car p...

Parking your own car will become something of the past, as bay parking technology is set to become legal in June. This innovative technology can be found in vehicles such as the BMW 7 series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. It involves the surrounding cameras identifying the space, which can then allow passengers and even the driver to exit the car – and the car will autonomously park itself. The driver of the vehicle is still able to stop the car if necessary using either a digital key or smartphone app, which will hopefully decrease the chances of accidents or malfunctions. The digital key or app can operate the car outside of the vehicle by up to six metres, and according to BMW, “the car must be straight and centred, facing the parking space for the remote-controlled parking function to be activated”. BMW ConnectedDrive offers a range of industry leading elements in its technology. As well as autonomous parking, this includes sending notifications from your phone to the car, such as what...

As we go into 2018, it’s clear that the way we get about is going to change in a big way. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, headline news was that two huge firms – Uber and Volkswagen – have teamed up with technology giant, Nvidia. Nvidia if you’ve not heard of it before, it’s a company which grew off the back of making computer graphic chips. Now however, it is making a name for itself around autonomous cars. And its two new friends reflect how wide ranging this technology will become in our lives. For those of us in the UK, there is currently a question mark hanging over the future of Uber as last September, TfL didn’t give the firm the right to hold a London private hire operator licence. This was on the grounds of ‘public safety and security implications’, with concerns being over Uber’s approach to doing background checks on its drivers. Despite this, Uber is continuing to operate whilst waiting for a hearing on whether it can continue in the capital – that hea...