Today's cars are computers on wheels, and just like smartphone, tablet and computer updates, vehicle updates are often pushed out without adequate testing. However, the consequences of poorly tested ...

Legacy carmakers may have struggled to build new and user-friendly software for their vehicles, but a crop of new car companies have come along with different ideas on how car software should be ...

Software fixes are now responsible for more than 1 in 5 automotive recalls. That’s the key finding from a decade’s worth of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall data, according to an ...

Despite years of effort and the outlay of billions of dollars, none of the world’s automakers have yet to match Tesla’s prowess in delivering over-the-air (OTA) software updates. Just like with your ...

Sign up for The Weekly Planet, a guide to living through climate change. For most of its short life, my Tesla Model 3 has aged beautifully. Since I bought the car, in ...

Imagine your car sitting on the driveway increasing in value without you doing much. In today's world of ultra-modern cars, ...

The car of the future is not one that will remain unchanged over time. It is one that will adapt, improve, and offer more functionality as time progresses. It will integrate with the other gadgets in ...

Many touch-screen car controls are frustrating. If we ever want to fix that, we're going to have to cut the cord. Car tech is frustrating right now. Chances are if you hop in a new vehicle, you're ...

Most automakers are starting to get to grips with electrification. But the parallel revolution of software is still proving problematic. In March, Volkswagen’s Cariad software division announced 1,600 ...

As crucial as things like touchscreens and software are to the modern automotive experience, we seldom stop to ask why everything looks so ugly. Your average car’s touchscreen and menus likely have ...

“We have a philosophy that, yes, motorsport is part of our DNA,” Porsche vice president of motorsport, Thomas Laudenbach, told MotorTrend, “and I cannot imagine Porsche without motorsport, but we are ...