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News about Car Tech

• GM to offer teen driver tracking to parents

  GM today announced it will be rolling out a "Teen Driver" system that will allow parents to see data about their teens' driving time, from ...

• A car could be the final piece of Apple's puzzle

  The technology in our automobiles pales in comparison to what's in our pockets

• Verizon unveils aftermarket vehicle diagnostics service

• Tesla recruits hackers to boost vehicle security

  Electric carmaker Tesla Motors wants security researchers to hack its vehicles. The Silicon Valley based high-tech carmaker will hire up to 30 full-time hackers whose ...

• No steering wheel. No pedals. Google gets serious about self-driving cars

  This friendly-looking prototype car could be rolling its own route within a few years, as Google takes another step toward autonomous cars.

• Park it right there: 2014 Chevy SS can perpendicular-park pretty much on its own

  The SS joins a very small club of cars that can slide into a crowded lot with just a little human assistance.

Features about Car Tech

• The 2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG: An expensive taste of nearly autonomous driving

  We borrowed a $US163,000 car to try out the tech. Right. Well, it does have amazingly proactive cruise control.

• This is your car on an iPhone: An app-driven road trip in the 2014 Ford Fusion Energi SE

  The MyFord Mobile app helps manage your charge, lock and unlock doors, and compete with other do-gooders for the greenest driving habits.

• How modern cars already drive better than you do

  Add sensors, lasers, and cameras, and the gap between today's heavily automated cars and tomorrow's self-driving cars is narrowing fast.