Against the odds, CES returned this year in person. Here are a selection of the highlights
Autonomy, Robotics and Sustainability
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Autonomy
Overview:
- Volvo will be conducting tests of its new “Ride Pilot” self-driving capability in California
- John Deere breaks new ground with self-driving tractors controlled from a phone
- Cadillac expanded its vision for personal autonomous mobility with the InnerSpace concept – a dramatic, two-passenger autonomous luxury EV
- CES is hosting a high-speed autonomous car race with University students designing the algorithms that control them
Coverage Highlights:
- Mail Online – Cadillac debuts its InnerSpace autonomous two-seater featuring ‘love seat’
- iNews – John Deere unveils self-driving tractor that can plough fields and sow seeds without a human driver
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Robotics
Overview:
- Hyundai Motors displayed its vision for robotics in the real world and metaverse under the theme “mobility of things”
- LG unveiled a range of bots including the CLOi Serve Bot, capable of serving drinks and snacks
- Yukai Engineering unveiled a robotic cat named Amagami Ham Ham which can nibble your fingers
- DEEP Robotics’ Jueying Lite2 Robot Dog set tongues wagging with a range of back flips
Coverage Highlights:
- Mail Online – Top five weird and wonderful inventions unveiled at CES 2022 so far
- The National News – 10 technologies and trends you should know about
- The Verge – Hyundai imagines a world in which it has turned everything into a robot
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Sustainability
Overview:
- Sony announced ‘Vision-S’, an initiative aimed at “contributing to the evolution of mobility”
- Mercedes-Benz showcased the sleek Vision EQXX concept, with a range of 621 miles
- BMW launched electric iX M60 super-SUV with 611bhp to rival Audi e-Tron S
- Chrysler unveiled Airflow Concept and confirms it is going fully electric by 2028
- General Motors debuted new Chevy Silverado EV pick-up and announced EV versions of the Chevy Equinox and Blazer SUVs
Coverage Highlights:
- Mail Online – Watch Out Tesla: Mercedes-Benz unveils its new, all-electric concept car
- Auto Express – BMW’s iX electric SUV gains M60 flagship model
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Connected Cars and Cabin Technology
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Connected Cars
Overview:
- LG unveiled its Omnipod ‘a future mobility concept cabin that can reconstruct the customer’s space for purpose.’
- BMW showcased its innovative colour-changing iX Flow which uses the same E-ink technology as Amazon’s Kindle
- Ford Explorer and Lincoln Navigator to have Amazon Fire TV
- Blackberry used CES 2022 to talk about Blackberry IVY, its intelligent vehicle data platform co-developed with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Coverage Highlights:
- The Guardian: BMW unveils car that changes colour at touch of a button
- Tech Radar: LG’s Omnipod self-driving concept is actually an entire world on wheels
- Forbes: An Epiphany From CES: The Backbone Of The Connected Car Shall Be A Strategic Decision
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Cabin Technology
Overview:
- Stellantis announced a collaboration with Amazon to deploy the global merchant’s web services technology in its vehicles
- BMW showed a huge 31-inch in-car screen to keep backseat passengers entertained as well as launching its ‘digital art mode’ which will see art featured on the curved display that sits atop the iX’s dashboard
- Google made several announcements related to cars compatible with Android Auto as well as cars with Google built-in including a partnership with Volvo
- Gentex is developing a hypersensitive camera for vehicle interiors that is so responsive it can sense your heartbeat, detect a sleeping baby’s breath and even make out objects that aren’t in its line of sight
Coverage Highlights:
- Cnet: BMW brings digital art to cars at CES 2022 – This “holistic user experience” will be available in production BMWs this year
- The Times: Stellantis takes Alexa along for the ride in Amazon deal
- Auto Express: Volvo announces new Google-powered infotainment features for current models
- Road Show: New driver-monitoring camera at CES 2022 senses your heartbeat
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