Category: Autos

Conversations around AI are dominating the tech and automotive industries as companies rush to integrate efficiency-boosting AI systems into their manufacturing processes. For many of us, our first introduction to AI is likely to have been through large language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini. 

Now, in 2026, the industry is pivoting from a software-focused approach to a hardware-driven one, moving towards physical applications such as robotics and advanced automation. In this period of strategic change, the question remains: are automakers reading for the physical AI revolution? 

This week, the UK government announced its new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade.

The government claims this new strategy will save thousands of lives on UK roads through a series of reforms, including a crackdown on drunk driving and mandatory eye tests for older drivers.

The world’s leading AI chipmaker, Nvidia, has announced a new tech platform, Alpamayo, which promises to equip self-driving cars with “reasoning” capabilities. 

Taking to the stage at Las Vegas’ CES, Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, laid out the next leg of the company’s AI roadmap, suggesting it is seeking opportunities to embed AI into physical hardware such as autonomous vehicles. 

Europe’s race to secure its electric vehicle future is increasingly centred on one question: how much of an EV should be made at home?

As Brussels prepares proposals to raise local content requirements for products such as cars and solar panels, senior figures from Europe’s emerging battery industry are voicing strong support, arguing that tighter rules are essential to counter China’s dominance in EV production and adjacent key technologies.

In 2022, the European Union voted to impose a decisive vehicle emissions mandate banning the sale of all new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035, including hybrids. The legislation reflected the EU’s united effort toward mass electrification and a clean energy transition.

Now, less than a decade out from its 2035 combustion engine ban, Europe is getting cold feet about its EV mandate, with Brussels voting yesterday to revise the goal.

In the U.S., licensed female drivers outnumber licensed male drivers by about three million, and yet when it comes to safety features, the majority of vehicle testing is still carried out using outdated data and models designed to protect the average man.

According to government data, female drivers in the United States are 73% more likely to be severely injured in a car crash than their male counterparts, and are 17% more likely to die.