Edmunds highlights top car-tech trends from CES 2023 – The Associated Press – en Español

CES (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas tends to showcase vehicles and technology that are further out than one might find at a traditional auto show. Edmunds attended this year plus reports on the most notable vehicles and what new technology car shoppers might see in the coming years.

BMW’S TALKING CAR

BMW had one of the more forward-thinking concepts at CES. The i Vision Dee is a talking electric sedan with an artificial intelligence that BMW says “will go far beyond the particular level of voice control plus driver assistance systems we are familiar with today. ”

The name “Dee” stands for Digital Emotional Experience. One significant feature is an advanced head-up display that can display driver information on the full windshield at a base level and is capable of projecting virtual reality on the windshield. THE CAR says the particular AI can get excited when it sees you and may express its mood via screens around the front grille.

If that wasn’t enough, the i Vison Dee will be covered within 240 e-ink panels, including the wheels, that allow this to shift colors at will. You can have the purple car one day and a checkerboard pattern another day.

These may sound like far-fetched features, but BMW says these are real products that are coming down the pipeline, starting in 2025 and beyond.

HONDA AND SONY ARE HOOKED ON AFEELING

These two well-known brands are hoping to excite vehicle shoppers with their new joint venture brand, Afeela. At DE TELLES, they showed off their otherwise unnamed prototype electric midsize sedan. They didn’t provide any significant information about range or power but did say the sedan will be equipped with regarding 45 cameras and sensors to give it a number associated with automated driving features. Afeela also promises “best within class entertainment, ” plus it will have a small display upon the billet grille to offer information to both pedestrians and the vehicle’s owner.

It is unclear how Afeela will affect other upcoming electric vehicles from Honda but preorders will open in the particular first half of 2025, with deliveries starting in spring of 2026.

RAM’S ELECTRIC REVOLUTION

The Ram Revolution concept is the preview associated with what we might expect to observe from the brand’s first electric pickup. Some of the more notable features include third-row jump seats, a retractable steering wheel, the glass roof with the particular ability in order to adjust the shade of tint, and an 18-foot pass-through that will allows for long items to be placed from the particular bed all the way to the front trunk.

Stellantis, Ram’s parent company, didn’t comment on the Revolution’s range or power. Since this was a proof-of-concept prototype, some of the Revolution’s high-tech features might not see production, but we’ll know more when the manufacturing model is usually revealed later this year. The particular Revolution is definitely expected to go on sale sometime within 2024.

VOLKSWAGEN DOUBLE DOWNS ON SEDANS

Volkswagen returned to TOUS CES after a six-year hiatus to debut its first electric four door, the ID. 7. The ID. 7 will be a substantial size; the 116. 9-inch wheelbase can be about the same as the Tesla Model S’. Volkswagen says the IDENTIFICATION. 7 has a range associated with about 435 miles, yet that is based on the particular European testing cycle, so the figure will differ when it comes to the U. S.

The ID. 7 boasts a number of great features such as the 15-inch touchscreen, digitally controlled air vents, and a good augmented reality head-up display. VW will certainly reveal the final creation version sometime in the particular second quarter of 2023.

VOLVO FOLLOWS AN HD MAP

The particular Volvo EX90 is a seven-seat electric SUV that the organization calls a “highly advanced computer on wheels. ” Volvo states the EX90 will have an estimated variety of about 300 miles and an electric motor producing up in order to 496 horsepower. At CES, however , Volvo primarily focused on showing off the EX90′s Google HIGH DEFINITION map integration.

HIGH-DEFINITION maps provide a greater level of detail regarding road landmarks and a lot more to improve the awareness the particular vehicle has of the road. When combined with the EX90′s suite of cameras, radars and detectors, the more detailed maps allow the VEHICLE to possess a more accurate understanding of its position on the road. Volvo says the EX90 is outfitted with all the technology to enable hands- plus eyes-free traveling. It won’t be the feature in launch, but Volvo states it will enable the feature when it may assure the safety.

Customers can configure their EX90 starting this fall, but transport won’t begin until early 2024.

EDMUNDS SAYS: We’re skeptical associated with a few of the autonomous driving claims being made since this particular remains a tough nut to crack, but we’re excited about high-tech trucks and color-changing body panels that will arrive in the near future.

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This story was provided to The Connected Press by the particular automotive website Edmunds .

Ronald Montoya is certainly a contributor at Edmunds.