The 2020 Sonata already has some... polarizing style, so slapping a bunch of AV kit on the roof barely changes it. The 2020 North American International Auto Show, often called the Detroit Auto Show, is in for some major changes next year. Among them, visitors should know there will be self-driving cars available for test rides, but from an unlikely company. Yandex, a Russian technology and internet firm, told Reuters Wednesday that it will bring 10 driverless cars to the city's business center. They'll be available for rides to the Detroit Auto Show, and after the show concludes in June, they'll stick around for further testing.

Many car companies around the world are tightening their operations. They're doing it for one reason: they know their industry is changing and changing fast. Technology is redesigning cars at every level, from how they are made, to how they are driven. Driver-less vehicles are at the forefront of those changes.

A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Can you fix voice recognition in new cars? After years of designing their own often-faulty voice recognition systems, auto companies are handing the reins over to tech giants that have already developed the technology for their devices. The trend is on full display at the 2019 Detroit auto show, where automakers are showcasing new vehicles with increasingly common systems that allow drivers to plug in their phones and bypass built-in infotainment systems. Using spoken commands to tune the radio, make a call or get directions has required patience, awkward pronunciation and frequent do-overs ever since it became possible in some vehicles earlier this century.

No matter what terminology you prefer – driverless car, autonomous vehicle, autonomous driving, self-driving car or something else – the future of human and non-human driving is a hot topic. And we kicked off 2018 with two major consumer events that had the media abuzz about it. PublicRelay analyzed traditional and social media around autonomous vehicles at both events and here are some of the interesting nuggets that we uncovered. CES hands down "wins" for sheer volume of coverage at 7X the number of articles written on the subject. Autonomous drive was among the top five products discussed at CES 2018, along with gaming products, computers, and smart home technology.