The Biggest Car News To Come Out Of CES

I’ve spent the last handful of days making my way through the vast labyrinth that is . There are more booths, than any one person can count, so we decided to wrap up all of in a pretty bow and hand it over to you folks. This is a highlight of the biggest car related news we saw at . We’ve got everything from and wild new , to and .

We also got a chance to see some that’ll hopefully be better than its current slate of vehicles, Sony Honda Mobility’s latest , nside a car and so, so much more. It’s far too much for just one person to handle, so with the help of my Jalopnik pals, we hit all the news you should absolutely care about from CES.

Enjoy! 2 / 16 The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas usually doesn’t have many interesting debuts when it comes to the automotive side of things. Usually it’s some electric vehicle platform news, or a new type of infotainment system. Sony genuinely shocked the world in 2020 when it rolled out , then shocked the world again when it unveiled .

A few months later, to actually produce a production car, and at CES 2023 the brands revealed . It seems as Sony and Honda really have been serious about building a car together, as Monday at CES 2024 the Sony Honda Mobility joint venture showed off a more production ready version of than what we’ve previously seen.

It has slightly redesigned bumpers front and rear with more production ready lighting setups, real side view mirrors, a new active rear spoiler, more realistic cutlines and window glazing, and other little details. 3 / 16 BMW says its presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show is “... dedicated to the digital customer experience.” For the automaker, this means new infotainment experiences that expand its in car gaming offerings.

In car gaming at BMW made with the recently designed and a feature called the AirConsole gaming platform. With the platform, owners can access games through the car’s infotainment screen and play them via Bluetooth, using their mobile devices as controllers. BMW announced Monday its adding more third party games for the platform that owners can access through BMW’s ConnectedDrive Store.

Split screen gaming has been added as well, and all of this will be available on models running BMW’s Operating System 9. 4 / 16 We’re living in the end times, and that means announced Monday it is adding to its cars, integrating the AI into the . Volkswagen made the announcement on the opening day of the says it’s the first volume manufacturer to offer as a standard feature starting in the second quarter of 2024.

Here’s the catch though: it’s still up in the air whether or not it’ll come to . 5 / 16 As small vans are gradually , just introduced its new line of with some revolutionary plans to shake up not just the van world, but the entire automobile as we know it. The first model slated to begin in 2025 is the PV5, which is aimed at targeting ride hailing drivers, delivery drivers and utility services.

Kia’s modular platform is called the Platform Beyond Vehicle, or PBV. Owners will be able to change the layout of their van whenever they feel like it, so a PV5 can go from a standard height to a high roof with a few simple steps. In addition to the PV5, which was shown in multiple configurations, Kia also revealed a tiny PV1 designed for easy mobility in hyper urban environments, and the PV7, the largest model in the lineup.

6 / 16 is . The automaker, , has unveiled a pair of as part of their new Honda 0 series called the Saloon and Space Hub at . The new 0 Series is meant to symbolize when it comes to both design and engineering. Everything comes from three core principles with this new line of cars: Thin, Light and Wise.

Honda says they counter the traditional constraints of while building on Honda’s “M/M” ) philosophy. 7 / 16 The in Las Vegas is always a fount of jaw dropping new technology, from and foldable TVs to the latest smart home devices and even . Automakers and suppliers have come to CES in recent years with everything from actual new car reveals to more over arching tech announcements, but a lot of the time it’s pretty boring stuff, especially for the every day enthusiast.

But this year Continental has unveiled a new transparent in car display that could revolutionize automotive interior design. Called the Crystal Center Display, the screen was jointly developed by Continental and Swarovski Mobility. An Austrian brand that has been around since 1895, is one of the largest crystal producers in the world, and it already has a presence in the automotive world.

The old had Swarovski crystals in the LED headlights, and are offered with headlights and like seat and iDrive controls made from Swarovski crystal. 8 / 16 At CES in Las Vegas on Tuesday brought the Jabbawockeez dance crew onstage to unveil its new pickup truck, the Wild. While that pickup is just a concept for now, also used its CES presentation to formally announce that its super small, super cute and hopefully super cheap will be sold in America, according to .

The VF3 has total Suzuki Jimny vibes in terms of styling, but it’s much, much smaller. At just 125.6 inches long, the VF3 is almost a foot shorter than even the kei version of the Jimny, and it’s only a couple inches longer than the old Scion iQ. That means the VF3 is also nearly two feet shorter than the new Fiat 500e, which will be the smallest EV on sale when it reaches U.S.

dealers within the next few months. 9 / 16 Automotive journalists love to clown on , always talking about how they are, but not me. I’m already the kind of guy that says “thanks girl” after asking Siri a question, and I do love using a in a car (emphasis on the word “good”). They can genuinely lessen driver distraction and accomplish a number of features, but most of the assistants on the market are kinda clunky, robotic and not very fun.

At CES 2024 Mercedes Benz is aiming to change that, unveiling a new virtual assistant for its next gen MB.OS infotainment system that will debut with . Mercedes says the new assistant uses generative for a “hyper personalized user experience” that will feel like a natural conversation. 10 / 16 just debuted , and to go along with the two new models are two new company logos.

revised its “H mark” — Honda speak for its iconic H emblem — that will be used on all next generation EVs, and it’s worn by the concepts unveiled at CES. There’s also a new 0 logo for its upcoming 0 Series models — that’s the number zero — the name of Honda’s new EV lineup. The new H mark does away with the rectangle encircling the H on the current badge, leaving behind a stylized and slightly more squat H that Honda says resembles two outstretched hands.

We noticed that the new H mark is more reminiscent of the company’s original logo that was used from 1961 to 1969 than it is akin to the current H mark, which is a nice retro moment. Overall it’s a redesign that looks clean and concise, if a touch more abstract, and Honda says is intended to commemorate the development of Honda’s next generation .

11 / 16 released teaser images of a refreshed version of its vaunted , a car that driving enthusiasts love piloting, but that caused controversy with an unintuitive infotainment system and uninspiring looks. The GTI is a timeless motoring legend but the latest MK8 GTI was the first one in a long time that came with caveats to its greatness.

The driving experience was an improvement over the , but most other aspects of the car were not universally improved, including the recent and heartbreaking decision to end production of the toward the end of last year. 12 / 16 Despite the push, are of transportation — they’re , either. And despite eVTOL and no one actually bringing one of these things to market yet, over $5 billion into the industry over the last decade.

Hyundai is one of the biggest presences in the eVTOL space, and the fruit of that investment was shown at this year’s CES in the form of a new eVTOL concept. Developed in conjunction with air mobility startup (a company that Hyundai has invested nearly $1 billion into since 2021), Hyundai debuted the S A2 eVTOL concept, a follow up to its S A1 concept from CES 2020.

It’s described as a V tail aircraft that can cruise at up to 1,500 feet, at speeds of 120 mph, for trips between 25 and 40 miles long. Supernal says it’s as quiet as a dishwasher (65 decibels) during takeoff and even quieter (45 dB) when it’s cruising. 13 / 16 Sony and Honda really, truly are building a car together.

The Sony Honda Mobility joint venture — or SHM, as the brand calls itself – at the Consumer Electronics Show that looks closer to production than what we’ve seen before and made a number of engineering and technology partnership announcements. Most excitingly, Sony and Honda are joining forces with studio to develop real world cars and improve video game ones.

Honestly, this feels like a no brainer to me. Sony has been playing up the PlayStation connection ever since debuting , and the latest Afeela was driven onto the stage using a PS5 controller. (SHM says that was just for a demo, don’t worry.) The car’s infotainment system is being developed with Epic Games and uses Unreal Engine 5, and SHM touts how it will have an .

14 / 16 VinFast is, by all accounts, not a . Sure, many of its cars are genuinely nice looking machines, but that curb appeal starts to wear off when you — the vehicles are simply not ready for prime time. Of course, rather than address these faults, VinFast seems . The company is shuffling its C suite, getting into dealerships, and — really, doing everything except improving the single car it actually sells in the States.

Now, having learned seemingly no lessons from the launch of the VF8, the company wants to enter the extremely competitive midsize pickup market with its new VF Wild concept. 15 / 16 Mercedes Benz announced a slew of stuff at CES, from to musical EV sounds developed with Will.I.Am that change as you drive.

CES was also host to the North American debuts of the Concept CLA and the new E Class, but the only thing that I truly care about is the camouflaged prototype of the upcoming electric G Class. First previewed by in 2021, , and Mercedes says it will be the best ever made both on road and off. To really show off what the electric G is capable of, Mercedes took four prototypes out to a closed off section of the Las Vegas strip in the middle of the night so it could demonstrate the “G Turn” function, which uses the SUV’s four electric motors to do a tank turn, spinning the G Class around in place.

Mercedes says that “G Turn must not be used on public roads” and that it was developed specifically for off roading, but my desire to do this in the middle of Beverly Hills or in line at the drive thru is just far too strong. What are you gonna do, arrest me? 16 / 16.