2022 Ces News Today

Called the Damon HyperFighter Colossus, this 200PS naked offers a 234km combined claimed range

Sony seems to be winning it all. The Japanese giant has gambled with everything from personal music to gaming consoles. Two years ago, it revealed the Vision-S concept and refuted any claims about going into production. Not anymore! Sony has leaped into the murky waters of EVs and is not turning back after unveiling the Vision-S 02 concept. Analysts feel this is a risky maneuver.

General Motors showcased its new computing architecture for its Ultra Cruise system. The architecture was developed in collaboration with Qualcomm, and it involves the first dedicated Snapdragon system-on-chips. The new technology is for "door-to-door hands-free driving."

VinFast has announced it has begun a reservation program for its first two EVs, the VF e35 and e36, which started at the 2022 CES. The Vietnamese brand wants to apply blockchain technologies in the reservation certification process, as well as in payments and even ownership. This would be a world first.

Volvo has announced its Ride Pilot autonomous driving feature, which will first come to customers in California with the company's next-generation pure electric vehicles. The Swedish marque will reveal its new flagship vehicle later this year.

Kenworth's new all-electric truck was unveiled at the 2022 CES in the PACCAR Innovations booth. It is a production model that is available in multiple configurations and can deliver up to 670 horsepower, while its range is estimated at 150 miles (ca. 241 kilometers).

Sometimes, being a big carmaker leads to slow reactions to changes, and Chrysler just proved that, since it took it such a long time to react to the car market changes from the internal-combustion engines to the electric-car revolution. But now it joined the other big key players.

BridghtDrop, a company owned by General Motors that was launched a year ago, has announced a new significant deal with an important commercial customer. After already starting deliveries to FedEx, the GM subsidiary announced a deal with Walmart.

In some fields, the first or the most commonplace product to market gets to have its name known across the world as the synonym of a product it makes. One such example is the Bobcat, which has become synonymous with skid-steer loaders and small front loaders in general. They made an EV and revealed it at the 2022 CES.

Indigo Technologies, a start-up company that managed to hire the former Head of Innovation at Audi, as well as a former Designer at Porsche and Lucid, will showcase two vehicle designs at CES. They are called Indigo Flow and Indigo Flow Plus.