The Best Automotive Tech at CES 2026
if you broke away from the noise about “agentic AI” in cars, EVs, eVTOLs, trucks, big rigs, fleets, robotaxis, and even boats bouncing around the halls of CES 2026, you could find some impressive automotive tech on display. Of course, AI isn’t just a buzzword and has some very necessary and powerful vehicle applications, especially for advanced and autonomous driving. There were also the typical prototype cars and proof of concepts, but that’s what makes the year’s largest tech show what it is. Amid the improbable ideas, some very real vehicles and in-car tech showed us what’s coming in the car world. Here’s what stood out.
Sony Honda mobility Afeela 1
We already dubbed the Sony-Honda EV collab’s massive front screen the best dashboard at the show, but it bears repeating. Front dashboards are the way we all interact with our cars, and the Afeela 1 understood the assignment. The massive panoramic screen that extends until the passenger
checked the driver’s smartwatch to monitor for vitals. while an impressive exmaple of what an AI agent could one day do in the car, more realistic was the concept car’s ability to navigate to the first meeting on the driver’s calendar and select a restaurant for dinner.
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