CES 2022 Overview – Key Themes and Topics

January 7, 2022

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Against the odds, CES returned this year in person. Here are a selection of the highlights

Autonomy, Robotics and Sustainability

Autonomy

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Volvo will be conducting tests of its new “Ride Pilot” self-driving capability in California
John Deere breaks new ground with self-driving tractors controlled from a phone
Cadillac expanded its vision for personal autonomous mobility with the InnerSpace concept – a dramatic, two-passenger autonomous luxury EV
CES is hosting a high-speed autonomous car race with University students designing the algorithms that control them

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Robotics

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Hyundai Motors displayed its vision for robotics in the real world and metaverse under the theme “mobility of things”
LG unveiled a range of bots including the CLOi Serve Bot, capable of serving drinks and snacks
Yukai Engineering unveiled a robotic cat named Amagami Ham Ham which can nibble your fingers
DEEP Robotics’ Jueying Lite2 Robot Dog set tongues wagging with a range of back flips

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Sustainability

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Sony announced ‘Vision-S’, an initiative aimed at “contributing to the evolution of mobility”
Mercedes-Benz showcased the sleek Vision EQXX concept, with a range of 621 miles
BMW launched electric iX M60 super-SUV with 611bhp to rival Audi e-Tron S
Chrysler unveiled Airflow Concept and confirms it is going fully electric by 2028
General Motors debuted new Chevy Silverado EV pick-up and announced EV versions of the Chevy Equinox and Blazer SUVs

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Connected Cars and Cabin Technology

Connected Cars

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LG unveiled its Omnipod ‘a future mobility concept cabin that can reconstruct the customer’s space for purpose.’
BMW showcased its innovative colour-changing iX Flow which uses the same E-ink technology as Amazon’s Kindle
Ford Explorer and Lincoln Navigator to have Amazon Fire TV
Blackberry used CES 2022 to talk about Blackberry IVY, its intelligent vehicle data platform co-developed with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Cabin Technology

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Stellantis announced a collaboration with Amazon to deploy the global merchant’s web services technology in its vehicles
BMW showed a huge 31-inch in-car screen to keep backseat passengers entertained as well as launching its ‘digital art mode’ which will see art featured on the curved display that sits atop the iX’s dashboard
Google made several announcements related to cars compatible with Android Auto as well as cars with Google built-in including a partnership with Volvo
Gentex is developing a hypersensitive camera for vehicle interiors that is so responsive it can sense your heartbeat, detect a sleeping baby’s breath and even make out objects that aren’t in its line of sight

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