At the tech world’s annual blowout preview, the Consumer Electronics Show, the buzz around cool gadgets that existed a decade ago has now shifted toward the car. Because of the huge shifts occurring and about to occur in the transportation world, from electrification to ride-sharing to autonomous driving, there’s plenty for carmakers and suppliers to make noise about. And as a result, CES has become a kind of defacto stop on the auto show calendar. While we didn’t see any major vehicles unveiled this year at CES, there were plenty of breakthrough technologies announced—from real innovations coming to cars weeks or months from now, to far out ideas that will revolutionize how we drive (or be driven). Here are some of the best:
