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The Hottest New Cars of CES 2022The Hottest New Cars of CES 2022

As befits CES, they are all electric vehicles, but they bring a wide variety of ideas to their technology.

Dan Carney, Senior Editor

January 11, 2022

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Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Sony

Time was when Sony rolled into the Consumer Electonics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to show off its latest Trinitron CRT television and Betavision VCR technology. Now the consumer electronics colossus has pivoted to electric vehicles (could apply to either Sony or CES, actually), with the exhibit of a pair of electric cars.

While Sony, along with the likes of Apple and Apple contract supplier Foxconn, is elbowing into the car market, the legacy carmakers are well along their journeys to becoming tech companies.

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They brought out some amazing advances, like the shape-shifting Mercedes-Benz EQXX that optimizes its aerodynamic form.

BMW has developed a cloaking device for the the iX, letting it change colors so that it can seem to disappear when changing from white to black.

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About the Author

Dan Carney

Senior Editor, Design News

Dan’s coverage of the auto industry over three decades has taken him to the racetracks, automotive engineering centers, vehicle simulators, wind tunnels, and crash-test labs of the world.

A member of the North American Car, Truck, and Utility of the Year jury, Dan also contributes car reviews to Popular Science magazine, serves on the International Engine of the Year jury, and has judged the collegiate Formula SAE competition.

Dan is a winner of the International Motor Press Association's Ken Purdy Award for automotive writing, as well as the National Motorsports Press Association's award for magazine writing and the Washington Automotive Press Association's Golden Quill award.

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He has held a Sports Car Club of America racing license since 1991, is an SCCA National race winner, two-time SCCA Runoffs competitor in Formula F, and an Old Dominion Region Driver of the Year award winner. Co-drove a Ford Focus 1.0-liter EcoBoost to 16 Federation Internationale de l’Automobile-accredited world speed records over distances from just under 1km to over 4,104km at the CERAM test circuit in Mortefontaine, France.

He was also a longtime contributor to the Society of Automotive Engineers' Automotive Engineering International magazine.

He specializes in analyzing technical developments, particularly in the areas of motorsports, efficiency, and safety.

He has been published in The New York Times, NBC News, Motor Trend, Popular Mechanics, The Washington Post, Hagerty, AutoTrader.com, Maxim, RaceCar Engineering, AutoWeek, Virginia Living, and others.

Dan has authored books on the Honda S2000 and Dodge Viper sports cars and contributed automotive content to the consumer finance book, Fight For Your Money.

He is a member and past president of the Washington Automotive Press Association and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers

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