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Automotive Tech & AI: What’s Coming to Cars in India
EV platforms, ADAS and sensors, software-defined cars, AI assistants, batteries, charging and materials — explained for Indian buyers with a note on when each reaches cars sold here.
ai29 Oct 2026
Perplexity in a Hyundai, Gemini in a Skoda: how generative-AI voice assistants actually work in cars sold in India
The Bayon ships with a Perplexity-and-SoundHound assistant, the new Slavia and Mercedes with Google's Gemini agent. What runs in the car, what runs in the cloud, and what it can and cannot do.
5 min read
adas29 Oct 2026
Level 2 ADAS is now a ₹7 lakh feature: what the Glanza, Elevate and Bayon actually give you, and how it copes with Indian roads
Adaptive cruise, lane keeping and emergency braking have reached a ₹6.99 lakh hatchback. The sensor sets, what Level 2 means, where it fails on Indian roads, and what to ask before you pay.
6 min read