
Las Vegas — CES 2025 has returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center and various casino resorts. While CES is technically not an auto show, vehicle technology makes up a large portion of the show’s footprint.
Here are four of the big debuts from automotive companies at CES:
Let’s start with Honda who showed off two new 0 Series models: First is the 0 SUV prototype that is based on the Space-Hub concept model that was unveiled at CES last year. Secondly, the 0 Saloon prototype features a low height and sporty “wedge-shaped” styling that sets the Saloon apart from other EVs in the market. Both vehicles are confirmed to begin production in 2026 at the Honda EV Hub in Ohio.
Scout Motors is returning to the United States market. Its last vehicle, a pickup truck, was sold here in 1980. The company is back with financial support from Volkswagen. Scout showed off two new models at CES: The Traveler SUV and the Terra pickup truck.
“We’re excited to bring back two of the next great Scout products,“ said Ryan Decker, strategy director at Scout Motors Inc. “Both are in the core of the American market, the largest segments and profit pools. We have two powertrain offers. We have an all-electric offer, of course, and a range-extender option, what we call the Harvester edition. The Harvester edition is a battery-electric powertrain supported by a built-in, gas-powered generator that enables drivers to go over 500 miles.”
BMW introduced its all new panoramic iDrive system with four key components: A heads-up display from a pillar to a pillar, a BMW 3D heads-up display, a center display with backlight technology and a new multifunction steering wheel with buttons that are illuminated.
“This is a projection technology that is invisible from a display side when turned off,“ said Lorenz Makeschin, vice president of BMW Group Technology Office USA. “Once you turn it on, we will be able to project from pillar to pillar to display information and keep your eyes safely on the road to follow your driving. These are still hardware buttons for efficient and safe usage of the most essential functions of driving and an improved display system because Panoramic Vision is more on eye level than any other system we had in the past.”
“If you take a look at those two Vision cars outside, you can see how much actually frees up and declutters the interior and the dashboard. We didn’t just simply add another display. That’s why this Panoramic Vision technology allows us to disappear the display when it’s not in use and show you with a holographic projection actually giving you better focal depth and better experience of how technology should really show when you need it.”
Panoramic iDrive will be introduced in all new BMW models starting at the end of 2025.
Meanwhile, a new startup company called Aptera showed off a solar-powered EV. Each vehicle can generate enough solar power for up to 40 miles of free daily driving. Aptera’s Launch Edition vehicle allows its owner to travel up to 400 miles on a single charge.
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