CES continues to change and adapt, and that spells a solid future for companies with big investments in the technology.

From helping drivers with disabilities to making cities more efficient, there are many ways experts say the technology will transform transportation.

Mercedes-Benz said on Monday it will launch a new advanced driver-assistance system in the United States later this year that lets its vehicles operate autonomously on city streets under driver supervision.

Mercedes’ software-defined vehicle strategy quietly changes how cars evolve, updating continuously instead of aging by model year. I don’t think software-defined vehicles are interesting because they’re clever.

The company said the new group has been created amid demand to strengthen both commercial and technical collaboration with autonomous driving customers.

At CES 2026, Autoliv and Tensor unveiled a foldable steering wheel for Level 4 autonomous driving in the production-ready Tensor Robocar.

At the CES conference, Jensen Huang, the company’s chief executive, said the more efficient and powerful chip would begin shipping later this year.

Recent service disruptions involving Waymo autonomous vehicles in San Francisco have drawn attention to a core challenge in autonomous mobility: dependence on a single network or network access technology.