With Artificial Intelligence set to change many aspects of oil exploration, lubes and fuel production and marketing, voice analysis could be the most significant challenge according to OATS.
A new report into Europe's automotive consumer behaviour shows Spain leading the way in digital engagement and VW dominating the continent's web traffic.
Chinese online retail giant Alibaba has created a giant cat-shaped vending machine to help consumers book and take out vehicles for test drives. Ford is heavily involved in the project.
New technology allows car owners to give real-time feedback to car makers.
The overall Autonomous vehicle market could accelerate to become a $560bn industry. Volvo has now signed a deal to develop vehicles with Uber.
Google has responded to consumers increased shopping searches by introducing the new feature in image searches.
The US tech giant has made a $1bn investment in Didi Chuxing
Increased functionalities are cluttering the ubiquitous app, turning off end users
In both cities and rural areas 358 million Chinese people made a payment from a mobile device last year
Tencent and Alibaba are teaming up with Sinopec and CNPC, respectively