Hacked Jeep In Ditch Sends Warning To German Luxury-Car Trio

When hackers landed a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV Jeep in a ditch last week, it sent a warning to BMW AG, Audi and Mercedes-Benz as the German luxury-car trio compete increasingly on technology rather than just horsepower. Mercedes’s E-Class will soon be able to help steer itself, Audi sent an unmanned RS7 down a track at race-car speeds and BMW’s new 7-Series responds to hand gestures. All three already offer self-braking systems and highly automated cruise control that are slowly shifting driving responsibility away from the human and toward the machine.