Mazda Connected Services are offered through the automaker’s MyMazda app. There, once owners part with $10 a month, they can gain access to features like remote vehicle control, vehicle finder and ...

With more vehicles getting over-the-air (OTA) updates and even some remote control features via smartphone apps such as Ford's FordPass or Genesis's homegrown effort, new cars are very connected.

A number of companies are now running remote-control rental car services, in which "teledrivers" guide an empty car out to you by remote control, and then you drive it around yourself. It's a weird ...