Last year it showed a robotic autonomous concept called Budii, and in past years, it's revealed a six-wheeled range-extending electric minicar, a truly go-anywhere amphibious hybrid and a shape-shifting electric 1+2. In 2016, Rinspeed will switch venues and reveal a drone-docking autonomous car at the Consumer Electronics Show. The car is called ?tos, and like all those previous Rinspeed designs, it's as interesting and thought-provoking as it is weird and overdesigned.

The Consumer Electronics Show has been attracting more and more attention from the auto industry, which highlights everything from in-vehicle electronics, to green drive tech, to full-blown concept cars like this year's Mercedes F 015. 

"The continued growth of the automotive category at CES parallels the rapid evolution of in-vehicle technologies," Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association commented last year. "From connectivity to autonomous driving technologies to other rapidly evolving innovations, consumers today view in-vehicle technology as an important factor in their buying decisions."