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Adding its name to the front runners for driverless cars, Chinese tech giant Baidu today pronounced it aim to initiate mass-production of driverless cars in 5 years in an endeavour to one-up rivals like Google and Tesla Motors.

Bentley has recently released the world's highest-definition car photo featuring the new Mulsanne Extended Wheelbase in Rose Gold over Magnetic duo-tone version crossing San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge.

Lamborghini has its roots in Italy, no doubt about it, but the company's future innovations, especially carbon fibre technology will be developed in Seattle, Washington. Called the Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory (ACSL), this new facility will operate as an entity outside Lamborghini's headquarters in Bologna. It will be responsible for unlocking new potential in carbon fibre.

The Driver Behaviour Project explores providing drivers with a personal score, based on various driver inputs, and accessed via a prototype driving app.

Now here's a helmet that sends out a distress call in case of a two wheeler accident. A Thai company is working on a helmet that makes use of basic smartphone tech such as a SIM card, GPS, impact sensors to send the precise coordinates of the accident site to emergency medical services.

We've always maintained that electric cars in any form should never be underestimated and many a car manufacturer has showed us how electricity can transform the car and its performance. So, when we heard about an electric dragster, we weren't really surprised. It's called the Electric Fox and it hit the Tierp Arena in Sweden where it managed to take down the European record for an electric dragster in the quarter mile.

We'd already told you about Porsche wanting to build more hybrid cars but the verticals keep on growing. Taking another step in this direction, Porsche's Supervisory Board has approved the founding of Porsche Digital GmbH, a company which will further develop Porsche as the leading provider of digital mobility solutions in the premium automotive segment.

Japanese auto giant, Toyota has recently entered into a partnership with the inventor of Segway, Dean Kamen to develop better mobility solution for the disabled abled and elderly people.