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A video game to help people understand the risks posed by using their phone while driving. The game, called SMS Racing, gives users a firsthand experience of the aforementioned perils.

These accidents involved Google's cars being hit from behind 7 times, mostly at traffic lights.

Uber is planning to raise $1.5 billion - $2 billion in the next round of funding. If the ride-sharing company manages to raise that amount, it will become worth about $50 billion, which could give it the status of the most valuable venture-backed startup.

India's track record has not been good when it comes to road safety. 1.4 million people die every year due to road accidents and the number is increasing as the days pass. Safety of the occupants and pedestrians cannot be taken lightly and even car manufacturers have started to realise that.

We'd told you about the autonomous technology that Daimler Trucks was working on and now they've become the world's first manufacturer to be granted a road license for an autonomous heavy-duty truck.

The predictive efficiency assistant recognizes curves, roundabouts and intersections, descents and ascents, as well as municipality border signs and speed limit signs - often before the driver even sees them. Drivers who fully utilize this features can reduce fuel consumption by up to ten percent.

BMW and Porsche have unveiled their new apps for the Apple Watch which will allow their respective users to have all the information they need about the car at their fingertips.

The toll that conventional fuels take on the environment has been the subject of several discussions all over the world and rightly so. Taking another step in this direction, Audi has come up with a synthetic fuel that could contribute significantly to climate protection - Audi e-diesel.