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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.

2 professors, Kaushal Jani and Nirav Desai from the Amiraj College of Engineering, Gujarat, along with a bunch of 15 students, embarked on a project to build their own version of a driverless vehicle.

We've seen Google glass change the way people look at eye wear. The technology in this field has gained immense traction with companies like BMW using them for quality control purposes. We know where this technology is heading and that may be one reason why Mini decided to add some style and introduce their Augmented Vision system at the Shanghai Motor Show.

The trip comprised the vehicle traversing about 3,400 miles (5,472Km) from San Francisco to New York with 99 per cent of the drive in completely automated mode.