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Taxi hailing company Uber Wednesday claimed that its air taxi can cut travel time in a congested city like Mumbai by 90 per cent. It had named Dallas and Los Angeles in the US as the first two cities for the commercial launch of its aerial taxi service by 2023 and has been on the lookout to select an international city as its third partner.

The iconic American motorcycle brand is recruiting top talent in the electric vehicle space to build capabilities for new products and segments.Harley-Davidson will launch its first electric motorcycle, LiveWire, in 2019. The LiveWire will be the first in a portfolio of electric two-wheelers designed by the company, and will be followed by a whole family of electric motorcycles by 2022.

Pioneer India has launched its new Smart Sync system which aims at providing all smartphone connectivity in one app. It basically serves as a more affordable substitute to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

Maruti Suzuki, India's largest automaker is also India's largest seller of automatic cars. With the likes of popular models like the new Swift, Dzire and even the sub-compact Vitara Brezza SUV getting an automated manual transmission or AMT unit, urban buyers are lapping them up by the thousands. In figures shared exclusively with NDTV carandbike, Maruti Suzuki has revealed that since the introduction of AMT, or as Maruti Suzuki calls is - AGS (Auto Gear Shift), the automaker has sold 3.6 lakh cars in India with this gearbox. In comparison, sales of the CVT or standard torque convertor automatic on the likes of the Baleno and the Ciaz are said to be less than 10 per cent of the AMT's overall sales.

Engineers record trust levels in the person before and after the pod makes 'eye contact' to find out whether it generates sufficient confidence that it would stop for them. Previous studies suggest as many 63 per cent of pedestrians and cyclists say they'd feel less safe sharing the road with a self-driving vehicle.

German auto giant Volkswagen said Thursday it would launch an all-electric car-sharing service in Berlin next year, hoping to show off new models and break into a fast-growing market.

Volkswagen AG is on the hunt for self-driving technology and recently tried to buy Aurora Innovation, an autonomous-driving startup founded by veterans of Tesla Inc. and Alphabet Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Continental also operates a full-fledged R&D centre, called the Continental Technical Centre India (TCI) in Bengaluru, catering to Continental's entire automotive business globally.