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It seats two, six of these can fit into an average American parking space, but what's perhaps the most far-out innovation of General Motors is its concept Electric Networked-Vehicle, or "EN-V" for short. That "networked" part of the name allows a whole host of high tech tricks, including the ability to avoid other cars and pedestrians on its own. And when you're not in it, it can even drive to you when you summon it via a smartphone application.

"It can communicate wirelessly with other vehicles and with the infrastructure so we think it could really help address safety and congestion you have a choice with this vehicle you can either let it drive you and you can just sit back and relax which is a lot of fun or you can drive the vehicle," said Chris Borroni-Bird of General Motors.

Unfortunately, one of the only features of the EN-V we'll see in the near future is the Electric part. Ford is the latest, joining Nissan with its Leaf, in announcing an all electric car that you'll be able to own in the much nearer future -- 2013 to be exact. It's the fully electric Ford Focus. What developers hope sets this apart from competitors though is a quicker charge time.

"With the quick charge, two to three hours for a full charge, you've no longer got to plan seven to eight hours. It's gonna give for the average customer somewhere in the range of, depends very much on the driving, but around 70, 80, 90 miles of driving range," said Paul Mascarenas of Ford.

There is, of course, lots also going on for updating the technology inside the car you already own. Toyota is rolling out a Ford Sync type system of its own called Entune so your radio head unit can launch apps like Pandora and OpenTable on its own, plus link to your smartphone. And Cobra's iRadar links to your iPhone to create a high-tech, ticket eluding, dynamic duo.

"It connects via Bluetooth so the two seamlessly pair and then once the two are connected you're going to get radar detector alerts, red light camera alerts, speed camera alerts, speed trap alerts all on your iPhone," said Sally Washlow of Cobra Electronics.

One thing that could actually help save your live is called the Anti-Sleep Pilot. As the name implies, it helps prevent you from falling asleep behind the wheel.

It first determines your personal risk profile based on a number of factors like your age, how long your typical work week is, and whether you're on medication. Then, while mounted on your dashboard, it determines how tired you are on the road by serving up random tests that require you touch it. It then factors in how long you take to react to determine how tired you are.

"It'll show the rise in your drowsiness and when drowsiness has become critical it will recommend you a break," said Troels Palshof of Anti-Sleep Pilot.

Developers say, created with the help of sleep scientists and mathematicians, it takes into account 26 factors before issuing its warning.