1. Human-Machine Interface (HMI)

Motorists are suffering from technology overload. "The trend for the future is to seamlessly integrate all of the mobile devices. It redefines the definition of luxury," says Johnson Controls VP Mike Warsaw. Navigation, Bluetooth mobile phones, portable audio and video devices will all get synched into one interface along with the rest of the vehicles' increasingly complex electronic systems.

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