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10 incredible innovations in the driverless Nissan IDS

Danielle Muoio

2016-03-07T20:17:12Z

Nissan showed of its IDS Concept car the Geneva Motor Show, and it's full of futuristic features.

For starters, the car is both autonomous and electric. But it also comes with some sweet innovations that allow the interior of the car to change when driving in autonomous mode. We first saw it at the Tokyo Motor Show in October, but it made its European debut at the Geneva show.

Here's a look at 10 incredible innovations in the car:

The concept car highlights Nissan's vision for its driverless cars. The automaker plans on having its driverless technology ready by 2020.

When a driver elects to have the car run autonomously, its steering wheel folds into the dashboard and is replaced by a digital screen.

The touch screen can be used to watch TV or even take selfies of people driving in the car.

When the car is in manual mode, it resembles any other four-seater.

But once it enters autonomous mode, you can turn the seats to face each other.

Have a conversation or meal together while your car drives for you!

It can also park itself!

If the car detects a pedestrian in it's path, it will stop and signal to the pedestrians that it's safe to cross.

The interior comes with a large display next to the steering wheel that will show useful information like navigation.

You can also elect to use the car's heads-up display to see how far you are from your destination and speed without looking away from the road.

Did we mention it's also electric? There's no word on the car's range, but it comes with a 60 kWh battery, which is double the battery in the Nissan Leaf that has a range of 84 miles per charge.

Whether it will ever leave concept mode has yet to be determined, but it showcases Nissans unique vision for how driverless technology will change future car interiors.