It can brake when it senses an imminent collision, as can Ford's B-Max minivan.

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The carmaker said the B-Max would eventually run its AppLink system, which will add control of smartphone apps to voice-operated commands.

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Ford hopes the B-Max, which goes on sale in Europe later this year, will help expand its current 4 million U.S. SYNC users to 13 million worldwide by 2015.

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"Tim Bradley, in almost every respect is a B-plus fighter but he has A-plus determination that makes him special, " said Max Kellerman, a CNN contributor and an analyst for HBO, which like CNN is owned by Time Warner.

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