Are you ready to let your Mercedes drive you to work?
While the company has not quite achieved Knight Rider KITT Technology yet, this fall’s 2018 S-class sedan introduces the Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive suite of semi-autonomous driving technologies. It’s the most advanced self-driving technology of any Mercedes-Benz vehicle, and introduces what Mercedes calls a major step toward autonomous driving.
The technology will be unveiled at the Shanghai auto show later this month.
“The new S class raises Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive to the next level,” said Michael Hafner, head of automated driving and active safety at Mercedes Benz. “We are approaching the goal of automated driving more purposefully and faster than many people suspect. From the autumn, the new S class will be able to support its driver considerably better than all systems which have been available to date.”
How Self driving is Semi-Autonomous?
“Now the S class is receiving enhanced radar and camera systems to improve assistance even more,” Automotive News reports. “For the first time, map and navigation data are used to calculate driving behavior, and vehicle speed can be automatically adjusted in bends and at road junctions.”
So your Mercedes brakes will have the assistance of computed data to slow the car down when you need to, which should ease up on your need for Mercedes repair. And that’s good news, even if you can’t take a nap on your evening commute home for work just yet.
