The German artists and engineers gathering, Mercedes-Benz revealed a concept of what they hold for our future, the F 015 Luxury in Motion is just a glimpse of how impossibly beautiful your everyday ride will be in a few years.
Almost everything from way, position and the angle you sit in your ride to the security measures are redefined by the master designers of Mercedes.
Now it’s all about being comfortable as you are in your bed. You will sit in front of each other like you are in your living room, talking to the one next to you without any need to look out for the traffic. This might sound a bit familiar to sitting in a limo and as much as it might seem easy to think of, you have to remember that Google Car never thought of such feature.
This is where you start thinking about the security. While Mercedes-Benz has been one of the safest companies to produce street cars, one might think that starting a new era, testing new technologies, and suddenly turning to smart technologies for a company can be tricky. Well, that is a fair idea but you should consider that Mercedes have been working on automotive driving for more than two years now. “Two years ago, its Intelligent Drive research vehicle drove 60 miles from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, negotiating urban and highway traffic all by itself. The latest E- and S-Class models already handle themselves in traffic jams using something Mercedes calls Stop&Go pilot. That ability should include autonomous highway driving with a few years”.
As mentioned earlier, wither fortunately or unfortunately almost everything has been redesigned as it might sound like Benz has reinvented cars. For example they have considered an unusually long wheelbase of 3.6 meters to allow for plenty of cabin room and of course a more comfortable ride, but it can make some difficulties for the drivers to handle this unusual length. Oh wait! There is no driver. The saloon doors are also redesigned to look classic and modern at the same time by simply putting touchscreen displays on the doors.
Mercedes has also thought it through if you want to drive it yourself. The steering the steering wheel, accelerator and pedal are folded right where they should be, and all you have to do is to turn the sit around and take control. Almost at every point you look in this car there is a touch screen ready for your commands to be inserted, and for the driver, they made the dashboard touchscreen, as well. Controllable using eye(!) or hand movements.
“The concept has been in the works for about four years and was born from an “intercultural workshop” among Mercedes designers, autonomous driving experts, and the automaker’s cigarette-smoking, in-house futurist”. You can’t possibly think that is all Mercedes-Benz has come up with in four years! Check this video for more information.
Warning: you will hate your car and driving in general after watching this video
Mercedes-Benz promises a future where no one has to drive anymore
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