AHEAD of debut in 2017, Mercedes-Benz E-Class has been described as a car to patiently wait for, as it promises to offer potential that goes beyond what any other car will offer in terms of luxury and unmatched technological features.
The sedan, slated to debut at the 2016 Detroit auto show, comes with more sensors, cameras, and radar units that will enable drivers to park their car without being in it, talk to other cars, see the night as if it were day, read traffic signs, and transform a smartphone into a key.
The car won’t be completely autonomous, meaning a person is going to have to sit in the driver’s seat, but the car is expected to demonstrate how much safer the world could become.
Director of Driver Assistant Systems and Active Safety at Mercedes, Michael Hafner, said: “The potential of the new E-Class goes beyond what any other car will offer.”
Mercedes promises to move the technology quickly through its lineup in much the same way that all the S-Class features that arrived two years ago have already proliferated through Mercedes’ other vehicles.
The expanded Intelligent Drive already brings drivers closer to autonomy. A Mercedes with adaptive cruise control and lane keep assist will adjust a car’s speed, keeping the vehicle between the lines as it flies down the highway. The system is so good that there are times when the car has to remind the driver to put his or her hands back on the wheel.
The car can automatically adjust to the highway’s speed limit using either its cameras to read road signs or the navigation system to mark the speed limit based on the vehicle’s location.
Additionally, Mercedes’ Active Brake Assist uses the car’s radar system to detect other vehicles and judge whether they are slowing down or speeding up and then warn the driver of a pending collision or initiate the brakes.
The car’s processor, which is continuously evaluating situations, can determine if the driver needs to take evasive manoeuvres and, if an accident is imminent, prepare the driver for impact. Humans take seconds to make a decision but the car can do it milliseconds, which is the difference between a close call and a call to your insurance agent.
Among the most pronounced features of the upcoming luxury class that have been making the rounds on the internet is its autonomous Park Pilot, which allows the owner to park the car via remote control.
It is actually the same feature as that of the BMW 7 Series so the one in the Mercedes-Benz E-Class is officially the second in the world although there are reported testing already being done on self-driving vehicles since last year, most notably by Google and Apple. What the Park Pilot feature of the 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class is just a baby step for the supposed self-driving vehicles of the future.
The 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class has been undergoing test runs as of late and many spy shots have come out of it on the road. There are also snapshots of the luxury sedan without disguise and those have become the subject of scrutiny by car experts.
While many motoring enthusiasts think that the 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class is just a refined copy of the S-Class and the C-Class, the upcoming luxury sedan has distinguishing features actually, notes Auto Evolution.
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