Mercedes-Benz on automated test drive in Australia



Australia is one of Mercedes-Benz's core markets. Mercedes-Benz Australia has therefore already been testing automated driving functions with its own test vehicle based on the EClass since March 2017, in close cooperation with the Research and Development Center in Germany. This EClass is equipped with the software technology of the new SClass. Covering more than 20,000 test kilometres between Perth and Melbourne as well as Melbourne and Brisbane, it has collected valuable information on local traffic practices and road signs, and also comprehensively tested the digital map data from HERE. From December, this EClass will face the specific challenges posed by road traffic in New Zealand. CASE – on the way to autonomous driving In the past seven years, Mercedes-Benz has conducted about 5100 test drives around the world with 175 test vehicles for validations of driver assistance systems in the field alone. The majority of these have taken place as part of near-launch road trials. The performance of the driver assistance systems was assessed over some 9.5 million kilometres in Europe, the USA, China, Australia and South Africa, and more than 1.2 million measurements were made in real-life traffic situations in particular for their continuous enhancement. Autonomous driving is one of the four strategic areas for the future which form an integral part of the corporate strategy of Daimler AG under the acronym CASE. CASE – these letters are shaping the future of mobility. They stand for networking (Connected), autonomous driving (Autonomous), flexible use (Shared & Services) and electric powertrains (Electric). The aim is to shape intuitive mobility for the customers through intelligent dovetailing of all four CASE fields. Source: Daimler AG https://www.instagram.com/ipresscar_ http://ipresscar.blogspot.co.uk https://twitter.com/ipresscar https://www.facebook.com/Ipresscar-98... Help us to grow rapidly, all your donation will go to our channel. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...

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