Videos Showing What the Mercedes Self-Driving Car is All About
Giancarlo Perlas March 19, 2015
The introduction of the Mercedes self-driving car, the F 015 Luxury in Motion certainly opens up a lot of possibilities in future transportation. When the concept car was unveiled at the 2015 CES, it rocked the automobile world to its core because of the numerous features that it offered, which were not witnessed before.
While the development of autonomous vehicles were no longer new to everyone when the F 015 came out because companies like Google and Audi have already green-lighted similar projects earlier and Mercedes also presented its Future Truck 2025 prior, the Mercedes self-driving car had set a new standard in the industry. That was achieved through the successful integration of futuristic automotive technology with luxury.
In this article two videos will give us a better glimpse of what we could expect from the luxurious driverless car of Mercedes-Benz.
In the video below provided by the New York Times, we are afforded an opportunity to see the actual experience of the car’s occupants. In addition to the capabilities of the car that were revealed last CES, it also shows how even the passengers can freely operate the various driving features of the car with the condition that the driver has provided access to them. However, as noted by Molly Wood, the demo does not display the full-potential of the F 015 yet, because it was not operating on a fully-autonomous capacity. She said the unit was only following a pre-programmed route.
Another video from TechRadar offers a more thorough discussion of the Mercedes self-driving car features. The details about the different key elements of the auto were provided by none other than Peter Lehmann, the chief engineer of the Mercedes autonomous vehicle.
