No hand on the wheel
In the future, S-Class drivers will be able to have the Drive Pilot drive them along the autobahn.
Munich, Head of Development at Daimler, Markus Schäfer, is certain: After 136 years of automotive history, a new era is now beginning. After all, his group is just introducing a “radical paradigm shift” – the dream of the robot car is getting closer. “The lunar probe has landed,” says Schäfer.
The reason for its euphoria: Mercedes-Benz was the first vehicle manufacturer in the world to receive a so-called “system approval” for highly automated driving (Level 3) from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). This means that from now on, the brand with the three-pointed star is no longer only allowed to use assistance systems to keep its lane in its luxury S-Class sedan, but can also offer a technical pilot that enables the driver to turn away from the traffic at times.
For the first time, responsibility is completely transferred to the technology – at least on suitable motorway sections, in traffic jams or slow-moving traffic and at a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour. This is what the legislator in Germany intends to do.
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