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C | Combined Management Report | Sustainability
Our “road to accident-free driving.” Vehicle safety is one
of our core areas of expertise and a key component of our
product strategy. For over 60 years, our engineers have been
ahead of their time in the development of new safety techno-
logies. Our vision of accident-free driving continues to motivate
us to make mobility as safe as possible for all road users.
Autonomous driving with the S 500 INTELLIGENT DRIVE.
The S 500 INTELLIGENT DRIVE is a milestone on the road
to accident-free driving. In August 2013, Mercedes-Benz became
the world’s first automaker to prove that autonomous driving
is also possible in cities and on highways and country roads.
The vehicle covered the same route taken by Bertha Benz
125 years ago, when she became the first person to complete
such a long trip in an automobile. In the dense traffic of the
21st century, the innovative Mercedes-Benz S-Class research
vehicle faced the difficult challenge of driving autonomously
in highly complex situations – with traffic lights, roundabouts,
pedestrians, cyclists and streetcars. The unusual aspect of
this pioneering achievement is that it was accomplished not with
extremely expensive special technology, but instead with
the help of technology that is close to the series-production
stage. This technology is similar to systems that are already
available for the new E-Class and S-Class. Beginning in 2014,
they will also be available in the new C-Class.
Anticipatory active chassis. The new Stereo Multi Purpose
Camera (SMPC), or “stereo camera” for short, provides vehicle
occupants with even more safety and comfort. The system’s
two “eyes” enable it to monitor in 3D an area extending approxi-
mately 50 meters in front of the vehicle. The system can also
see as far as 500 meters ahead. The information is analyzed
with the help of sophisticated algorithms. Within a wide area,
the system can thus detect and spatially localize oncoming vehi-
cles as well as vehicles that are driving ahead or coming from
the side. It can also recognize and localize pedestrians and var-
ious types of traffic signs and road markings. The new camera
supplies data to a variety of systems for further processing.
One of them is the one-of-a-kind ROAD SURFACE SCAN
system, which was first introduced in the new S-Class and turns
the ABC feature into MAGIC BODY CONTROL. ROAD SURFACE
SCAN recognizes and measures the road surface ahead, while
ACTIVE BODY CONTROL, which is an enhanced active sus-
pension system, uses this information to largely offset body
movements caused by the road. The chassis is adjusted
to each situation within a fraction of a second, enabling body
movement to be substantially reduced. This results in an
unprecedented level of ride comfort.
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Multi-mode radar
80 m range/opening angle 16°
30 m range/opening angle 80°
Short-range radar
0.2-30 m range/opening angle 80°
Near/far infrared camera
160 m range/opening angle 20°
Stereo multi-purpose camera
500 m range, with 3-D capability over a
range of 50 m/opening angle 45°
Long-range radar
with mid-range scan
200 m range/opening angle 18°
60 m range/opening angle 60°
Ultrasonic sensors
1.2/4.5 m range
All-round visibility in the S-Class
1 S 400 HYBRID: fuel consumption in l/100 km
urban 7.4 – 6.6 / extra-urban 6.5 – 6.1 / combined 6.8 – 6.3;
CO2 emissions in g/km combined 159 – 147.
2 S 300 BlueTEC HYBRID: fuel consumption in l/100 km
urban 4.8 – 4.7 / extra-urban 4.6 – 4.3 / combined 4.7 – 4.4;
CO2 emissions in g/km combined 124 – 115.
3 S 500 PLUG-IN HYBRID: market launch in second half of 2014.
4 B-Class Electric Drive: market launch at first in the USA in Q2 2014.
5 smart fortwo electric drive: electricity consumption
in kWh/100 km 15.1; CO2 emissions in g/km 0.0.
6 B-Class F-CELL: H2 consumption in kg/100 km 0.97;
CO2 emissions in g/km 0.0.
7 A-Class E-CELL: electricity consumption in kWh/100 km 17.5;
CO2 emissions in g/km 0.0.
8 Vito E-CELL: electricity consumption in kWh/100 km 25.2;
CO2 emissions in g/km 0.0.
9 SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive: electricity consumption in kWh/100 km 26.8;
CO2 emissions in g/km 0.0.