Mercedes-Benz is taking a further major step along the road to accident-free and autonomous driving: Drivers can expect to enjoy a new dimension of safety, comfort and stress relief in the future E-Class, which is being launched next spring. Numerous innovations in the new driver assistance package will enable semi-automated driving on freeways, highways and in city traffic, allow the car to be moved into and out of tight parking spaces from outside using a smartphone app, and facilitate autonomous braking to mitigate dangerous situations.
Mercedes-Benz is taking a big step into the future by numerous innovations with the future E-Class, including in terms of the design of the interior, which features a wide high-resolution next-generation dual display (12.3 inches per display) that appears to hover in space. In addition, touch-sensitive control buttons on the steering wheel make their first appearance in a car. They allow the driver to control the entire infotainment system using finger swipes without having to take their hands off the steering wheel. The all-new experience is rounded off by a novel, intelligent graphic design with high-resolution visualisations and animations as well as simplified control logic. At the same time, the occupants enjoy a sensual interior with spacious architecture and high-quality materials.
True to Mercedes-Benz's design philosophy of sensual purity, the interior of the future E-Class becomes a luxury living area, a "third place".
Hartmut Sinkwitz, Head of Interior Design, provides an exclusive insight into the future E-Class of Mercedes-Benz: A spacious and intelligent interior accompanied by technological innovation and high-grade equipment create an exceptionally emotive experience for driver and front passenger. Therefore, Mercedes-Benz is taking a big step into the future.
After more than four years of intensive development and testing, the world premiere of the E-Class is on the horizon. The challenging test cycles focus in particular on the technical innovations which make the E-Class the most intelligent executive-class saloon. These features enable a high standard of comfortable, safe driving and enter a new dimension when it comes to relieving the stress on the driver.
Emotional design meets high-tech: The MULTIBEAM LED headlamps with 84 individually-controlled high performance LEDs respectively are an absolute highlight not just technically but also visually.
The pictures come courtesy of Germany’s Auto-Press that adds new details about the next iteration of the E-Class, codenamed W213.
According to the source, the executive sedan from Stuttgart that adopts Merc’s new and lighter modular MRA platform shared with the latest C-Class and S-Class models rides on a 65mm (2.6 inches) longer wheelbase at 2,939mm (115.3 inches) with the overall length stretched by 43mm (1.7 inches) to 4,923mm (193.8 inches).
We also learn that the E-Class’s restyled body that splits the difference between the sportier and smaller C-Class and the more posh and bigger E-Class boasts a very low drag-coefficient of 0.23.
Just in time for the opening of the biggest Consumer Electronics Show CES® in Las Vegas the most intelligent business-sedan of all times welcomes the visitors together with the C- and S-Class.
The new E-Class, which celebrates its premiere at the 2016 North American International Auto Show, marks a major step into the future. The tenth generation of the business saloon sets accents with its clear yet emotional design, its exclusive interior and a host of technical innovations enabling comfortable, safe and efficient driving of the very highest order. Groundbreaking assistance systems and a first-class operating concept make the new E-Class the most intelligent business saloon. Mercedes-Benz is also expanding its collection of dream cars with the new SLC Roadster and the Mercedes-AMG S 65 Cabriolet.
The new E-Class marks the next step on the road to autonomous driving with the DRIVE PILOT driver assistance system. It can autonomously follow a vehicle travelling in front at speeds of up to 210 km/h, and at up to 130 km/h even without clear lane markings. If the indicator is activated for at least two seconds, the system can also steer the car into the neighbouring lane, having first identified the lane is clear. Further intelligent assistance systems are Active Brake Assist with cross-traffic function, Evasive Steering Assist and Remote Parking Pilot, which, for the first time, enables remote parking using a smartphone app.
Thanks to the optional Driving Assistance package, the new E-Class is taking the next step on the road to autonomous driving. Here you can find out about the highlights of the DRIVE PILOT and gain an insight into the future functions of the system. The E-Class is the world's first standard-production vehicle to be granted a test licence for autonomous driving in the state of Nevada in the USA where, for the first time and appropriately to coincide with the leading trade fair for entertainment electronics, the "CES" in Las Vegas, three E-Class models have been approved. Since the standard version is already comprehensively equipped with a host of intelligent technology, for test purposes only some slight software modifications need to be made to the DRIVE PILOT, which were implemented in the standard-fit Intelligent Drive Controller.
The Remote Parking Pilot allows the vehicle to be moved into and out of garages and parking spaces remotely using a smartphone app, enabling the occupants to get into and out of the car easily, even if space is very tight.
At the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, series production of the new E-Class has begun. Mercedes-Benz gathers the nine previous generations at the final assembly line of the world's most intelligent business saloon for the official production start with Markus Schäfer, Board Member Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain Management. With more than 13 million saloons and estates sold, the E-Class is the highest selling vehicle in the history of Mercedes-Benz. The Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen is the competence center for the upper and luxury class in the Mercedes-Benz Cars global production network.
Mercedes-Benz is taking a big step into the future with the new E-Class celebrating its European debut in Geneva. The all-new E-Class is the most intelligent business saloon in the world. Numerous technical innovations enable comfortable and safe driving on a new level plus a new dimension in driver assistance. With the new Drive Pilot, Mercedes-Benz further advances on the way to autonomous driving. On motorways and country roads this system not only keeps a correct distance to the vehicles in front, for the first time it can also follow them at a speed of up to 210 km/h.
In the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class the optional high-resolution MULTIBEAM LED headlamps, each with 84 individually controlled high-performance LEDs, automatically illuminate the road with a hitherto unsurpassed, precision-controlled distribution of exceptionally bright light – without dazzling other road users. That's because this grid allows the light distribution of the left and right headlamps to be controlled separately and adapted to the changing situation on the road quickly and dynamically. All functions of the Intelligent Light System in low-beam and high-beam mode can furthermore be depicted purely digitally and without mechanical actuators for the first time, including, as a world first, a purely electronically implemented active light function.
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