Mercedes-Benz S-Class INTELLIGENT DRIVE Posted by (2:10) By: Wheels On Edge Uploaded 7 years ago 2603 Views 2603 Views Share Description When it sent its S 500 INTELLIGENT DRIVE research vehicle along a historic route in August 2013, Mercedes-Benz became the first motor manufacturer to demonstrate the feasibility of autonomous driving on both interurban and urban routes. The route in question, covering the 100 kilometres or so from Mannheim to Pforzheim, retraced that taken by motoring pioneer Bertha Benz exactly 125 years ago when she boldly set off on the very first long-distance drive. In the heavy traffic of the 21st century the self-driving S-Class had to deal autonomously with a number of highly complex situations; traffic lights, roundabouts, pedestrians, cyclists and trams. It should be noted that this trailblazing success was not achieved using extremely expensive special technology, but with the aid of near-production-standard technology, very similar to that already found in the new E and S-Class. The project thus marks a milestone along the way that leads from the self-propelled (automobile) to the self-driving (autonomous) vehicle. Tags: Intelligent drive, Mercedes-Cenz, Mercedes, research, S-class, autonomous vehicle, self propelled, technology, video, demonstration Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.