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Hybrid Battery Shield: seven-stage safety system
A drive train with hybrid technology lowers fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. At the same time this introduces high-voltage electricity and sophisticated battery systems into passenger car engineering, how-ever. Thanks to their long experience with fuel cell technology, Mer-cedes development engineers are extremely well prepared for the new challenges this presents. A comprehensive, seven-stage safety [...]
Continue reading...Interseat Protection: don’t get too close to me
11. June 2009
Danger not only comes from outside during an accident. In unfortu-nate cases even passengers wearing their seat belts can come into contact and injure each other. Interseat Protection in both seat rows helps to prevent this. Mercedes safety specialists are presenting two proposed solutions in one with Interseat Protection: a protective system for the driver/front passenger [...]
Continue reading...Child Cam: keeping an eye on the kids
11. June 2009
With the help of a small camera, drivers will in future be able to keep children travelling in the rear under control without taking their eyes off the road. “Mum, Vanessa keeps pulling my hair!” “John’s seat belt isn’t properly fas-tened.” - Parents know that when the kids are on board, there is usually no [...]
Continue reading...Size Adaptive Airbags: tailor-made airbags
11. June 2009
The 1980 Mercedes S-Class (W 126) was the first series production car equipped with an airbag. In the meantime airbags have firmly estab-lished themselves across all vehicle segments. Airbags have saved many human lives and reduced the severity of injuries. Mercedes safety specialists are now working on a further improvement to their protective effect by [...]
Continue reading...PRE-SAFE 360: full emergency braking before an im-pact
11. June 2009
With the multiple award-winning PRE-SAFE® system, Mercedes-Benz has once again been underlining its role as a pioneer in the safety field since 2002: once the system recognises certain critical driving situa-tions, PRE-SAFE® activates occupant protection measures as a precaution. As a further development, PRE-SAFE 360° monitors not only the areas to the side, but also [...]
Continue reading...Child Protect: safety and comfort for very small pas-sengers
11. June 2009
Mercedes engineers have thought about how children might travel even more safely in a car. The two major advantages of the Mercedes concept study “Child Protect” over conventional child safety seats are an improved protective effect and greater comfort for the child. This is accompanied by a high level of quality and at-tractive visual integration of the [...]
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11. June 2009
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