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2009 MB TecDay: All the safety innovations at a glance
Today, tomorrow and the day after: all the safety innovations at a glance: Cornering lights: this function of the bi-xenon headlamps and the Intelligent Light System provides more safety on junctions and when driving slowly on tight bends. ADAPTIVE BRAKE: this Mercedes brake system offers assistance functions, such as a HOLD function and Hill Start Assist, for [...]
Continue reading...2009 MB TecDay: ESF vehicle and its innovations
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The ESF 2009 is the first Experimental Safety Vehicle to be built by Mercedes-Benz since 1974. Like its historic predecessors, it illustrates trail-blazing innovations in the field of safety and makes the progress achieved clearly visible. These amazing but by no means crazy ideas include inflatable me-tallic sections which give more stability to structural components [...]
Continue reading...2009 MB TecDay: Cars report what their sensors have detected
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Cars sometimes know more about their surroundings than their drivers. With the help of intelligent communication systems, vehicles themselves are able to contribute to improved road safety and mobility. A patch of black ice on the next bend? A bank of fog three kilometres down the road? A new traffic tailback where roadworks are being carried [...]
Continue reading...2009 MB TecDay: Inflatable metal structures
Thursday, June 11, 2009
It sounds like science-fiction: concealed metallic structures that wait patiently in a collapsed, space-saving state until they are required to go into action. Daimler researchers working together with the gas generator specialists at Autoliv spent two years actively researching such active metal support systems, and tested a variety of applications. For the very first time, [...]
Continue reading...2009 MB TecDay: Braking Bag - a braking parachute for the car
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Airbags in cars have previously only been used as a restraint system for the occupants. In the future they might also be a PRE-CRASH- component, activating an auxiliary brake in the vehicle floor and improving both deceleration and compatibility with the other vehicle involved in the accident. Energy is not only reducible by braking the road [...]
Continue reading...Mercedes-Benz TecDay - Pedestrian protection
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Mercedes engineers have continued their long-standing commitment to protecting pedestrians by introducing an active bonnet as standard for the new E-Class. In the event of an accident, a system of springs raises the rear section of the bonnet by 50 millimetres within a matter of milliseconds, thus enlarging the deformation zone. The system is [...]
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
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