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Donnerstag, 8.Dezember 2011Charging electric cars without an electric cable – how does that work? Daimler AG is about to test inductive charging for the first time on a vehicle in everyday use in the form of a technically modified Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-CELL.
With the inductive charging principle, an electric car fitted with a special charging coil merely [...]
The most spectacular new film car for Hollywood: smart 341 Parkour wins the Los Angeles Design Challenge 2011
Samstag, 26.November 2011The most spectacular new film car for Hollywood comes from Sindelfingen. The designers at the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Sindelfingen convinced the jury of the Los Angeles Design Challenge 2011 with the smart 341 Parkour and the exciting reporter story “Annie get the Grannies”.
This meant that smart won the prestigious design contest, which [...]
Mercedes-Benz, smart and Maybach at the Los Angeles Design Challenge 2011: Stars on four wheels for Hollywood
Freitag, 4.November 2011For the 2011 Los Angeles Design Challenge, which is seeking to find the most spectacular new film car for Hollywood, the designers from the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Sindelfingen (Germany) and Carlsbad (USA), have joined the ranks of the screen-writers.
Their efforts have borne fruit in the form of three visionary “hero cars” – [...]
The future shape of multimedia from Mercedes-Benz: Holistic experience and natural interaction
Freitag, 22.Juli 2011Mercedes-Benz presented the first fully integrated telematics system in the automotive industry in 1993, when the Communication and Navigation System (CNS) was premiered in the S-Class. A further ground-breaking innovation followed in 1996 in the guise of the LINGUATRONIC voice control system, which defines the standard to this day. The first 16:9 colour screen was [...]
Bringing fascinating technology into the classroom: The shape of mobility tomorrow
Mittwoch, 29.Juni 2011For some years now, Daimler’s tech@school project has been actively encouraging young people to take an interest in the engineering profession by staging experiments in which pupils can be involved and presenting talks. As part of the project, Dr Thomas Weber, member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG with responsibility for Group Research [...]
World premiere at the “Auto Shanghai” show – Mercedes Concept A-Class: the first heartbeat of a new generation
Dienstag, 19.April 2011In 1993 Mercedes-Benz ventured into a completely new vehicle class with the revolutionary concept of the Vision A 93. Now the brand is once again presenting a car that might have come from another planet: the Mercedes Concept A-Class is the first heartbeat of a new generation whose expressive design stands for concentrated dynamism.
The [...]
Daimler presents new Sustainability Program 2010-2020
Mittwoch, 13.April 2011To coincide with today’s Annual General Meeting, Daimler is publishing its new sustainability report for 2011. A key aspect is the “Sustainability Program 2010-2020”, which is presented for the first time. Concrete, measurable targets for the coming years have been established on the basis of a dialog with all of the relevant stakeholders, while corresponding [...]
Mercedes-Benz and smart bring e-power to the SWR3 broadcasting region
Montag, 4.April 2011From 31 March to 2 April the 60 winners of a draw held by radio station SWR3 will have an opportunity to drive various electric cars during a three day tour of the broadcasting region and to form their own impression of the performance, everyday practicality and driving feel of the locally emission-free vehicles.
Daimler is [...]
Daimler showcases sustainable drive solutions at “World Future Energy Summit” in Abu Dhabi
Montag, 17.Januar 2011Daimler AG presents the innovative drive solutions of today and tomorrow in its role as Official Transport Partner to the 4th World Future Energy Summit (WFES). The World Future Energy Summit is one of the world’s largest and most important events for the energy and environment industries.
Daimler AG is the first European automotive manufacturer to [...]
2010 Year in Review: July to September
Donnerstag, 30.Dezember 2010Part three of our year review with the hightlights of the months July to September.
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class
With a design perfected through an immaculate sense of style, highly exclusive appointments and cutting-edge technology, the extensively updated Mercedes-Benz CL-Class underscores its claim to supremacy as the summit of automotive refinement.
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Mercedes-Benz TecDay E-Drive – From city car to van: the world’s most versatile electric fleet
Donnerstag, 25.November 2010Locally emission-free electric vehicles are a cornerstone of the Mercedes‑Benz strategy for sustainable mobility. The Stuttgart-based premium manufacturer underlines its ambition to lead in this segment with three electric vehicles which are already produced under series-production conditions and offer full everyday practicality:
The new A-Class E-CELL, the B-Class F-CELL and the Vito E-CELL van. The [...]
Mercedes-Benz TecDay Innovations: Design Idiom Developing through the Interplay between Tradition and a Future-oriented Approach
Donnerstag, 25.November 2010At Mercedes-Benz, design develops as a result of the interplay between the brand’s consciousness of tradition and its orientation toward the future. The star brand is therefore pursuing a long-term design strategy which ensures that a Mercedes is always recognizable as a Mercedes.
In the process, the designers use a distinctive design idiom in order [...]
The design philosophy of Mercedes-Benz: Design as a Trademark
Mittwoch, 24.November 2010It was back in March 1993 when Mercedes-Benz marked a new departure at the Geneva Motor Show. For the first time, the Stuttgart-based car brand placed the spotlight not on the latest technical innovations, but on a quite different topic – design.
Mercedes-Benz presented a coupé study whose lines and design differed markedly from the [...]
125 years of visionary design: Automobile Design – Made by Mercedes-Benz
Montag, 22.November 2010While physicians continue to puzzle over whether time travel will one day be possible, the automobile designers at Mercedes-Benz have long entered the realms of the future. They envision tomorrow’s world every day, designing automobiles which will not actually grace the roads for years or even decades to come.
For the coming generation of series production [...]
smart at the Los Angeles Design Challenge: The “Knitted” smart 454 – Weight Watch Technologies
Samstag, 20.November 2010American West Coast zest for life meets German technology, design art, and granny’s hand-knitted woollen socks. The designers at the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studio in Sindelfingen based their design for an unusual smart with four seats for this year’s Los Angeles Design Challenge on these principles.
The smart 454 is produced by “Smart Granny Robots” [...]
Mercedes-Benz at the Los Angeles Design Challenge: Mercedes-Benz BIOME: an Ultralight Vehicle at One with Nature
Donnerstag, 18.November 2010At this year’s Los Angeles Design Challenge, the designers from the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Carlsbad, California, surprised everyone with a revolutionary vision.
Taking their inspiration from nature, they designed a vehicle which is fully integrated into the ecosystem, from the moment of its creation right through to the end of its service life. [...]
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