Dec 4 2014
THE MERCEDES-BENZ ESF 2009 EXPERIMENTAL SAFETY VEHICLE 2009 is a year in which Mercedes-Benz celebrates several anniversaries in the safety field: in August 1939 the safety pioneer Béla Barényi started his work in Sindelfingen. He invented for example the principle of the crumple zone, a trailblazing innovation which entered series production at Mercedes-Benz in 1959. […]
Dec 3 2014
Milestones in safety development In the early 1970s, alone on the occasion of the ESV programme Mercedes-Benz built over 30 experimental vehicles for research on future automotive safety systems. These prepared the ground for numerous innovations, some of which only reached series production maturity years later. They include ABS, belt tensioners and belt force limiters, airbag and […]
Dec 1 2014
Redefinition of automotive luxury: emission-free driving in First Class Trailblazing concept for large, luxurious automobiles F-CELL Plug-in HYBRID with a range of 1000 km Revolutionary hydrogen storage technology Lithium-sulphur high-voltage battery with high energy density Pioneering battery charging by induction e4MATIC-all-wheel drive with four wheel electric motors and individual torque control at each wheel Bodyshell […]
Nov 30 2014
A glance into the future of pioneering upper-range sedans Within the 4.75-meter external length of the F 800 Style, all of the components of the vehicle’s especially efficient and environmentally compatible alternative drives (Plug-in Hybrid or fuel cell drive system) are installed in a space-saving manner in the engine compartment and the gaps within the […]
Nov 29 2014
MERCEDES-BENZ F-CELL ROADSTER – TRAINEES BUILD A CAR OF THE FUTURE In a hitherto unique project bridging various fields of profession, the trainees of Daimler AG at the Sindelfingen Mercedes-Benz plant have built a Roadster with fuel cell drive. For about a year, more than 150 trainees and dual education system students worked on […]
Nov 29 2014
Vehicle 1: BlueZERO E-Cell BlueZERO E-Cell led the way with a battery-electric drive, 100 kW (70 kW continuous output), energy supplied via lithium-ion accumulators, which permitted a range of up to 200 kilometres using electric drive alone. With a charge of 15 kW the lithium-ion batteries of the BlueZERO E-Cell and the BlueZERO E-Cell PLUS […]
Nov 26 2014
Small but not tiny: MCC (Micro Compact Car) – in March 1994 Mercedes presented the MCC concept Personal mobility has always been at the heart of the Mercedes-Benz vision. Gottlieb Daimler pursued the declared aim of providing just that with his vehicles. Looking at road transport today, it is clear that Daimler’s vision has become […]
Nov 26 2014
Luigi Colani (born Lutz Colani 2 August 1928), is a German industrial designer. His long career began in the 1950s when he designed cars for companies such as Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Volkswagen, and BMW. In 1957, he dropped his given first name Lutz and henceforth went by the name of Luigi. His unconventional designs have made […]
Nov 25 2014
For the 1990 racing season, Mercedes-Benz teamed up with Sauber to create the C11 Group C car. The results were spectacular: the team became world champions. This spurred on the engineers at Mercedes-Benz. They were looking for a way to test active dynamic handling systems for large-scale production cars. In the same year as showing […]
Dec 4 2014
2004 Mercedes-Benz Vision B
Big in spite of being compact Finding out what the customer wants or needs, observing social trends, looking into the future, then turning the findings into new concepts and ideas – this approach has served Mercedes-Benz well over the years. “Vision B”, the vision for a “Compact Sports Tourer”, was presented at the 2004 Paris […]
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