Mercedes-Benz scheduled to completely eliminate petroleum-powered vehicles within 7 years

British daily "The Sun (Sun)"Mercedes Benz plans to abolish petroleum-powered vehicles within 7 years, and there are also reasons to make it eco-friendly considering the environment but eventually it will eventually end up with petroleum fuel Because it runs out, it seems to be.

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According to this plan, we are planning to replace the current engines sequentially with hybrid, electric car, and hydrogen-fueled engines, and we will develop during the next 10 years. However, the first step is already adopted as "Start / Stop" technology in the new A and B class models to be put on sale this October, and when using this technology the engine stops each time it stops at the red light , The engine starts to move again when raising the foot from the brake pedal. This is expected to improve fuel efficiency within 9%.

In the latter half of this year, we are preparing a model that further improves fuel consumption, which means we can reduce fuel consumption by 12% compared to conventional models. Then, it is said that around 2010 we will introduce electric cars to the market, and in the future we plan to have zero-emissions (zero emissions) fuel cell vehicles. It uses electricity and hydrogen only and is ready to enter prototype B class within the next few months.

The closest thing to these concepts at the moment is "F700", and it is a car like the one below.

Mercedes · Benz 'F700' released - Tokyo Midtown - Roppongi Keizai Shimbun

In addition, the function of scanning the front road surface, controlling the suspension according to the concave and convex, reducing the number of operation switches, and setting the navigation destination through dialogue with the avatar are also performed by the two laser scanners .

The laser scanner is also installed in the door, and it is said that it is also mounted on the side mirror. In addition, this "avatar" means "Knight riderIt is the same as Knight 2000 (K.I.T.T.) Of Knight 2000 (K.I.T.T.), He seems to be able to greet the driver, make phone calls by voice operation, change radio stations, and operate car navigation systems.