Nothing is Impossible with Mercedes Benz—Even a Talking Car
Mercedes Benz, in cooperation with other carmakers have finally gathered to develop a system that allows cars to “communicate” to each other and give each other fast and timely warnings of impending danger and the improvement of traffic flow, through the use of a radio. In consequence, motorists will be able to detect danger even if the danger spot lies around the next curve, or they can be guided to alternative routes to avoid traffic jams.
This has now been successfully verified by Mercedes engineers in a field test conducted at the conclusion of the Prevent WILLWARN (Wireless Local Danger Warning) European research project. they will create innovative Mercedes Parts that will once again make history in the car industry.
“During the course of the test, five vehicles equipped with WLAN-based radio technology used a car-to-x communication system to radio details of critical situations, such as fog or obstacles on the road, to the cars behind them,” said Johannes Fritz, director, sales and marketing, Mercedes Car Group, Middle East in an interview. “These early warnings enabled the drivers of the following cars to prepare for the danger and adapt their speed in plenty of time.”
Mercedes Benz was the fist automotive company to test this system six years ago when the brand’s experts sent the first ever intercommunicating vehicle fleet on to the road as part of the ‘FleetNet’ research project.
One of the key benefits of this technology is that it does not require expensive fixed-installation transmitting and receiving devices, since the cars themselves act as both transmitters and receivers.
Mercedes engineers incorporated Mercedes Parts as the key groundwork laid during the course of the FleetNet project into the subsequent NOW (Network on Wheels) program and the current WILLWARN project. Moreover, direct contact with the Internet and its numerous fields of application is possible as well.
Mercedes Benz also supplied information to partners who only joined the project at a later stage, as it quickly realized that the only way to establish a fully functioning WLAN radio network that would benefit all road users was to cooperate with other car manufacturers and the relevant authorities.
With all of the innovations that Mercedes Benz is trying hard to push through, it is not impossible that cars will do wonder in the coming future, that people have not imagined to this day.