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Mercedes-Benz Level 3 DRIVE PILOT receives California certification

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Mercedes‑Benz announced that its DRIVE PILOT system for SAE Level 3 conditionally automated driving received certification from California state authorities. DRIVE PILOT will be available in the US market as an option for model year 2024 Mercedes‑Benz S-Class and EQS Sedan models, with the first cars delivered to customers in late 2023.

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Mercedes-Benz receives world’s first internationally valid system approval for Level 3 conditionally automated driving

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Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive company to meet the demanding legal requirements of UN-R157 for a Level 3 system for conditionally automated driving. —Markus Schäfer, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG, Chief Technology Officer responsible for Development and Purchasing.

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Mercedes-AMG reveals performance hybrid and battery-electric AMG derivative strategy

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Mercedes-AMG laid out its new electrified drive strategy , which is based on two pillars: Performance hybrids with a completely independent drive concept under the technology label E PERFORMANCE. Battery-electric AMG derivatives based on the new Mercedes Electric Vehicle Architecture (EVA) for luxury and premium-class vehicles.

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Mercedes brings five new EVs to IAA Mobility

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Mercedes is coming to IAA Mobility with five new EVs: the Concept Mercedes-Maybach EQS , the new EQB , the new EQE , the new Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+ , and the Concept EQG. Concept Mercedes-Maybach EQS. According to WLTP, ranges of around 600 kilometers (373 miles) are planned for the Mercedes EQS SUV architecture.

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Mercedes-Benz first automotive company to certify SAE Level 3 automated driving system for US market; Nevada first state

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Mercedes-Benz is the world’s first automotive company to bring SAE Level 3 conditionally automated driving to the US, with Nevada being the first state to confirm the compliance of the system with state regulations. The control buttons needed for this are located in the steering wheel rim, on the left and right above the thumb recesses.

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2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class works on its quads (motors, that is)

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With the electric version of its military-grade G-Class, Mercedes-Benz promises even more freedom from pavement than all those American-built flagwavers, and it does it all with batteries. There’s no mention of the rumored silicon-anode battery chemistry that Mercedes had been keen to introduce to speed charging times. degrees.

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2025 Mercedes GLC 350e PHEV brings fast charging, long electric range

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A new plug-in hybrid version of the Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class crossover SUV is coming to the U.S. This will get the GLC 350e from 0-60 mph in 6.6 seconds, according to Mercedes. The top speed is limited to 135 mph in hybrid mode and 87 mph in electric mode. 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class (GLC 350e) A 24.8-kwh