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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-Benz begins sales of DRIVE PILOT Level 3 conditionally automated driving in Germany

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Mercedes-Benz’ DRIVE PILOT system for conditionally automated driving (SAE Level 3) can be ordered in Germany from 17 May as an optional extra for the S-Class for €5,000 and for the EQS for €7,430 (Driver Assistance Package Plus: €2,430 and DRIVE PILOT: €5,000) excl. —Britta Seeger, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes?Benz

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Report: The GMC Hummer EV Isn't That Great for the Environment

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Big, heavy EVs have proven to be just as wasteful as many of their internal combustion engine counterparts, though they aren’t producing any tailpipe emissions in the process. The ACEEE looks at emissions required to produce a vehicle, as well as the fuel or electricity required to power it.

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Mercedes approved for turquoise lights to signify self-driving mode

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Mercedes has now been approved in two states to be able to use turquoise lights to signify when its vehicles are in an automated driving mode. On Tuesday, Mercedes shared a press release announcing that it has received exemptions in California and Nevada to test special turquoise marker lights to indicate its automated driving mode.

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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 EV plant in Alabama narrowly declines to join UAW, bucking trend

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Mercedes-Benz kicks off EQS SUV production in Alabama (Source: Mercedes-Benz) Hot on the heels of a historic victory where VW workers in Tennessee voted to join the United Auto Workers union , Mercedes workers in Vance, Alabama have narrowly voted against joining UAW themselves.

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Mercedes-Benz achieves world’s first X-ray crash test | Autocar Professional

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Take this scenario: At 60 km/h, a device with a crash barrier rams into the orange coloured C-Class Mercedes-Benz sedan and hits it full on the side. The Mercedes-Benz X-ray crash sets a milestone in the development tools of the future. But this is no usual test programme.