For decades we have watched our children grow up with video games, and wondered what the draw was. Video games have progressed from machines in pizza parlors fed with quarters to $500 boxes that sit in living rooms and offer Internet, shopping and DVD players, besides the actual games. When Mercedes-Benz announced this week that […]
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What Does the Car of the Future Look Like? Google Googles It
Google released some footage this week of people in the company’s self-driving car in a cutesy video reminiscent of how a toy company would show newborns engaging with mobiles, colorful blocks and stuffed animals. The reason this video merits our attention is that Google is not an automotive company. Many companies that make cars are […]
C-Class Estate Wagon Announced for 2015 and Everyone Went Crazy
For some reason, auto journalists are prone to favor station wagons. Not all of us, of course. But enough that when Mercedes-Benz announced this week that it’s releasing an Estate version of the C-Class, it’s been the leading item on Google News for Mercedes-Benz, and every major publication wrote about it, mainly to say that […]
Significant Changes Coming to the G-Class in 2017
The Prius-crushing, conservation-flattening, wind-resisting, vaguely-militaristic G-Class will receive a slate of upgrades for 2017. As the image below can attest, the G-Class is remarkably immune to attempts to change. Instead, Mercedes-Benz will opt to make the G-Class slightly wider (four inches) with broader seats and a roomier cabin. The biggest change will be increased use […]
The Brilliant New Hybrid System That Efficiently Analyzes Topography
This might be one of the most intelligent hybrid systems we’ve heard of. Mercedes-Benz’s Intelligent Hybrid analyzes the road ahead so the vehicle can make decisions about how to most efficiently use battery power. It works like this: Inside the COMAND® navigation system, information about topography—hills, valleys, elevation and descent—are all stored. As the vehicle […]