Future Car Spits on Your Present Ideas of Driving
Mercedes-Benz first introduced their F 015 autonomous "research car" in January's CES.
And then The Verge got to ride in it.
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Hello, puny human
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The Future has nothing to hide from you
The Verge describes the difference between Google's automotive efforts and those of Mercedes-Benz:
"Google is approaching self-driving research in a similar manner, but the end goal is different: whereas Google wants to make a little box that efficiently gets you from Point A to Point B, Mercedes is still trying to make something that evokes an emotional response, just as well-designed cars do today. Basically, here's a car company's interpretation of a car in a post-driver world."
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And on the inside? More future.
Full of touch screens, implements of technology, and an adjustable table with more touch screens, the interior of future car will ensure that you never have to talk to other people riding with you. -
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Future car even warns pedestrians of possible harrowing events
The demonstration might not have been the complete truth of future car:
"Everything about the F 015 is automated, or at least gives the appearance of being automated — the car is summoned by a smartphone app, opens and closes its doors automatically, and gently urges nearby pedestrians (like me) to "please, go ahead." In reality, the car was continually being attended to by a substantial fleet of Mercedes engineers brought in from Germany and Silicon Valley, babying it as if it was made of papier mâché. Currently, the F 015 isn't even fully autonomous — it needs arrays of beacons on the surrounding pavement to define its path."
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Watch it coast over the horizon and into your dreams
See the full vision of your future here:
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