Tag: MERCEDES

Whether you're driving home late at night, or just bored from being rich enough to afford a sweet car, you won't have to worry as much about falling asleep at the wheel in the new Mercedes Benz E-Class sedan. In its recently-unveiled 2010 line, the car company is including Attention Assist, a sensory system that detects and alerts drowsy drivers. The system keeps track of 70 factors, including ...

When everyone was going hybrid, taking baby-steps toward an alternative-fueled future, Mercedes jumped into its prototype Hydrogen-powered machines and buzzed off toward the horizon. Now, perhaps realizing that it moved a bit too quickly for the distribution infrastructure to keep up, the company seems to be pulling back a bit, introducing the BlueZERO line of autos that all share the same shell ...

Mercedes-Benz has already toyed around a bit with some Internet-connected in-car systems, but it looks to really be going all out with its new myCOMMAND system, which it's now showing off at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Among other things, it would constantly pull various traffic information off the Internet and take it into account for route selection, as well as give you access to Internet ...

A GPS unit for your car is nothing new, but how about a GPS unit that connects to Google or Yahoo! Maps? Mercedes has just announced the launch of Search and Send, a system that allows you to send driving directions from a PC to your car using either Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps depending on personal preference. Friends and family can even be granted access to the system, allowing them to send ...

Mercedes has a history of loading up its cars with gadgets that don't always work. They recently threw in an apparently useless voice command system to try to make things easier. Now rumors are indicating the company is respectably looking for a little help in the usability department from interface guru Apple. The rumor states that Merc's next in-car navigation system will be developed by ...