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Written by Tom Harrison
We"ve said it before, and we"ll say it again: 2019 is the year of the electric, connected, autonomous pod thing. Mercedes plainly thinks so too, which is why it"s not just brought the new CLA to CES Enter the Vision Urbanetic - quite literally the Mercedes-Benz of connected autonomous pod things. Like the others, it"s a electrically-powered skateboard to which you can fasten many different bodies. This one is designed to carry passengers, but naturally there would also be ones for carrying things. The design relies on a philosophy Mercedes calls informed trust", which aims to help people trust the actions of autonomous vehicles by communicating exactly what the vehicle is planning on doing next. There"s a big display on the front of the Urbanetic, so it can communicate with, for example, people trying to cross the road. The side-door does much the same - they reassure pedestrians, cyclists and so-on that they"ve been seen, and that the vehicle will act accordingly.
Date written: 9 Jan 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14499
We"ve said it before, and we"ll say it again: 2019 is the year of the electric, connected, autonomous pod thing. Mercedes plainly thinks so too, which is why it"s not just brought the new CLA to CES Enter the Vision Urbanetic - quite literally the Mercedes-Benz of connected autonomous pod things. Like the others, it"s a electrically-powered skateboard to which you can fasten many different bodies. This one is designed to carry passengers, but naturally there would also be ones for carrying things. The design relies on a philosophy Mercedes calls informed trust", which aims to help people trust the actions of autonomous vehicles by communicating exactly what the vehicle is planning on doing next. There"s a big display on the front of the Urbanetic, so it can communicate with, for example, people trying to cross the road. The side-door does much the same - they reassure pedestrians, cyclists and so-on that they"ve been seen, and that the vehicle will act accordingly.
Date written: 9 Jan 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14499
