Mercedes provides Computerized Lane Change operate for 15 Mercedes fashions from September 2024 in 33 European international locations. This operate might be put in over the air in round 200,000 automobiles already on the street.
The Computerized Lane Change operate was launched by Mercedes within the USA in 2023, and in China, there’s a comparable operate developed regionally by Mercedes China. The operate may also be out there in 33 European international locations, together with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, and the UK.
On which fashions is it out there?
The Computerized Lane Change operate might be activated over-the-air on the Mercedes E-Class, CLE Coupe and Cabrio, C-Class, S-Class, GLC, EQE/EQE SUV, and EQS/EQS SUV (variations modified after January 2023). There are round 200,000 automobiles in complete, and prospects might be knowledgeable about availability of their nation. Set up is through the replace assistant on the show of the MBUX infotainment system or through the Mercedes Me App. This operate is added to the greater than 40 help methods out there on Mercedes fashions.
How does it work?
The motive force selects the specified pace from the adaptive cruise management (Lively Distance Help Distronic). The Lively Steering Help operate takes care of lane adjustments. When a Mercedes with Computerized Lane Change has set a driving pace of, for instance, 130 km/h and a slower automobile is forward, it routinely adjustments lanes, overtakes the slower automobile after which returns to the preliminary lane.
The identical operate can be utilized if a vacation spot is entered within the navigation system and sooner or later the automobile must exit the motorway. Computerized Lane Change adjustments the lane for the car to exit the motorway.
Overtaking is finished safely as a result of radar sensors and cameras monitor automobiles within the blind spot. However Computerized Lane Change is a Degree 2 autonomous driving system, so the driving force bears full accountability for the maneuver.
Beneath what circumstances does it work?
In Europe, Computerized Lane Change is lively between 80 and 140 kph and several other circumstances should be met:– the navigation system should acknowledge that you’re driving on a motorway with at the very least two lanes in every route– street markings should be detected by cameras.
