Commercial vehicles
Future Labs: Mercedes-Benz Trucks presents strategy for IAA Commercial Vehicles
Wörth am Rhein, 29.06.2018 - At a press event, Mercedes-Benz Trucks presented future trends relating to its commercial vehicles to around 100 journalists. The trend is inwards.
The show, trendily dubbed "FutureLab", took place in the Visitor Information Center (BIC) of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth am Rhein. However, there was little to see of technology and the trucks themselves (apart from three Actros trucks painted in black, red and gold in front of the entrance), but there were plenty of ideas for the future. Accordingly, Steffen Kamp, "Mr. Future" at Mercedes-Benz Tricks as Head of Future & Transport Logistics, kicked off the event with a short speech. He outlined the city of the future, in which intelligent commercial vehicles interact with people, drive quietly and emission-free and do not cause any accidents. From "driver diversity" to platooning and urban gardening, there was hardly a trend that was left out. The presentation was correspondingly colorful and non-binding.
Stefan E. Buchner, Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, then had some technical announcements and assessments ready. For example, Buchner announced that Predictive Power Train Control, i.e. gearshift recommendations adapted to the topography of the route, would also work in urban areas and would be linked to automatic traffic sign recognition. However, Buchner does not see hybrid drive in the commercial vehicle sector: "In contrast, we are fully concentrating on the development of purely electrically powered trucks". Mercedes-Benz Trucks will announce news on this topic in the near future. Furthermore, the main aim is to improve truck safety and protect people. This could be achieved, for example, through a better field of vision for the driver, assistance systems that read traffic signs, systems that automatically keep their distance from the vehicle in front and also independently keep the truck in lane on bends, as well as through networking. "The truck of the future will answer many questions," Buchner is certain.
The presentations were followed by several workshops, during which the manufacturer shed light on various future topics such as safety, drives and legislation. Prof. Dr. Uwe Baake, Head of Product Development at Mercedes-Benz Trucks, was also certain at the end of the event: "Steel and iron still play a role, but electronics is the topic in vehicles". Product announcements will probably follow at a later date, but before the IAA Commercial Vehicles at the end of September. ms
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