Daimler Mercedes-Benz has been testing its autonomous driving technologies on the roads in South Africa
Road traffic in South Africa poses some very special challenges: different road surfaces, wild animals on the road and many pedestrians in both urban traffic and on national roads, which often cross the road completely unexpectedly.
Automated and autonomous vehicles must take these special features into account and respond reliably.
On the fourth leg of the Mercedes-Benz Intelligent World Drive, the test vehicle, which is based on the S-Class series sedan, presents its South African peculiarities in automated test drives in the Western Cape Province and in Cape Town. [Read more…] about On the way to autonomous driving: Mercedes-Benz on an automated test drive in South Africa
