Stir because of Mercedes self driving car

The F015 Luxury In Motion was first unveiled to the public at the consumer show at the beginning of 2015. Many who saw the car were amazed by it’s looks and what the car is capable of. Online the videos and images went viral. Cane image what would happen in people see the car for real in their streets? It happened in San Francisco. Stunned bystanders saw the car traveling through the city for a photo shoot.

The car from Daimler Benz is really impressive and besides the looks more studies tells us that we are ready to leave the driving to cars. And a significant number of consumers are ready to let go of the wheel according to two recent surveys.

Some 44 of the respondents said they would be likely or very likely to purchase a self-driving car by the year 2025. This according a survey by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In another  survey market research firm Gfk, nearly three-fourths of respondents (25-34 of age) said self-driving cars are appealing. Overall, they appealed to 66 percent of survey respondents. BCG estimated that partially self-driving cars will hit the roads in large numbers by 2017. By 2035, BCG predicted that 12 million fully automated vehicles could be sold a year. Impressive! 

The F015 is able to communicate with its surroundings visually and by using sounds. The F015 has also a laser system which it using to calculate it driving path. When the vehicle is in autonomous mode it is able to project lights on to the road using its LED headlights. This enable the car to let pedestrians know when to cross. During the fotoshoot it is unclear if the car was driving autonomous or was driven by a human. 

The future of cars is self driving, self healing, self configuring, self learning and self socializing. Mobility will get a fundamental reset in the near future and the self driving car is a part of this reset.