INNOVATIVE VEHICLE CONCEPTS TOWARDS ACCIDENT- AND EMISSION-FREE DRIVING

摘要

The automobile of the future will have to face a diverse set of challenges, while mobility will remain key factor in human needs and a subject to ongoing processes of change and adjustment. There are already more than 900 million vehicles in the world today, and experts estimate that this figure is increasing by around 60 million every year. People are in great need of mobility, and our task is to provide premium vehicles with innovative technologies to ensure this mobility sustainable.In this respect, Daimler - as a premium automotive manufacturer - is working to answer three key questions: How can we turn our Vision of "Accident-free driving" into reality? How can we meet the wide range of customer wishes for individualized mobility? And how can we safeguard sustainable mobility in the future? Our goal is to develop innovative and intelligent vehicle concepts which band together fascination and responsibility to put the automobile, our most important and most popular means of transport, on a foundation that will help it meet the requirements of the future. This means further improving our vehicles' technology, safety, and environmental friendliness, as well as providing the individuality that customers want. It also means harmonizing the diverse requirements of society, business, politics, climate protection, and technological trends.