Mercedes Could Add Autonomous Drift Mode to Its Cars

Developing technology enables innovations to be made in the automobile industry as well as in many other sectors. Tesla and Mercedes-Benz giant brands such as autonomous driving It wants to offer convenience and comfort to users with its systems. German auto giant Mercedes-Benz announced last year that its third-level autonomous driving system had been approved.

As the systems are developed, they also add modes to the cars that allow the drivers to have fun. Among these modes, most sports are offered drift mode is also included. In most of these modes, the driver is in control of the vehicle. However, Mercedes-Benz wants to take this a step further and combine it with autonomous driving.

Autonomous drift mode may be available on new models

Mercedes continues to work on electric vehicles. The company recently introduced the 2024 Mercedes AMG C63 S, which has an electric motor. German auto giant is looking forward to future electric vehicles autonomous drift mode is considering adding it.

Joerg Bartels, Mercedes’ Global Vehicle Development manager, announced in an interview that the company will offer automatic drift mode to users. Stating that they can integrate this technology into their vehicles, Bartels stated that they need a lot of space for the automatic drift mode, but that this is not the only problem for the implementation of this system, the company has to take the steering control from the driver in order to implement the autonomous drift mode. According to the manager, this feature can be implemented in a short time.

Autonomous drift technology may appear in future Mercedes-Benz models and even in the recently introduced AMG C63 S model.