Tag: Markus Schaefer
Mercedes wants to extend the contract of head of development Markus Schäfer
Vienna, Dusseldorf Markus Schäfer can hope for a second term as chief developer at Mercedes-Benz. The contract of the qualified engineer, which expires in May 2024, is likely to be…
California allows Drive Pilot
new York It’s a breakthrough: After months of waiting, the California Transportation Authority has approved Mercedes-Benz’s advanced autopilot “Drive Pilot”. The Swabians have thus received the most far-reaching approval of…
Point victory over Tesla: California allows Mercedes autopilots
new York It’s a breakthrough: After months of waiting, the California Transportation Authority has approved Mercedes-Benz’s advanced autopilot “Drive Pilot”. The Swabians have thus received the most far-reaching approval of…
Point victory over Tesla: California allows Mercedes autopilots
new York It’s a breakthrough: After months of waiting, the California Transportation Authority has approved Mercedes-Benz’s advanced autopilot “Drive Pilot”. The Swabians have thus received the most far-reaching approval of…
Mercedes-Benz invests half a billion in fast charging network in the USA
Mercedes in Tuscaloosa The German manufacturer will also build electric cars in Alabama in the future. (Photo: dpa) Las Vegas Electric fast charging stations are the car filling stations of…
Mercedes and Tesla rely on the super material
New battery material Automakers have high hopes for silicon. san francisco It hisses, hums and whirrs: In the laboratory of the battery specialist Sila Nanotechnologies, one huge test station is…
Autonomous driving: Three ways to autopilot
Self-Driving Cars The vehicles often behave differently than human drivers in everyday life. (Photo: Getty Images, Unsplash, Adobe Stock) Albuquerque, Los Angeles, New York The Mercedes jerks, then stops. In…
New cars will be ready faster in the future
Dusseldorf, Munich In the automotive industry, the development of a new model follows a strictly predetermined schedule. In the so-called “product development process” (PEP), the individual development steps are sometimes…
Mercedes wants to halve the consumption of electric cars
Munich The car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has managed something like a “small landing on Mars”, rejoices Head of Development Markus Schäfer. In concrete terms, the Dax group was able to cover…
Car manufacturer wants to halve its CO2 emissions by 2030
Munich It was a signal of departure. A few days before he officially took office as CEO of Mercedes-Benz almost three years ago, Ola Källenius announced that he wanted to…
Autonomous driving from 2024 also for mass models
Hands off the steering wheel At less than 60 kilometers per hour, the S-Class can drive itself on autopilot. (Photo: dpa) Munich Emotional outbursts are actually alien to Markus Schäfer.…
Autonomous driving from 2024 also for mass models
Hands off the steering wheel At less than 60 kilometers per hour, the S-Class can drive itself on autopilot. (Photo: dpa) Munich Emotional outbursts are actually alien to Markus Schäfer.…
Autonomous driving from 2024 also for mass models
Hands off the steering wheel At less than 60 kilometers per hour, the S-Class can drive itself on autopilot. (Photo: dpa) Munich Emotional outbursts are actually alien to Markus Schäfer.…