We are now one step closer to the Jetsons . At the Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ) in Las Vegas on Monday , Mercedes - Benz let out the F 015 Luxury in Motion , their shiny new interlingual rendition of the ego - driving railroad car . As is to be require from Mercedes ( and as the vehicle ’s name suggests ) , their concept car is like no self - driving cable car we ’ve seen . Namely , it ’s super fancy - shmancy .
" The single most significant luxury goods of the twenty-first hundred are secret infinite and meter , " says Dr. Dieter Zetsche , Chairman of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes - Benz Cars , in a press sacking . " Autonomously driving cars by Mercedes - Benz shall proffer exactly that . With the F 015 Luxury in Motion , this rotatory concept of mobility becomes tangible for the first prison term . "
So , how does it work ? The F 015 uses laser projection and light-emitting diode display to interact with the remote world and other drivers ( detecting road risk , navigating dealings , etc . ) . The car also boast six presentation screens that are integrated into the front , rearward , and side panel . Passengers can interact with these screenland through gesture , eye - tracking , or touch . The car ’s exterior lighter are also color - coded to show to other number one wood that this is a self - get gondola — if the light glow blanched , it intend the gondola is being driven manually ( by a human ) ; blue lights ( as seen in the top photo ) indicate ego - labour mode .
Also coolheaded is the gondola ’s unique DoI . The F 015 has a " varying seats organisation , " which think that its four seats can swivel to face any direction . Passengers can confront one another or adopt a more standard seating arrangement . And ( safety first ! ) when the motorcar switch to manual mood , the gadget driver fundament is set to automatically swivel to a front - front location .
Mercedes has n’t yet revealed when these railcar will be available for consumer — but it seems we ’ll be able to get our hand on a bit of science fiction in a matter of years , not decades .
All images courtesy Mercedes - Benz
