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Software
The cabin of the 2024 E-Class sedan is dominated by the " MBUX
Superscreen " display running the full length of the dashboard. The
new MB.OS operating system is intended to derive maximum benefit
from such displays.
company's in-development global public DC fast-charging
network) and MB Drive.
Partnered up
Mercedes-Benz said partners in the new operating system
include NVIDIA for software, data and artificial intelligence -
and its Orin system-on-chip (SoC) to augment SAE Level 2 and
Level 3 automated-driving systems; Mercedes-Benz announced
at CES 2023 that its Drive Pilot Level 3 driver-assistance system
was approved for public-highway use in Nevada. The company
said at that time that it expected similar approval from California.
Drive Pilot relies on lidar, and MMA-based models will be
equipped with next-generation sensors, the company said in a
release, including lidar developed by Luminar, another MB.OS
partner. Mercedes-Benz said in a release that a " comprehensive
set of sensors " will be available with the new MMA platform
and will be specifically designed to address the demands of
high-density urban environments and traffic situations. The
Level 2 operations will allow hands-free operation, but the
driver's attention must stay focused on the road. Nvidia's Orin
chip is integral to managing Level 2 and Level 3 use and is
capable of 254 trillion operations per second.
On the same day that Mercedes-Benz announced the
MB.OS, it also confirmed a long-term strategic collaboration
with Google " to develop and implement a next-generation
in-car navigation experience. " Mercedes-Benz said it will build
its own branded navigation using new in-vehicle geospatial
data and navigation capabilities from Google Maps.
Google and Mercedes-Benz also said the companies
would " explore further collaboration using Google Cloud's
leading artificial intelligence (AI), data and open infrastructure
solutions. "
The company stated that its strategy for software and
hardware integration is intended to facilitate a long-term
revenue stream from customers paying for the services and
In early 2023, Mercedes-Benz announced that its self-certified
Level 3 Drive Pilot driver-assist system had been conditionally
approved for public-road use in Nevada.
features the system provides. It expects total software-enabled
revenues coming from MB.Connect and MB.Drive to grow to
" a low-to-mid single-digit billion euro figure by mid-decade, "
Mercedes-Benz said in a release, " evolving to a high single-digit
billion euro figure by the end of the decade. "
Mercedes-Benz stressed that software is intended to
represent a substantial portion of the company's current and
future product-development investments.
By mid-decade, 25% of Mercedes' total R&D budget will
be allocated to software development, the company claimed. ■
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