Mercedes-Benz Presents Vision URBANETIC Concept: The Autonomous Van Of The Future
Geschreven op 28-9-2018 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Vervoer en OVWith Vision URBANETIC Mercedes-Benz presents a revolutionary mobility concept that goes way beyond existing ideas on autonomous vehicles.
Vision URBANETIC eliminates the separation between people moving and goods transport.
It enables on-demand, sustainable and efficient movement of people and goods – and applies an innovate approach to fulfil the needs of cities, businesses from diverse sectors as well as city dwellers and travelers.
The concept reduces traffic flows, relieves inner-city infrastructures and contributes to an improved quality of urban life.
The visionary concept is based on a self-driving, electrically powered chassis that can take different switchable bodies depending on the intended use. As a ride-sharing vehicle with a people-mover body, Vision URBANETIC offers space for up to twelve passengers.
The cargo module serves as a classic goods transporter. Thanks to its variable load floor, it can be divided into two levels and transport up to ten EPAL palettes. With a total vehicle length of 5.14 metres and a load space length of 3.70 metres, Mercedes-Benz Vans has suceeded in maxing maximum use of the available space.
Like almost every concept car this Vision URBANETIC looks great and has a lot of nice features but i bet that we will never see this autonomous van of the future in the streets.
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