Mercedes-Benz wants to bring autonomous transportation to the masses. Last year, the company's semi-autonomous bus, called the Future Bus, drove a little more than 12 miles from Amsterdam's Schiphol ...

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It may sound boring at first: a bus in the Netherlands recently drove from Schipol Airport to the town of Haarlem. Except, of course, this was no ordinary bus; otherwise, The Drive wouldn’t be writing ...

Public transportation might have just one-upped our personal transportation methods. To take advantage of autonomous driving technology, you don’t have to buy your own fancy car — instead, just head ...

Mercedes-Benz is working to bring autonomous technology to not only cars but virtually all forms of road transport. One of the most logical areas to introduce the technology is public transport, where ...

More than one year ago, Mercedes-Benz introduced the Highway Pilot, an autonomous driving feature for trucks that was supposed to make long distance hauling both safer and more economical. Now, the ...

“In general, vehicles with solid-state batteries as standard were not expected until the middle of this decade. Mercedes-Benz is faster: the new eCitaro G is the first series production city bus in ...

Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler isn’t just preparing for a future of self-driving cars. Because the German manufacturer produces everything from passenger vehicles to commercial trucks, it’s ...

Daimler is investing heavily in going electric with its heavy vehicles. We have been mainly reporting on their trucks, but now the German automaker’s Daimler Bus division is also going electric with ...

Daimler, Mercedes-Benz’s parent company, has several electric programs across its brands, including several for its commercial vehicles, like buses. One of these programs is the Mercedes‑Benz eCitaro ...

Mercedes-Benz buses from the 1960s are a rare sight unless you're a frequent commuter in the northern mountain routes between Nepal and India, or if you're familiar with what passes for public ...

One automaker is shaking up the idea of public transit following a big unveiling. This week, Mercedes-Benz not only revealed its autonomous "Future Bus" in the Netherlands, but also took it for a spin ...