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While other automakers are envisioning a "self-driving future" for their vehicles, Mercedes-Benz has set itself a much more ambitious and specific goal - to completely eliminate the possibility of its vehicles being involved in an accident. But as we know, the goal differs from the "desire" in that it has its own clear deadlines. And Mercedes-Benz was not afraid to voice them: in 30 years, cars from the manufacturer Mercedes-Benz will no longer be in the accident statistics. Mercedes-Benz engineers are planning to achieve their goal thanks to the new concept of safe driving - Vision Zero Plan. The new traffic safety system will be continuously improved in order to completely eliminate the possibility of car accidents involving Mercedes-Benz vehicles by 2050. The first stage is to halve the number of fatal accidents with Mercedes-Benz vehicles by 2030 (based on 2020 statistics).

This time, Volkswagen decided to surprise everyone by creating the world's widest passenger car! A new concept car has been unveiled in China called the Volkswagen Lamando 5XL. The width of the car was as much as 3 meters! An incredible novelty was created on the basis of the Volkswagen Lamando 2022 car.

To create a mega-wide version, two Lamando 2022 cars were used. They were cut to length and connected to each other by inserting an additional central section of the body between them. Thus, it was possible to make the car a seven-seater! It is equipped with three seats in front and four seats in the back!
All these changes increased the overall weight of the car, but decided to leave the power plant the same.

This year, at the Chantilly Arts & Elegance exhibition in France, Volkswagen will show the latest concept of its self-driving car called Gen.Travel. The exhibition will take place in the city of Chantally at the end of September - on the 24th and 25th, but already now there is preliminary information about the novelty. According to the developers, the Gen.Travel car is designed as an unmanned electric shuttle that has no control means - no pedals, no steering wheel! All that passengers have is a unique augmented reality interface, which, with the help of special glasses, can display maximum information about the route. The center console of the car is designed exclusively to control the media system, climate control, seat position. This is a new vision from Volkswagen as they envision the future of the automotive industry.

Volkswagen decided to resume work on new versions of budget models. Sales of the new Volkswagen Polo Sedan start in the price range from $18,300 to $21,000. And although the Volkswagen Polo Sedan model is positioned as "new", in fact it is a sedan that previously entered the market under the name Virtus. By the way, in some markets this car will be promoted under the name Virtus. The presentation of the Volkswagen Polo Sedan has already taken place in the PAR and is soon planned in a number of other countries. The appearance of the Volkswagen Polo (2022) retains a pleasant smooth outline and minimalistic design. Headlights and a narrow grille are similar to the Polo hatchback, but the dimensions are noticeably different. Body length - 4561 mm Vehicle width - 1752 mm Height - 1507 mm

The Arctic Trucks Ford F-150 emergency occurred on Victoria Island (Arctic archipelago). There, during a special expedition, the ice under the car suddenly broke and the AT44 transport truck based on the F-150 went to the bottom in Cambridge Bay. Luckily, the car was empty at the time and no one was hurt. It is noteworthy that the company Arctic Trucks just specializes in the production of vehicles designed to work in particularly extreme weather conditions. Whether this expedition was part of the strength testing of the car, the company did not say. But despite the impressive depth of 15.2 meters, Arctic Trucks decided to conduct a "rescue operation" and get the sunken car from the bottom of the ocean.

2022 will be a special year for the BMW M division as it celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding. And to celebrate this significant date in a special way, the release of the first sports electric car from BMW M was announced. It became known that active work on the implementation of this project is already underway. Frank van Miel, the head of the Bavarian division of BMW M, gave the first comments about the upcoming novelty. To imagine what this car will be like, Frank compared it with the BMW i4 M50 production electric car. Although this sedan was taken as the basis for further modernization, engineers are developing a version of the coupe with extended wheel arches, which will also combine many elements from the sporty BMW M4. The developers plan to provide better cooling of the radiator, as well as install another power unit.

There was information that the powerful crossover Mercedes-Benz EQS will be ready for serial production at the end of this year. The excitement around this model is due to the fact that the power reserve of this 7-seater electric car is as much as 660 km! This is a novelty from the premium segment, which has incorporated a number of obvious advantages, and now about everything in more detail. According to data from Western media, disclosed on August 20, Mercedes-Benz announced the launch of mass production of the Mercedes-Benz EQS 2023. Sales are expected to start at the end of this year. The starting price of the premium crossover will be $130,000. It is known that the car in the all-wheel drive version has a capacity of 536 hp. Its power reserve is about 660 km. The crossover battery supports fast charging from 10% to 80% in just 30 minutes!

The network has information that the launch of a hydrogen car from BMW will soon take place. With reference to official sources, this was reported by Western media. We are talking about the new iX5 Hydrogen 2022 model, on which BMW engineers worked together with Toyota. By the way, this is not the first such cooperation between the two companies. So, earlier they developed the Toyota GR Supra together. As for the unique BMW iX5 Hydrogen, the first small batch of the car will be launched by the end of this year.

The new Audi RS 6 Avant wagon proved to be unique not only in the line of Audi itself, but also in the market as a whole. If you search, it turns out that there are not very many premium station wagons on electric motors, and if you take into account the 20-year history of development, then there are only a few. According to preliminary data, the next generation of the Audi RS 6 Avant will be produced as a full-fledged "hybrid", but the current station wagon will receive at least two new modifications. At the moment, the German developers do not want to announce technical details, but they assure that this will be the "extreme" version in the entire line.

Although the manufacturers try to keep their test models secret during the testing period, the news hunters still managed to catch and capture the novelty - the Audi A6 e-tron. The car was seen on trials in the Alps. Official information about this development was first presented last spring in the form of a concept. Now the final tests and active work are underway to prepare for the launch in the series. Despite the traditional color masking, it is clearly seen that this model almost completely repeats the concept presented earlier. However, by visual assessment, some changes were seen in the optics, the increased air intake, as well as the diffuser, which looks a little smaller than in the concept car.

The British branch of the Czech company Skoda decided to surprise everyone. A camping vehicle sample was presented for lovers of hiking and recreation in the wild. But in order to make the rest as comfortable as possible, Skoda decided to create the Skoda Enyaq iV FestEVal.

At first glance at this concept, the main idea becomes clear. Unlike the production version, this car is equipped with a roof tent, which, according to engineers, is mounted and removed in a matter of minutes. To get inside, there is a special comfortable ladder. The tent is designed for two adults and is also equipped with extras such as a solar powered fan, flashlight and storage compartments.

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