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Wood: I got to ride along in the F 015

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which is Mercedes' concept for

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the autonomous luxury vehicle

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of the future.

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And this vehicle is so autonomous

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that anyone in the car can operate it.

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Looking at this car, and waiting
to get inside,

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I already have the feeling of being
on a movie set.

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It is clearly a concept,
and a far out concept at that.

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-We can bring the car through the

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parking precision with P, and also

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you can pick up the car.

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-Here it comes.

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Blue lights mean autonomous. White
lights mean you're driving yourself.

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I'm sure all the pedestrians will
totally figure that out.

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Car: Please go ahead
Wood:(laughs)

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Wood: I'm going. It said it was ok.

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(music with tambourine)

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-When I say ok, then you have
the conducting rights

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-I have the conducting rights.

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So anyone in the car can potentially
conduct as long as they request access

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from the driver, which means any of the

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four of us could be the driver.

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This particular concept vehicle is not
currently equipped with all the sensors

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to make it an autonomous car,

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so we're driving a pre-programmed route,

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but the goal is that it the long run,

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this will be a fully autonomous,

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self driving car.

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One of the goals of this car is that you

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can create an interior experience

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that's maybe different from the exterior.

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So you can have nice pictures if
you're stuck in traffic

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or you're in an industrial area. 
But then the

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pictures themselves are all controlled

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by touch screens. This center console

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is part of this shared space idea.

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The idea that you could all be

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riding in the car together,
and you could make this table come out.

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It has various proximity capabilities.

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So if your friends are sharing their

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location, you might see a screen that

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pops up that shows their pictures if

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they're close by.

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There are other sort of futuristic
technologies built in,

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like this beam cam,

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which actually shows this exterior

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view of the car. But then you could

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share that.

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(music with vocal)

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(techno music)

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It's all very far out sounding,

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but it's all based on

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technology that mostly exists today.

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(futuristic music)

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(music)