Mercedes E - Klasse article:
Qualcomm moves in with Snapdragon and 5G
In the current generation, content and apps enter the vehicle via a 5G connection. The new E-Class model series 214 is the first Mercedes-Benz vehicle to be equipped with 5G, even before the S-Class or the EQS. In the other model series, LTE Advanced was previously available at most as a surchargeable option over the standard LTE. Qualcomm is the supplier of the 5G technology for the E-Class, as ComputerBase was able to find out when asked. Qualcomm also supplies the Snapdragon Cockpit Platform, the arm-based processor of the infotainment system. Mercedes-Benz explains that the electronics architecture is determined more by software and less by hardware with the new model. This forms the basis for the interior systems to be updated more individually in the future. The computing functions of previously separate domains take place in a single computing unit in the new E-Class. The many screens and the infotainment system now share only one powerful central computer.
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Qualcomm announced in the fall of 2022 that Mercedes-Benz would also be a customer for Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms and Snapdragon Automotive Connectivity Platforms in the future and at the same time held out the prospect that the first Mercedes-Benz vehicles with these solutions would be launched on the market in 2023. In the S-Class and EQS, on the other hand, Nvidia is still being used for the MBUX, once with the Xavier SoC with six Carmel CPU cores, Volta graphics unit and 16 GB RAM in the S-Class, and in the hyperscreen of the EQS with the Xavier full expansion with eight CPU cores and stronger Volta GPU, which comes up with 512 instead of 384 CUDA cores. In addition, Mercedes-Benz has expanded the RAM for the EQS from 16 to 24 GB.
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Automated Valet Parking to Level 4
While driving is supported to a maximum of Level 2, the new E-Class, like the S-Class and EQS, goes up to Level 4 when it comes to parking with the pre-equipment for the Intelligent Park Pilot. With Automated Valet Parking to Level 4, the driver hands over the vehicle to the parking garage in a stopping zone at the entrance to a parking garage equipped with the corresponding intelligent infrastructure and leaves the car, which then parks and exits fully automatically and driverless. Mercedes-Benz has had approval for series production of fully automated parking in accordance with SAE Level 4, for example in the P6 parking garage at Stuttgart Airport, since the end of last year. BMW and Valeo also want to offer corresponding solutions, but in the future without infrastructure upgrades on the part of the parking garages.
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Die neue E-Klasse (W214) soll Tradition und Digitalisierung zusammenführen. Die klassische Drei-Box-Limousine ist ein Vorbote für das MB.OS.
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