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Mercedes launches Attention Assist

By Ben Whitworth Motor Industry 13 August 2008 13:28 Mercedes-Benz researchers call it the ‘one-second nap’ – that instant when fatigue overcomes you at the wheel on a long trip and you wake up in hospital. To counter dozing off while driving, which Mercedes claims accounts for a quarter of all major motorway accidents, its engineers have developed an innovative driver support system called Attention Assist. As well as registering linear and lateral acceleration, indicator and pedal operation and vehicle speed, the system also monitors steering response - the most important indicator of fatigue according to Mercedes, is tired drivers have difficulty in keeping their vehicle precisely on track.

GM to launch Chevrolet van in global markets

Chevrolet plans to launch a family van soon in several global regions, GM Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said Tuesday in showing analysts GM's future product plans. General Motors will base the van on its global compact-car architecture, said Stephens, who heads product development. He showed a picture of the van to analysts at a company presentation Tuesday, but his slides were not made available to members of the media.

Jaguar Land Rover: LIVE reveal from Geneva

Jaguar Land Rover Press Conference LIVE from Geneva 2011 Just in case you’ve been lurking in an cave for the last few weeks, we’ll remind you that the 2011 Geneva Motor Show is but days away. And that means lots of car news, as you may already have realised. Which also means that, although we’ve already managed to bring reports of far more than the car makers would really like, we get a live reveal of new cars – always a bit of a buzz.