Mercedes-Benz will introduce new steering wheel technology that solves a problem unique to the wave of semiautonomous vehicles. Most modern driver-assistance systems require drivers to periodically ...

Modern steering wheels do more than control which direction a car goes. They're festooned with buttons that drivers can use to make phone calls or change radio stations. But the first cars didn't even ...

If you can call them as such, smart steering wheels aren’t anything new. In 1974, the Lincoln Motor Company added two rocker switches on the steering wheels of the Continental and Continental Mark IV ...

The upcoming 2021 Mercedes E-Class Coupe and Cabrio will debut a brand new steering wheel design for Mercedes, featuring capacitive hands-off detection. Inside the rim of the wheel is a two-zone ...

In the summer of 2020, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class will launch a new, comprehensively digitalized generation of steering wheels: Capacitive steering wheel. Its rim contains a two-zone sensor mat that ...

Mercedes introduced the facelifted 2021MY E-Class in March, but now the company has revealed additional information about its high-tech steering wheel. Set to arrive this summer, the capacitive ...

A second automaker has realized that going all-out on capacitive touch buttons is the wrong move. First, Honda backtracked, giving the 10th-generation Civic a physical volume knob to replace the touch ...

Mercedes vehicles come with state-of-the-art driver assist features, but with the 2021 E-Class sedans, it wants to make sure you use them properly. As such, it has introduced a new steering wheel with ...

It can sometimes feel like the arc of progress only moves in one direction and that it’s always making our lives worse. As car makers get turned on to technology—pushed by customers begging to see ...

Capacitive sensor technology has evolved markedly over recent years, underpinned by advancements in integrated circuit design and novel measurement approaches. These sensors function by detecting ...

The circuit was specially designed for shop windows animation as it makes use of a capacitive sensor that is triggered by touch control system. BC337 – a small signal NPN Silicon AF medium power ...