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Mercedes: EQS is recalled

The EQS from Mercedes-Benz can play videos while driving – so far, at least. Now the car is being recalled because of this function: The fact that the videos don’t just play when the car is at a standstill is a safety risk.

Fault makes playback possible while driving

The electric sedans of the EQS series have a large display in the dashboard, which can be used to play videos and surf the Internet. Actually, this should only work when the car is stationary. However, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has now published a document showing that the function can also be used while driving. For this reason, a recall has been launched: The responsible authority sees a safety risk in the possibility of also playing videos or surfing the Internet while driving. According to Mercedes, no accidents have been reported so far that were caused by the use of the large screen. Nevertheless, the recall campaign will continue. Affected are 227 vehicles that received an update that allowed unlimited use of the function.

Tesla faces similar problem

Tesla recently faced a similar problem. The e-car company had made it possible for users of its vehicles to play games via the on-board computer, even while driving, via an update. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also saw this as a safety risk, which is why Tesla is currently being questioned. However, Tesla has not disabled the function so far. All that has been added is a notice warning against playing games while driving. A final decision has not yet been made in this matter. The main difference between Tesla and Mercedes-Benz is that Tesla intentionally enabled the function, while Mercedes-Benz did so by mistake.

Simon Lüthje

I am co-founder of this blog and am very interested in everything that has to do with technology, but I also like to play games. I was born in Hamburg, but now I live in Bad Segeberg.

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