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In the 1980s Mercedes built the world's first robot car, together with the team of ProfessorErnst Dickmanns at Bundeswehr Universität München. Partially encouraged by Dickmanns' success, in 1987 the European Union's EUREKA programme initiated the Prometheus Project on autonomous vehicles, funded to the tune of nearly 800 million Euros. A culmination point was achieved in 1995, when Dickmanns´ re-engineered autonomous S-Class Mercedes took a long trip from Munich in Bavaria to Copenhagen in Denmark and back. On highways the robot achieved speeds exceeding 175 kilometres per hour (roughly 110 miles per hour; permissible in some areas of the German Autobahn). The car's abilities has heavily influenced robot car research and funding decisions worldwide.

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• List of German cars
• List of Mercedes-Benz engines
• Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, the company's U.S. production division located in Vance, Alabama
• Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands, UK
• Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
• Mercedes-Benz Museum
• Active Body Control Mercedes-Benz fully active suspension system
• List of Mercedes-Benz cars
• Mercedes 35hp was the original model (year 1900) that contributed to the later brand name after the merger of Benz and DMG

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