Ground Breaking Blue Technology of Mercedes-Benz

These day cars not only serve as a medium of transport, but also luxury and a status symbol. These add up of more luxuries including air-conditioning has made some unnecessary impacts to this greener environment. Nowadays every automotive company is striving hard improving their automotive technologies to overcome the impact on environment and produce greener vehicles and save depleting fuel resources. Leading car and commercial vehicle manufacturer, Benz has come with a new innovative technology to save the planet called ‘Blue Efficiency’. The buzz word ‘blue’ efficiency derives its name from ‘blue planet’ a word used to express the earth when viewed from the space. Blue also signifies water a vital component of life. A vehicle that is to be zero emission must only produce water vapor as its emission.


Blue efficiency vehicles have a collection of innovations including light weight materials, aerodynamics to reduce strain or drag by air, intelligent energy management system to compress the fuel to the maximum while burning, energy efficient power steering. This every prospective measure taken aids to reduce fuel consumption along with reducing CO2 emission to nearly 23% and helps in saving this greener world, not to mention it also helps saving more bucks with the vehicle owners. Blue efficiency vehicles produced by Benz are sleek and aerodynamic in nature. They are marvelously designed and engineered to give elegance and offer superior performance. These greener vehicles are great companion of environment and help to protect planet from further destruction.

Aerodynamic efficiency helps to save more fuel. Maximizing the energy includes regulation of power steering, braking energy and enhanced transmission of the rear axle. Each and every measure including recovery of excess energy helps to save the total energy consumed. All this effect has a positive effect on the overall fuel consumption of the vehicle. Less power consumption occurs with less wind resistance which in turn lowers the fuel consumption. Various measures such as lowering the body level of the vehicle, using special wheel tire combinations like alloy wheels and wind spoilers decreases the fuel consumption and reduce the emission of CO2. New generation cars and commercial vehicles of Mercedes-Benz are fitted with low rolling-resistance tires. These tires are made up of advanced rubber, which decreases the rolling resistance when compared to that of normal tires; this in turn increases the fuel efficiency. Blue efficiency model vehicles offered by Benz are light in weight e.g. bodies are built with light weight materials (45kgs reduced to 30kgs), light weight wind screens (3kg to 1.5kg) and forged light weight alloy wheels (15kg to 7kg) causes a drastic change in the handling and improved fuel efficiency vehicles. Mercedes-Benz these days strive hard to sustain a greener and eco friendly environment using their blue efficiency technologies.