Mercedes Knows its Buyers, Designs Golf Cart of the Future

11 years, 4 months ago - 27 July 2013, Autoblog

The Mercedes-Benz Vision golf cart isn't a golf cart at all, it's an electric luxo-buggy that you can use on the greens and that should have its own model-line designation, like Tee-Class.

The Germans gathered suggestions from around the world for the ideal golfer carrier, and the top poll findings are wrapped in a design language that the doodlers at the Advanced Design Center call "Sensual-Purity."

The doors can be clicked in or out. There are solar cells on the roof to charge the batteries. It's driven by a center-mounted joystick so that the driver or passenger can take the helm. There's a head-up display, docking station and touch screen monitors for control of amenities like air conditioning, stereo and Bluetooth, weather updates and maps of the course layout. And a refrigerator and retractable lightning rod. And then there's the "fore button" – press it and it tells the other nearby Vision golf carts to sound "a warning signal" about an errant shot.

Mercedes says of its creation, "Simplicity is the key."