The innovative Mercedes-Benz MirrorCam

In place of the conventional inside rear-view mirrors, the Actros L is fitted with an enhanced, aerodynamically sophisticated MirrorCam. The camera arms are now shortened, which also reduces the overall vehicle width. The system can save up to 1.3% fuel and offer improved visibility to the rear – especially in critical lighting conditions – and in the A-pillar. The new spoiler lip and water-repellent coating of the lens reduce droplet formation.

MirrorCam also provides added safety during manoeuvring, turning off and changing lanes, for example by panning the camera image in accordance with the vehicle's movements. Guide and distance lines also make manoeuvring easier. A classic mirror system is also available as an alternative to the MirrorCam.

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Stuttgart –

‘’Mercedes-Benz Trucks presented a truck with cameras instead of exterior outside mirrors back in 2014 with its study entitled “Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025”. In 2018, it was the first in the industry to introduce series production of MirrorCam – the first mirror camera system for trucks. A series-produced truck equipped with MirrorCam no longer had traditional main and wide-angle mirrors. Instead, it had a system consisting of two cameras attached to both sides of the roof frame as well as two portrait-format monitors attached to the A-pillars in the cab, together with the corresponding controls in the driver’s cab. A conscious decision was made to use two equally sized, 15-inch monitors on the driver’s and front passenger's sides. This is because the larger the image of a moving object, the easier it is to judge its speed. For the driver to identify the image information relevant to the situation as quickly as possible, a complex, multi-quadrant view was also replaced by a single image.’’

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Why choose MirrorCam?

― Fuel and CO2 savings of up to 1.3% compared to traditional mirrors

― Improved view past the A-pillars, making roundabouts, corners and manoeuvring easier and safer, and improving direct vision

― Better night-time visibility with automatic adjustment to lighting conditions

― Less wind noise inside the cab

― Improved view of the trailer, as the system adjusts the view to follow the end of the trailer as the vehicle corners. Trailer tyre damage is therefore less likely

― Increased safety when overtaking thanks to extended distance indicator lines

― The Direct Vision ‘Star Rating’ (approved by Transport for London) is improved on cabs with an engine tunnel when MirrorCam is fitted

― Simpler reversing, with adjustable distance indicator line to mark the end of the vehicle or trailer

― Stays much cleaner in bad weather, reducing the cleaning required to keep a clear view and the misting of side windows does not affect rearward vision

― Can be used to monitor outside the vehicle when parked even with the curtains shut

― Reduction in damage costs due to a dramatically smaller external surface area. Mirror clashes with other vehicles cannot occur

― If excess force is applied to the camera arm, it is designed to fold back 65o and fold forward 50°