Smart car will show Daimler autonomous cars direction

The self-driving car vision will be a growing feature of motor shows, like the the Smart concept planned for Frankfurt the week after next, writes Brian Byrne.

With a teaser picture the brand previews the first model from the Daimler stable that features all four attributes of the parent company's strategy for autonomous vehicles — connected, autonomous, shared and electric, known by the acronym CASE.

The concept will showcase thoughts on a vehicle that can be summoned by a customer to take it for the duration of a point to point journey, after which it will be available to another customer.

This could be the taxi of the near enough future, without a gabby driver …