Mercedes-Benz

also referred to as: mercedes

includes Mercedes Benz S Class, Mercedes Benz E Class

6 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 16, 2017 by Frank Chen · said 31 times in 15 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Frank Chen (8), Benedict Evans (8), Casey Neistat (5), Steven Sinofsky (3), Qasar Younis (1), Mike Paulus (1), Marc Andreessen (1), Dapper Dan (1)

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Everything said about Mercedes-Benz, oldest first

Jul 16, 2017 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Chen: Mercedes-Benz Installing V2V Radios in S-Class Cars by 2019
“Mercedes-Benz has started putting V to V radios in their S series. I think that comes 2019. Maybe a little earlier.”
Frank Chen Jul 16, 2017 ▶ 13:03 16 Questions About Self Driving Cars
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Paulus: Google, Volvo, and Mercedes accept self-driving liability
“Google Volvo and Mercedes have all said that for their cars, while they're in assault driving mode, they have the liability”
Mike Paulus Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:22 a16z Podcast | Reinventing Insurance
Jan 2, 2019
Disclosure
Neistat: Mercedes-Benz four-video campaign was pitched on a one-page brief
“I remember it was a one-page brief that I sent them for a four-video campaign that lasted five months long that was, like, really, really well received by my audience, and I think they were very happy with the impact that the videos had because it was really h…”
Casey Neistat Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:19 a16z Podcast | I Reject the Term Viral Video
Jan 2, 2019
Disclosure
Mercedes prohibited Casey Neistat from showing his car crashes in sponsored videos
“They wouldn't let me put, when I wrecked the Mercedes, either time, any of the times in the video. And one night when I wrecked one, I had to cover it in a tarp before I could get it towed away.”
Casey Neistat Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:53 a16z Podcast | I Reject the Term Viral Video
Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Qasar Younis: Autonomous vehicles will cause a bloodbath among Tier 1 suppliers
“I think the real bloodbath in this ecosystem is not going to be at the manufacturer's level because consumers have some affiliation to, like, a Tesla vehicle or, like, a Mercedes-Benz, etc. It happens at the tier ones, but where there's that destruction, there…”
Qasar Younis Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:39 a16z Podcast | Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?
Jun 18, 2025 bearish
Assertion Partly supported
Sinofsky: Western automakers lost IP and capital in Chinese joint ventures
“And like, we met once with and so the car companies, if you just fast forward, they all are out of China now. These joint ventures, they could never get their money out. They lost all their IP, their manufacturer. It's just horrible to, like, Volkswagen, Ford,…”
Steven Sinofsky Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 37:27 Former Microsoft Executive on Apple’s Hidden China Problem
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