When Drive Pilot is engaged, the markers light up in a continuous fashion in the color turquoise. The choice of hue, strange as it may seem, appears to be backed by serious science, and that's why ...

The future of automotive lights could be a tad more colorful as Mercedes has become the first automaker in Germany to receive approval to use turquoise marker lights on autonomous vehicles.

Helping the German luxury brand inch closer to a self-driving future, on March 5 the company announced it received official approval for special marker lights that alert others when automated ...