Mercedes Van Might Carry the Future

By Warren Brown Special to the Washington Post - Oct 11, 2015

Frankfurt, Germany — It was a tale of two Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans — one, a bare-bones commuter I drove in the Northern Virginia suburbs of the District of Columbia. The other was simply stupendous — no other way to put it. It was outfitted with rich, two-toned leather and pretty wood veneers; fixed with soft ambient lighting that eased my mood; equipped with reliable wireless WiFi service, far more reliable and accessible than the...