Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road

copacetic · 8 months ago

Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road

copacetic · 8 months ago

There are no immediate plans for the OEMs to sell level 4 cars. They would have to charge you at least ten times as much for it if you compare the hardware of level 3 Mercedes with a Waymo taxi. Level 4 will only be available as taxi service for quite a while.

The article mentions “2030” but that seems incredibly naive to me. They will probably just expand the use cases for Drive Pilot until then: Higher speeds, more street types, night time, more weather conditions, more edge cases like construction zones, etc.

Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road

Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road

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