It's literally limited to 60km/h and likely will be far behind what a Tesla is capable of. Getting an approval for something like that doesn't really mean much in terms of advancement. Neither is a real "Auto pilot" and both are going in that direction from different angles. Wouldn't say so as the MB system's approval means that a driver can take his eyes off the road without violating traffic laws something that Tesla still hasn't achieved and might still be a decade or more out. No one, especially not Mercedes wants PR in form of "Mercedes car rammed a road splitting barrier" like Tesla had several times. Tesla's promises of fully autonomous driving are more of a PR stunt where Mercedes is not restricted by technical capabilities, but regulations. Which kind of defeats it's "first approved self driving" in my eyes and that we would already have such systems and cars already for lower speed zones. If it's very limited, it should be used for taxies only and in-city at most. (also we don't know what "heavy traffic" means, in higher speed this could mean more than a 1-3 cars) but if they do (which I guess was stated), the cost and why it can't do higher speed? Since it can't go above 60, does it mean it can't react to things well or something? Hope its even good enough for 60, also if it does have the tech for longer range reaction like with LiDAR or something similar. All these kinds of things are doing is putting in a badge of honor so they can claim they were the "first", while not advancing technology really. Pre-mapped highways as well doesn't really feel authentic either.I mean Super Cruise only has like 200k miles of roadway you are allowed to use it on. Realistically Tesla's autopilot (not even including their FSD) is leaps and bounds ahead of a vehicle limited to geofenced and also 60km/h. Honestly, its like the only difference here is that GM's super cruise still requires the driver to pay attention on the highway.which also has the downside that it can't handle tighter highway corners.Īll in all, it's nothing really to write home about, a company created a vehicle where they eliminated the need for the driver to pay attention in a limited scenario. Just checking that this you are joking about this part right?Īnyways, for those who aren't even bothering to read the first paragraph of the article, it's intended for traffic conditions (not the typical highway driving). s But as usal we'll have to wait and see how it pans out. Well, here's to hoping that eventually we will reach CGP Grey's true solution to traffic as I for one welcome our new robot overlords. Now this begs the question, where do you find fenced 60 km/h highways? Where I'm at most highways have speed limit of about 100-120 km/h, but I don't know the highways of germany so, who knows there might be such highways there. It's limited to 60 km/h and on fenced highways. Well, Apparently we now have fuller-but-not-full "full self-driving". Germany's approval opens up a pathway for similar approval in the rest of the European Union, as well as Korea, Japan, Australia, and the UK. Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority has been satisfied that the system is safe and has granted Mercedes-Benz approval to deploy Drive Pilot in the first half of 2022. However, the operational design domain is even more tightly controlled than Super Cruise-like GM's system, Drive Pilot will function only on premapped, geofenced, closed-access highways, and it will operate only at speeds of up to 37 mph (60 km/h). Drivers really can turn their minds-and their eyes-to something else, unlike with (the still-level 2) Super Cruise system from General Motors. As a result, the system can handle unexpected traffic situations and can take evasive action if necessary. When engaged, Drive Pilot takes over managing situational awareness. It uses a combination of radar, cameras, lidar, microphones (to detect emergency vehicles), and a moisture sensor, plus the car's high-accuracy GNSS, which locates the car on an HD map. The new system is true automated driving as opposed to driver assistance.
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