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> The automaker got the green light to sell its Drive Pilot package for use on stretches of the country’s Autobahn network at a speed of up to 37 miles per hour
by nexuist 5y ago
> The automaker got the green light to sell its Drive Pilot package for use on stretches of the country’s Autobahn network at a speed of up to 37 miles per hour, Mercedes said Dec. 9.
Kind of stupid that this headline implies Mercedes is beating Tesla when Autopilot obviously supports speeds above 37mph. It would be like if a car manufacturer offered a package called "Full Self Driving" that wasn't actually level 5 self driving.
- MBCook 5y agoDoes autopilot support driving without the driver paying any attention at all? That’s what Mercedes system can do.
- noja 5y agoYeah, at up to 37 mph.
- chrinic4948 5y agoNope. Even at 10 mph / 16 kph, Tesla requires the driver to pay attention. Tesla forces drivers to apply resistance to the steering wheel and the interior cabin camera (and cabin infrared camera starting 2022) will ensure the driver is looking up.
- Aeolun 5y ago> It would be like if a car manufacturer offered a package called "Full Self Driving" that wasn't actually level 5 self driving. You mean like something called ‘autopilot’ when you still have to pay attention all the time?
- justapassenger 5y agoYou’re comparing apples to oranges. Level 2 and 3 have enormous gaps in terms of how you design, what are your failures modes, liability, redundancy, etc, etc. Comparing autopilot to level 3 system is like saying that fly is more advanced organism than a dog, because it can fly.
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoWhen the goal is to have a flying organism, a dog is pretty useless, however advanced its bark.
- faeyanpiraat 5y agoNew client requirement: add barking ability to the fly.
- justapassenger 5y agoWho said a goal of level 3 system is the same as a goal of an level 2? As I said, apples to oranges. Autopilot is a drivers aid system that will actively try to kill you as a part of a design (like any other level 2 systems). Level 3 system goal is not to kill you.
- chipotle_coyote 5y agoI genuinely can't tell if this is deadpan humor or not, since Tesla's build-to-order page as of this moment refers to this option package as "Full Self-Driving Capability."
- nexuist 5y agoIt was, unfortunately Full Self Driving will probably actually be full self driving before we figure out how to communicate sarcasm across the Internet
- chipotle_coyote 5y agoFair. :)