You are comparing apples to burgers. Mercedes system attacks narrow scope ( gaps in traffic approved roads, certain speed conditions) etc. They bring for that

You are comparing apples to burgers. Mercedes system attacks narrow scope ( gaps in traffic approved roads, certain speed conditions) etc. They bring for that lots of expensive hardware. Tesla is trying to build general AI. Wether they will succeed or not, it's a debate. But basically Mercedes strategy is do something NOW with expensive hardware where Tesla strategy do way more in the future, with cheap, 5 y.o. hardware