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This is a gimmick. Mercedes is claiming liability for the car because the feature only works in extremely limited set of circumstances (traffic jam, cruising at
by nunez 4y ago
This is a gimmick. Mercedes is claiming liability for the car because the feature only works in extremely limited set of circumstances (traffic jam, cruising at less than 39 mi/hr).
Tesla's Autopilot has long been able to do this in this domain, and it does it well; they just don't claim liability yet because $reasons (I'm sure they're gearing up for it with Tesla Insurance).
As we see in the announcement, Drive Pilot doesn't even perform automated lane changes yet, which even Ford's BlueCruise system can do.
- nickthegreek 4y agoBut it’s not just a gimmick, as you point out, they are claiming liability for accidents in those limited circumstances. If that’s a gimmick, then we need more gimmicks.
- steelframe 4y ago> This is a gimmick. Assuming liability for malfunction is the stellar opposite of "gimmick." It's an actual SLA on a GA feature rather than pre-alpha toy tech that a certain despicable company that won't be named hoists on all public roadway users in the vicinity of their garbage vehicles.
- 93po 4y agoIt also makes no sense that level 3 means it provides 10 second notice if you need to take over. Cameras can't see 10 seconds ahead of you at highway speeds to know whether there's a situation it can't navigate.