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Why Tesla? Why not Mercedes, who have shown real self-driving (e.g. https://abcnews.go.com/Business/future-driving-hands-off-eyes-off-mercedes-benz/story?id=103

by sgift 3y ago

Why Tesla? Why not Mercedes, who have shown real self-driving (e.g. https://abcnews.go.com/Business/future-driving-hands-off-eyes-off-mercedes-benz/story?id=103681808 https://abcnews.go.com/Business/future-driving-hands-off-eye...) in specific environments, unlike FSD, which cannot self-drive? Or Waymo with their self-driving taxis? Being the first at claiming you are able to (or will be able to) do something doesn't make you a relevant contender in a space.

ArtTimeInvestor 3y ago
All I see in that highly edited video is a car staying in lane and making a lane change. While there are many long unedited videos from Tesla owners in which the car does way more.
- sgift 3y ago
  I didn't link a video, I linked an article.
- adrianN 3y ago
  If Tesla’s cars are more capable, why doesn’t Tesla market them as Level 3?
  - ArtTimeInvestor 3y ago
    That's like asking a startup founder "If you are so good at business, why are you earning less than me as an employee?". The path to complex, high value outcomes is different than the path to simple, low value outcomes.
  - iknowstuff 3y ago
    No need. A 1 minute google makes it extremely obvious which one is more capable.
iknowstuff 3y ago
Fake ass PR fluff and you fell for it. https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/19e8hjf/where_are_all_the_youtube_videos_from_mercedes/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/19e8hjf/wh...
- sgift 3y ago
  And the US (and other countries) authorities which allowed Mercedes Self-Driving Level 3 did too? Sounds more like reddit bullshit to me.
  - iknowstuff 3y ago
    Well first of all, you can’t purchase it in the US. It doesn’t exist. Apparently you can order it in Germany, but even then who cares? It’s a traffic assist system, below 30mph or so, needs to closely follow a lead car, and it would probably still shit the bed if something fell out of said car. Mercedes made the conditions so tight they’re just willing to take the risk for the PR fluff they received. Complete garbage. And with all that, not a single fucking video on YouTube from an owner casually using it

by sgift 3y ago

ArtTimeInvestor 3y ago

All I see in that highly edited video is a car staying in lane and making a lane change. While there are many long unedited videos from Tesla owners in which the car does way more.

sgift 3y ago
I didn't link a video, I linked an article.
adrianN 3y ago
If Tesla’s cars are more capable, why doesn’t Tesla market them as Level 3?
- ArtTimeInvestor 3y ago
  That's like asking a startup founder "If you are so good at business, why are you earning less than me as an employee?". The path to complex, high value outcomes is different than the path to simple, low value outcomes.
- iknowstuff 3y ago
  No need. A 1 minute google makes it extremely obvious which one is more capable.

iknowstuff 3y ago

Fake ass PR fluff and you fell for it. https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/19e8hjf/where_are_all_the_youtube_videos_from_mercedes/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/19e8hjf/wh...

sgift 3y ago
And the US (and other countries) authorities which allowed Mercedes Self-Driving Level 3 did too? Sounds more like reddit bullshit to me.
- iknowstuff 3y ago
  Well first of all, you can’t purchase it in the US. It doesn’t exist. Apparently you can order it in Germany, but even then who cares? It’s a traffic assist system, below 30mph or so, needs to closely follow a lead car, and it would probably still shit the bed if something fell out of said car. Mercedes made the conditions so tight they’re just willing to take the risk for the PR fluff they received. Complete garbage. And with all that, not a single fucking video on YouTube from an owner casually using it