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The first actually autonomous car (under very specific circumstances) sold to the general consumer should be a historic day for Mercedes US, and the auto indust
by MichaelZuo 3y ago
The first actually autonomous car (under very specific circumstances) sold to the general consumer should be a historic day for Mercedes US, and the auto industry as a whole.
But there doesn't seem to be even a press release on mbusa.com?
- paxys 3y agoConsidering there are grand total of 65 cars available for sale, it's obvious that the company is still testing the waters. There's no reason to do a massive PR push until they are ready and can scale production.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThose 65 cars could easily be >10% of all new S classes available on dealer lots in the two states, the majority of customers order custom made or order special chauffer variants.
- cbb330 3y agoAgreed, as I’m familiar as a buyer and with friends who work at MBUSA in dealer inventory.
- barrenko 3y agoAll things AI related seem to suffer from some kind of collective hedonic adaptation. I was pretty thrilled to start using ChatGPT as a math tutor, nowadays I'm just "meeh" (while still using it as a math tutor).
- rsynnott 3y agoThere was a bit of press a few years back when they got approval in Germany, but I’d imagine that Mercedes might be reluctant to bet the farm on this or link it to their public image; self driving cars have not, ah, exactly been an unqualified success thus far, and raising expectations could come back to bite them later.