12/19/2021
Tesla just got slapped... with a hammer! Awesome!! By awesome, I mean awesome, finally competition!! Take away the self driving concept and Tesla just has a battery powered car... they better up their game... AND GET LIDAR!!! honestly... I can drive a car with my eyes (and crash, just like Teslas)... but I expect a computer that is driving not to be equal to my limitations I expect it to be VASTLY SUPERIOR (perfect if we are being honest)!! That is not achievable with just a camera system... Mercedes just proved this (LIDAR (or any type of alternate sensor) is the only way forward for truly automated driving - seeing in complete darkness is VERY relevant)! An automated systems excuse for killing a human cannot be, "well, the human wouldn't have seen them either." Does the terminator walk into a building and say, "its dark... I guess no one is here"? ... No, it switches sensors... something Tesla doesn't have. Congratulations to Mercedes! Cars that don't run over people, drive them into trees / highway medians / parked cars / cars with flashing lights / people crossing the road at night / beds of semi trucks / I think I can Google more here... is huge!! Cant wait till they are here!
Mercedes can sell its autonomous drive package, called Drive Pilot, to be used on parts of Germany’s Autobahn network at a max speed of 37 miles per hour.