We finally got a chance to try out Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot made just for the U.S., and we have thoughts.
it is a real SAE Level 3 system—where the car is in full and total control . We took a ride in a 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS sedan in Santa Monica, California to see just what makes it different from a"high-level" SAE Level 2 and the European version of Drive Pilot.
The U.S. and European systems use nearly the same hardware to enable Drive Pilot functionality—the same cameras, the same LiDAR and radar sensors, and similar satellite navigation antennas with an accuracy of under an inch. If you think that sounds like a bit much, how much latitude do you think self-driving cars should be given? Yeah, we figured sub-one-inch accuracy sounds good.The biggest difference is that, for U.S. customers, you first need to sit through a seven-minute video.
Mercedes also needed to program Drive Pilot to recognize U.S.-based emergency vehicles, as our emergency response vehicles use different colored lights and sounds. Drive Pilot can discern the sound of an emergency vehicle behind your Mercedes, and determines if it needs to pull over and let the vehicle by.
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