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by belltaco 1035 days ago
Mercedes L3 has significant limitations.

It works only on highways, only in daylight, only when there's a lot of traffic, only under 40mph. Tesla's software does not have those limitations, so yes, it's objectively far superior than a glorified 'follow the car in front and do what it does' simple software that Mercedes is pushing.
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hcazz 1035 days ago
Yeah, there are significant limitations to camera based systems. Although for Mercedes, I'd argue it's significantly more than:

>'follow the car in front and do what it does'

which is describing adaptive cruise control/radar based cruise control which has been on the market in vehicles for over two decades.

>Tesla's software does not have those limitations

Recklessly enabling a half baked vision only autopilot doesn't mean it's "superior". There's a reason actual self driving car companies (Cruise, Waymo, etc) report disengagements per mile as a means to show how "self driving" their vehicles actually are.

Until Tesla self-reports this data, it's nothing but a toy, and I wish folks the best who actually trust their life with it. [0]

>Officially, Telsa describes Autopilot as "an SAE Level 2 driving automation system designed to support and assist the driver in performing the driving task," as cited by NHTSA. Autopilot is not an autonomous driving technology, but the new numbers suggest people are treating it that way, sometimes resulting in tragedy.

[0] - https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44185487/report-tesla-aut...

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honeybadger1 1035 days ago
He or she does not care so I don't even bother. I have already discovered here that people hate Elon therefore hate everything under his eye regardless of the facts around the successes of Tesla's engineering teams that have nothing to do with his personal politics or viewpoints.

This is fine, I enjoy my car and since I am the highest authority of myself, I do not need their validation of my personal experiences I have first hand.

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hcazz 1035 days ago
https://www.sae.org/blog/sae-j3016-update

With Tesla's Autopilot, you are driving the vehicle.

With Mercedes new L3 system (which I'm going to assume you haven't ever used, since it isn't available yet on a vehicle for purchase), the vehicle is driving.

This isn't about Elon, it's about the capabilities of the vehicle you're sitting in. You're also ignoring TFA -- if Tesla's Autopilot is the best thing on the market, why are they asking officials to redact information on whether or not someone got into accidents while using it?

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