Earlier this year when Mercedes announced its Level 3 "Drive Pilot" system [0], a lot of Tesla stans mocked its limitations, which to be honest,
are quite numerous on the face of it:
- Only allowed on limited-access divided highways with no stoplights, roundabouts, or other traffic control systems
- Limited to a top speed of less than 40 mph
- Operates only during the daytime and in clear weather
But the big promise from Mercedes is that it would take legal liability for any accidents that occurs during Drive Pilot's operation, something that Tesla doesn't appear to be even thinking about wrt Autopilot and FSD.
I would love someone to goad/challenge Tesla to step up to Mercedes. If FSD is so much better than Drive Pilot, then why doesn't Tesla agree to provide a "safe mode" for FSD, that operates with the exact same restrictions as Mercedes' D-P, and offers the same legal protections to any users who happen to get into accidents during "safe mode" FSD operation?
[0] https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39481699/what-happens-if-...
- Only allowed on limited-access divided highways with no stoplights, roundabouts, or other traffic control systems
- Limited to a top speed of less than 40 mph
- Operates only during the daytime and in clear weather
But the big promise from Mercedes is that it would take legal liability for any accidents that occurs during Drive Pilot's operation, something that Tesla doesn't appear to be even thinking about wrt Autopilot and FSD.
I would love someone to goad/challenge Tesla to step up to Mercedes. If FSD is so much better than Drive Pilot, then why doesn't Tesla agree to provide a "safe mode" for FSD, that operates with the exact same restrictions as Mercedes' D-P, and offers the same legal protections to any users who happen to get into accidents during "safe mode" FSD operation?
[0] https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39481699/what-happens-if-...