• Etnaphele@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      MB Driver Assist could be compared with Tesla Autopilot. FSD does obviously much more in that is a “Level 3 beta”, albeit always level 2 because of its development stage. The yet to be released Drive Pilot from Mercedes - the Level 3 automated driving system - could be compared with Tesla FSD, that is a comparison I would gladly see!

      Btw, the start of the video on the consumer report evaluation is about Driver Assist and Autopilot. The car in the video then runs FSD.

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        6 months ago

        I feel like you’re jumping through hoops to shoot Mercedes bail here. The system in this car was rated higher than the Tesla and the reality is that it’s not even in the same league.

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          I just care about proper and honest reporting. I’d have a Tesla any day over a Mercedes, for many reasons, but bashing systems based on the wrong assumptions is wrong. They are showing a line keeping assistant that requires steer control at all times (Merc) and a system that aims to be unsupervised - only that it should supervise and doesn’t do it properly, hence the lower score in many tests and the federal investigations in the USA.

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            What’s steer control and why does it need it if it’s supposed to keep lines? I’m genuinely confused here. You’re saying the Mercedes system shouldn’t be rated because they have another Mercedes system? Even though they’re in a car rated as being SAE level 3?

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              You got me here, wasn’t even aware that the Mercedes system is officially a level 2 with Steer Control that is supposed to do much better than seen in the video. I still think they should have compared with the more basic Autopilot, though, as this is what consumer report evaluated and the safety problems of Tesla’s lack of driver monitoring are there.

              I edit my first comment according to what I learned through the discussion :)

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                Also my bad, just corrected myself. The Mercedes is supposed to be level 3 whereas the Tesla is supposed to be level 2.

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                  No I think the level 3 is only available in selected countries, roads and speeds. It’s called Drive Pilot and it’s not the one they are using in the video.

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                    6 months ago

                    Aha, that would make sense. Though that’s as bad as Tesla being allowed to call theirs Full Self Driving