It feels like autonomous cars have been “right around the corner” for the last decade in a never-ending cycle of automakers promising their arrival. Well, if Mercedes-Benz has anything to do with it, that might finally be true: The brand’s new Drive Pilot will be the first Level 3 autonomous system to hit the U.S. market. Edmunds’ Brian Wong gets behind the wheel — and takes his hands off it — in this video, where we put Drive Pilot to the test for the first time.
Read more about the different levels of autonomy here:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Level 3 Changes
2:00 Drive Pilot Engaged
03:51 Infotainment Freedom
04:40 Drive Pilot Conditions and Safety Measures
07:28 Vehicle Liability
8:00 System Requirements
09:23 Edmunds’ Take
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wow, the MB subscription price is super expensive.
Oh dear god. Another Subscription based car feature that only works when you add money. How about the heated seats? Are they also a subscription feature? Plus, the restrictions are crazy. Most people will only be able to use it for very limited parts of their trip. Saying that, does the Level 2 system offer navigation etc. like Tesla's FSD?
You know what. I talk trash about Tesla FSD but that literally blows this away.
Why is this categorized as level 3 and current Tesla still level 2? Tesla is now hands free, it changes lanes, it enters and exits freeways, stop and goes, etc. without any driver control. I’m asking because if Mercedes is superior in autonomous driving, I might switch
So, with the exception of the traffic requirement, this would never work in NYC metro? Clearly marked driving lines in NYC 😂
It would be nice if the driver could call his autonomous car by simple phone call from the parking area to where he stands , please Mercedes just more simple phone app🤗
Lexus/Toyota's Traffic Jam Assist is better and only 15$ a month
Considering all the problems with the software on my current S-class I don't even try to imagine the problems will occur on this actually in praxis useless system
Mercedes shouldn't charge you but rather give you an insensitive to have that installed and be their guinea pig
More funny is when people defending it says it's 100% safe and no accidents using this yet. But there's probably only a handful of these cars on the road (Google says they sold at least 65 compared to 900k Teslas with FSD) and like 5% of the time it even meets the conditions for use. That shows you it has not been truly tested in real world conditions. Meanwhile, there are hundreds of thousands of FSD Teslas on the road with real life data. They love to mention that one person killed by a Tesla, walking their bike in fast lane in the dark. And Tesla FSD is always improving with the more real life data it gains from people actually using it.
So, in other words it’s no Tesla. Go back to the drawing table Mercedes.
First to have level 1? Now I know that's a lie with Tesla having the first vehicle to have a ton of us driving features ever. And you can't even use the damn thing when you want to! Like, this is crap compared to Tesla as far as this review goes
Um, I’d rather have Tesla’s level 2 FSD than this MB’s drive pilot. I can used FSD in so many more conditions.
Dude from Mercedes behind him DEF has a pistol pointed at his back 😂
Yikes
While bullshit artist Elon likes to lie and make idiots believe Tesla can drive itself. Its system is way behind and hasn't even to date achieved Level 3 Autonomous Driving
More like level 0.3 😂
what a joke. FSD is the only one out there that is even coming close.
the escalade supports over 40mph
What a joke..$2500 a year for this?
Wait, that's it? r/RealTesla , I thought you guys said this is better than Tesla FSD?
How are people so unaware in these comments? THIS IS A HUGE FIRST REVEAL IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. It has these limitations since its NEW. It's a option if you want it or not. These limitations will be lessened when the programme is more ideal and reasonable to do so.
garbage compared to tesla still 🙁
Is this for real? My Kia k5 does a better job as long as I touch the steering wheel one a minute lol. I ran all the stuff it can’t do and I RAN to the comments lol
lol Tesla full self driving Fsd v12.5.1 Tesla will have L5 in under one year ,they may even have it by the end of 2024.
L3 will be the Betamax of the driving world
It’s amazing not a single L3 owner has posted a video! They must be all embarrassed about there purchase 😂😂😂😂😂
Level 3 or not, this system from MB seems to be much less capable than the Supercruise and the Bluecruise despite these being a Level 2 system.
This is nice but not really what id call Level 3 driving systems, sounds more like they just wanted to be able to say theyre the first level 3 vehicle….
This is what they consider level 3? This is a complete joke. FSD will drive me 60 miles a day from unmarked country lanes, through highways and to a downtown location to the parking lot with zero interventions (excluding parking lots).
I thought Mercedes was 1 of the most advanced with self driving technology; this system looks terrible. My 21 Genesis G80 highway driving assist is 50x better than this level 3 system. It works great with traffic, no traffic, night/day, & hugs curves at 65 mph. It does have trouble in the rain since it can't really see the lines on the road, but other than that, it's great. My commute to work is between 35 – 55 minutes depending on traffic & I would say it does about 80% of the driving for me. Saying Mercedes was the 1st to levels 1, 2, & 3 doesn't really mean anything when comparing it to other softwares out there seeing what all level 3 is incapable of. Not sure what metrics Mercedes is using to rate their software, but if level 3 is their latest upgrade, they have a long road ahead of them to try & catch up to the competition.
Tesla is the best for FSD
This is proof that Elon is right. You only need cameras and the more sensors you have, the greater the disruption can be with the system over analyzing. This is scary to me. You have to pay more attention than any other system as these required conditions can change so quickly!
Better off getting the Acura tlx sh awd!!!
This system is really useless. Only up to 60 km/h, only for traffic jams, only for highway, it cannot change line, only in day light and for 2500 USD per year? Mercedes, send this system to the trash and buy a Tesla FSD. This system is terrible.
So no alignment needed?
Holy shit this thing is bad, the Tesla AP works better than that in Europe.
Yeah Tesla is killing this as far as autonomy is concerned…. However Mercedes is still king of luxury and comfort
What a joke 😂😂😂😂😂!
🤣🤣🤣 level-3?? Main stream media corruption at its best!
https://youtu.be/7iaDuhFa_Yc?si=E9WjJLCtFOS4m4UJ
So basically, once the car in front of you leaves, or traffic starts to ease up and goes faster, you basically have to take over. Sounds silly. Tesla FSD operates nearly everywhere, at night, in bad weather and city streets
It's crazy how much better Tesla FSD is than this yet the media acts like this thing puts Tesla to shame. Tesla just doesn't claim level 3 yet but it drives the car well almost entirely, anywhere, at any time and under almost any condition. They just won't take the liability yet that comes by calling it level 3.
Lmfao they call this level 3….but refuse to let tesla use FSD as level 3 even though tesla's FSD is decades beyond this system. this is basically a "theres a car in front of us, lets just tail it" its not even close to being anywhere near level 3. I had FSD drive me 100 miles at night, in the rain with no cars around. every single condition this system cannot do.
Diamant of shamelessness of Mercedes is mentally ill how stupid and how behind they are that's why they're paying a lot of money to TVs and Commercial crap gone are the days of Mercedes and Nokia welcome Tesla
This is THE JOKE of the century! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
2500.00 dollars a year, for this shit! Mercedes shame on you! Must be a joke, who can take this serious.