Mercedes-Benz recently announced that when Mercedes-Benz car drivers equipped with Drive Pilot turn on the vehicle’s advanced driver assistance system, they will be legally responsible for the operation of the car. That is, as long as a car with Drive Pilot active is involved in a crash, Mercedes-Benz will be held responsible.
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Moreover, Mercedes hopes the move will allow it to acquire an edge in autonomous driving. At the same time, this also reflects Mercedes-Benz’s confidence in its own autonomous driving system. Drive Pilot is currently in use in Germany, and the company hopes to launch this autonomous driving system in the United States by the end of 2022.
“As of the end of last year, we were the first to receive L3 international certification,” said Gregor Kugelmann, senior development manager for Drive Pilot, “and our goal is to achieve this for California and Nevada by the end of this year. , we are also considering many other states.”
It is worth mentioning that the autopilot systems of many American car companies, including Tesla Autopilot and General Motors SuperCruise, are still at the L2 level or below, and the driver must always be ready to take over the system and drive manually.
From this attitude, Mercedes-Benz’s new Drive Pilot seems to be well developed. On some highways, below 40 mph, an S-Class or EQS with Drive Pilot will help the driver control the car’s speed, steering, and braking.
At present, there is not much difference between the major traditional car companies in terms of technology. The main Mercedes-Benz announced this time that the driver of the Drive Pilot will no longer bear the legal responsibility for the accident. That distinction puts Mercedes’ semi-autonomous system ahead of Tesla’s Autopilot or GM’s SuperCruise.
