Mercedes-Benz Daimler, Germany's leading automaker, has received government regulatory approval to operate a hands-free autonomous driving system on public roads, an achievement that represents an important stepping stone on the long and difficult roads towards legalizing new self-driving cars.
Competing with Tesla, the technology leader, Mercedes, regulatory approval means Mercedes can sell a self-driving package called "DrivePilot" for use in parts of the Autobahn network, with a top speed of 37 miles per hour.
This approval will make the German-Iraqi company able to obtain an independent system for the third level, which means that the driver can use the system without keeping their hands on the steering wheel, which is different from the second level in Tesla, which still requires that the driver put his hand on the steering wheel and be His eye is fixed on the road.
Daimler said in a statement that their customers could be able to purchase the Mercedes S-Class, which is equipped with the Drive Pilot system, in the first half of 2022, and Markus Schaefer, chief technology officer at Mercedes-Benz, notes that the lidar sensors that they developed the system on Basically, it provides customers with a unique and luxurious driving experience that gives them the ability to use their time.
The vehicle can automatically navigate through traffic and the company claims that its system can react to unexpected traffic situations and evade between vehicles when necessary.
According to observers, this development, albeit important, seems to have exaggerated Mercedes in expressing its new system, as these systems still need drivers to prepare to take over driving in an emergency, and there is also a speed limit requirement that will not be practical when using Some empty streets especially major highways.
There is also a speed limit requirement, which will not be practical when using the system on some empty or crowded streets especially on a major highway.
However, what Mercedes' rating would do is outperform rival Tesla, as German users angered when a German court ruled that the system for using the word "autopilot" for its driver assistance program was misleading.
The US Congress is also forcing institutions to investigate Tesla over concerns about the effectiveness of autopilot, which makes what Mercedes has announced, as the company lags behind one of the oldest manufacturers in the industry’s history for 136 years related to self-driving vehicles, despite the announcement Elon Musk, CEO of the company, said that they will have one million self-driving cars by the end of 2020, which has not happened.
The group of companies led by Waymo, Argo AI, Zoom, Cruise and GM is participating in the race for self-driving cars, in order to reach a fourth level of autonomous driving in the coming years.
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