, take over the bumper-to-bumper crawling duties up to 40 MPH without the driver needing to keep their hands on the wheel. When engaged, the system handles lane-keeping duties, stays with the flow of traffic, navigates to destinations programmed into the Nav system, and will even react to"unexpected traffic situations and handles them independently, e.g. by evasive maneuvers within the lane or by braking maneuvers.
To perform these feats, the Drive Pilot system relies on a suite of sensors embedded throughout the vehicle including visual cameras, LiDAR arrays, radar and ultrasound sensors, and audio mics to keep an ear out for approaching emergency vehicles. The system even compares its onboard sensor data with what it is receiving from its GPS to ensure it knows exactly where on the road it actually is.
Drive Pilot is only available on the 2024 S-Class and EQS Sedan for now. Those are already in production and the first cars should reach the Vegas strip in the second half of this year. All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices are correct at the time of publishing.
If this were Tesla, the Engadget headline would be “Tesla releases level 3 autonomy, but limitations make it nearly worthless, despite Musks promises”.
Yet it can't change lanes, or do most of the things that Tesla can do.
Looks like someone got passed up..
Can't be. It's not a Tesla. You all have no idea. I don't play by your rules.