it’s electric!
( although i guess that’s more of a slide, than a spin. maybe more like their stock? )
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Mercedes-Benz scored another self-driving victory, and on Tesla’s former home turf, after being granted the first authorization in the state of California “to sell or lease vehicles with an automated driving system to the public,” albeit with very strict restrictions.
The permission slip was granted for Mercedes-Benz’s DRIVE PILOT system, a Society of Automotive Engineers level 3 automated system that, unlike Tesla’s level-2 Autopilot and other competing driver assist systems, can actually be classified as one that’s doing the driving - most of the time, although you’ll still need to be behind the wheel.
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Regardless of those capabilities, the California DMV is placing some serious restrictions on the Merc system. It can only operate during the day on certain limited roads, and only at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour. The system will be usable on California highways in the Bay Area, Central Valley, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, as well as on Interstate 15 between southern California and Nevada, where the autopilot was approved for use in January.
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Tesla is often mum about the actual capabilities of its “full self-driving” system - no mention of SAE levels appear on its Autopilot page, for example - but in the FAQ for an FSD recall earlier this year the company admits that “FSD Beta is an SAE Level 2 driver support feature.”
“With FSD Beta, as with all SAE Level 2 driver support features, the driver is responsible for operation of the vehicle whenever the feature is engaged and must constantly supervise the feature and intervene,” Tesla notes in the recall FAQ.
Tesla’s Autopilot was the leader in the industry, but has since slipped to the middle of the pack, according to Consumer Reports.
Even the limited professed abilities of Autopilot may be overrated, as one of the system’s own engineers admitted a video reportedly demonstrating Autopilot’s FSD capabilities was faked. Tesla has since confirmed that it’s being investigated by the Department of Justice over FSD, hype surrounding it, and the many deaths linked to the system.
We’ve asked Tesla for comment, but haven’t heard back.
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I didn’t think much of the original Steve Jobs, so EM’s dollar store version never had a chance.
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I guess he needs his security to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, otherwise someone might punch him in the mouth,
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That’s not where I’d punch him.
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I mean, I could kind of imagine he already learned to block there every time he runs into a woman.
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Your aim is that good?
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Respect the skills.
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Ugh. That statement reminds me of at least one of the people I worked for at the Beer Store (Sherborne and Gerrard, for any of the Torontonians out there) who used to say very similar things. It took a long time to shake the effects of working for people like that. I hope the folks left at Twitter get out before it’s too late.
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yeah, i mean a) it doesn’t work that way; and b) even if it were true, it would still mean he enjoys being an @##hole; and he does. billionaires are a terrible idea for good business
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A new one on the “not paying” front that I hadn’t seen before. Not paying the arbritators in the mandatory arbitration.
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Oh I actually love that podcast too.
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Baloney. Or rather, 
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