1st drive of 2017 MBZ E-class: lane keeping is STILL inferior Tesla's

[eyespii]

Here's another video review of the 2017 E-class driving itself. Even with the extra hardware and sensors in the MB, it still seems like it's a half-step behind autopilot in the MS (60s timed nag, foot on accelerator to resume from stop).

 

[Snerruc]

MB asvertising the E as self driving in the current furor seems crazy to me. The lawyers are going to love their ad campaign fot the new E.

 

[Saghost]

15 seconds between prompts and it stops the car after 60 seconds? Not much of an autonomous car in my book.

 

[KZKZ]

15 seconds between prompts and it stops the car after 60 seconds? Not much of an autonomous car in my book.

Exactly! It's the specially licensed E-Class models that are approved for full autonomous driving in Nevada. Those models have the same hardware, but different software that does away with the "keep hands on wheel nag". Those E-Class's are the first production model car to be licensed as a fully autonomous car.

 

[MarkS22]

A new hands-on review of Tesla Autopilot vs the new E-Class Drive Pilot from "The Drive" by Alex Roy, author of "The Driver" and 2007 Transcontinental "Cannonball Run" Record holder:

The War For Autonomous Driving: 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class VS. 2017 Tesla Model S

Drive Pilot Situational Awareness: Disaster ("Drive Pilot gets a zero.")
Drive Pilot Voluntary Engagement and Disengagement: Another Disaster
Drive Pilot Steering: Another Disaster ("This is actually a dangerous product. The car will steer itself into oncoming traffic.")
Drive Pilot Upgradeability: None.

"As intrusive as it is incompetent, Drive Pilot is a dead end as Level 2 AD, and a catastrophe as anything more."

And before anyone claims bias, this same guy raved about the 2016 Mercedes AMG GT S and is featured in "Sponsored Content" by Mercedes called "Legendary Roads." (It's literally "Presented by Mercedes Benz.")

 

[zambono]

FTC has been asked to investigate Mercedes over Drive Pilot due to their claims in adds,
http://jalopnik.com/federal-trade-commission-asked-to-investigate-mercedes-1784419463

 

[AlexRoy144]

A new hands-on review of Tesla Autopilot vs the new E-Class Drive Pilot from "The Drive" by Alex Roy, author of "The Driver" and 2007 Transcontinental "Cannonball Run" Record holder:

The War For Autonomous Driving: 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class VS. 2017 Tesla Model S

Drive Pilot Situational Awareness: Disaster ("Drive Pilot gets a zero.")
Drive Pilot Voluntary Engagement and Disengagement: Another Disaster
Drive Pilot Steering: Another Disaster ("This is actually a dangerous product. The car will steer itself into oncoming traffic.")
Drive Pilot Upgradeability: None.

"As intrusive as it is incompetent, Drive Pilot is a dead end as Level 2 AD, and a catastrophe as anything more."

And before anyone claims bias, this same guy raved about the 2016 Mercedes AMG GT S and is featured in "Sponsored Content" by Mercedes called "Legendary Roads." (It's literally "Presented by Mercedes Benz.")

Thanks for reposting this. I'm doing another deep dive into the Mercedes system now.

Best,

Alex Roy

 

[Spidy]

Thanks for reposting this. I'm doing another deep dive into the Mercedes system now.

Best,

Alex Roy

Please make a video this time. There is just nothing out there. I don't want to read several pages, just get a camera and drive down some highway and film it. Maybe get a passenger and talk about Drive Pilot and the car while driving. Done.