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Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free

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319 points doctoboggan | 3 comments | 11 Dec 25 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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frankfrank13 ◴[11 Dec 25 18:53 UTC] No.46235441[source]▶
Is there some tight coupling on autonomy + electric cars? Seems the only 2 viable hands-free car companies are Tesla and Rivian. I don't see myself ever getting an electric car, but it doesn't seem like the big car companies are anywhere near this.
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1. sofixa ◴[11 Dec 25 19:00 UTC] No.46235553[source]▶
No, the only Level 3 self-driving system is Drive Pilot by Mercedes. They have it on the S-Class and EQS sedans, so one ICE/hybrid and one EV.

It even comes with legal liability for the car manufacturer, that's how confident they are in the tech. None of this kind of hopium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autono...

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2. iknowstuff ◴[11 Dec 25 20:34 UTC] No.46236754[source]▶
So confident that it only works with a lead car to follow, on select stretches of freeways, below a certain speed, on sunny days
3. simondotau ◴[12 Dec 25 08:33 UTC] No.46242076[source]▶
It's not real L3, it's marketing department L3. Two years after launch it's still only supported in two US states. Now that Mercedes got their headline, it's effectively abandonware.

If it was real L3, Drive Pilot would be considered the vehicle operator for legal purposes. Mercedes would take full responsibility for any driving infringements or collisions that occur during its use. In reality, Mercedes cannot indemnify you from driving infringements, and for collisions they only promise to cover "insurance costs" which probably doesn't include any downstream reputational consequences of making an insurance claim.