BMW and Mercedes Just Proved Tesla Was Right About Self…
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BMW and Mercedes Just Proved Tesla Was Right About Self Driving
BMW https://www.autoblog.com/bmw/ nd Mercedes are stepping back from Level 3 autonomy. Both had bet heavily on eyes-off driving https://www.autoblog.com/reviews/mercedes-drive-pilot , but high costs, limited use cases, and weak demand killed the push.
In walking away, they’ve handed a quiet vindication to Tesla https://www.autoblog.com/tesla/ , the company the industry spent years mocking for refusing to go down the same road. Tesla held firm at Level 2+ and built its system around cameras rather than expensive LiDAR sensors https://www.autoblog.com/news/china-made-lidar-cheap-now-automakers-are-racing-to-put-it-in-your-next-car .
That last point drew particular ridicule. Cameras struggle in fog, heavy rain, and low-visibility conditions, but LiDAR does not. The consensus was that Tesla was cutting corners.
It’s now looking more like Tesla read the market correctly, and everyone else got ahead of themselves.
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BMW https://www.autoblog.com/bmw/ nd Mercedes are stepping back from Level 3 autonomy. Both had bet heavily on eyes-off driving https://www.autoblog.com/reviews/mercedes-drive-pilot , but high costs, limited use cases, and weak demand killed the push.
In walking away, they’ve handed a quiet vindication to Tesla https://www.autoblog.com/tesla/ , the company the industry spent years mocking for refusing to go down the same road. Tesla held firm at Level 2+ and built its system around cameras rather than expensive LiDAR sensors https://www.autoblog.com/news/china-made-lidar-cheap-now-automakers-are-racing-to-put-it-in-your-next-car .
That last point drew particular ridicule. Cameras struggle in fog, heavy rain, and low-visibility conditions, but LiDAR does not. The consensus was that Tesla was cutting corners.
It’s now looking more like Tesla read the market correctly, and everyone else got ahead of themselves.
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