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Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road (fortune.com)

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 7 months ago (3 children)

U.S. customers can buy a yearly subscription of Drive Pilot in 2024 EQS sedans and S-Class car models for $2,500

yeah, fuck that.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Those cars cost well over $100k each. The demographic buying that doesn’t care about $2500.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (4 children)

They're also accepting full liability if anything happens while using this feature so it's actually a type of insurance

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how much cheaper it will make auto insurance. I also wonder if this will open transportation options those who have lost a license.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Not this. It's limited to specific scenarios on specific roads. So you're going to need a licensed driver.

Eventually with actually full self driving? I'd hope so, though it's going to take legislation first.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ok, then I'll do it if I don't have to pay for other insurance on the car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I kinda like that system because eventually people will put their own OSes on the car, which the manufacturer obviously can't cover. Having separate insurance/service eliminates having to pay for it if you're accepting the liability yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The conditions for the system to work are such that if you could find a policy to cover only those conditions, it'd probably just be like a couple dollars a month. Even behaving "badly" you would be unlikely to have an accident and even if you caused an accident, it's probably just going to be a couple thousand in property damage with no medical implication.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen Tesla’s price for full self driving? And they don’t take liability

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

I think you can afford that if you own an EQS