Thread by @haltakov

First officially approved Level 3 self-driving system in Germany.

This is significant because it is the first time an autonomous system that takes the *driving responsibility* from the driver is approved for mass production!

europe.autonews.com/automakers/mer…

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The main difference between Level 2 and Level 3 systems is that self-driving systems become legally responsible for the actions of the cars when in autonomous mode!

All driver assist systems on the market now (including Tesla) are Level 2 systems.

https://twitter.com/haltakov/status/1381660894803894273

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While Waymo and Cruise have Level 4 systems running as a beta in some cities, there are different challenges putting this tech in consumer vehicles and in cars that don't have a huge sensor rack costing tens of thousands of dollars on the roof.

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Sure, the use-cases of Mercedes' system are very limited - it only works in traffic jams on the Autobahn, but if you think about it, these are really the cases where you need self-driving most.

It will be interesting to see how this develops and how accidents are handled!