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Although Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot has received L3 autonomous driving certification for certain road sections in the US, its basic driving assistance features are far inferior to Tesla's FSD Autopilot, according to new test results.
Consumer Reports previously rated Mercedes-Benz's driver assistance system superior to Tesla's FSD (Supervised) system. Mercedes-Benz's advantage lies in its ability to better focus and respond to the driver, as well as remind the driver when it is safe to use the system.
However, a recent test published by the Whole Mars Catalog showed a different picture. In the video, the Mercedes-Benz driving assistance system made a number of mistakes while driving, for example, it left the road, and also mistook the turn lane for a straight lane. These issues also occurred in earlier versions of Tesla FSD, but the FSD v12 version currently being tested does not require any driver intervention throughout the entire process.
As IT Home writes, the Mercedes-Benz driver had to take control of the vehicle 44 times to avoid accidents, while the Tesla FSD results were much better. It is worth noting that the Mercedes-Benz system uses additional sensors such as lidar, while Tesla relies only on cameras (Tesla Vision solution) to achieve this result.
Elon Musk also watched the test video and said that Tesla is at least 5 years ahead of Mercedes-Benz.