{"id":165556,"date":"2023-06-11T10:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/mercedes-becomes-the-first-automaker-to-sell-level-3-self-driving-vehicles-in-california"},"modified":"2023-06-11T10:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T15:24:38","slug":"mercedes-becomes-the-first-automaker-to-sell-level-3-self-driving-vehicles-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/mercedes-becomes-the-first-automaker-to-sell-level-3-self-driving-vehicles-in-california","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell Level 3 self-driving vehicles in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5TWKFHsvseo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz is the first automaker to get permission from California regulators to sell or lease vehicles with Level 3 (hands-off and eyes-off) self driving tech on designated roads, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/1-california-dmv-conditionally-approves-175205411.html\" data-ylk=\"elm: context_link;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a> has reported. The California Department of Motor Vehicles issued a permit for the company\u2019s Drive Pilot system, provided it\u2019s used under certain conditions and on specific roads. Mercedes-Benz previous received a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/mercedes-first-certified-level-3-autonomy-car-company-us-201021118.html\" data-ylk=\"elm: context_link;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0\">similar certification<\/a> in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Drive Pilot will allow Mercedes-Benz drivers to takes their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel, then do other non-driving activities like watching videos and texting. If the rules for use are followed, Mercedes (and not the driver) will be legally responsible for any accident that happens.<\/p>\n<p>To do all this, the Drive Pilot system relies on sensors installed throughout the vehicle including visual cameras, LiDAR arrays, radar\/ultrasound sensors and audio mics to keep an ear out for approaching emergency vehicles. It can even compare onboard sensor and GPS data to fix its precise location on roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes-Benz is the first automaker to get permission from California regulators to sell or lease vehicles with Level 3 (hands-off and eyes-off) self driving tech on designated roads, Reuters has reported. The California Department of Motor Vehicles issued a permit for the company\u2019s Drive Pilot system, provided it\u2019s used under certain conditions and on specific [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}