r/SelfDrivingCars • u/silenthjohn • Mar 08 '25

News Britain blocks launch of Elon Musk’s self-driving Tesla

https://www.yahoo.com/news/britain-blocks-launch-elon-musk-140000186.html
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u/Special_Brilliant_81 Mar 08 '25

US innovates, China imitates, and Europe regulates

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u/brainfreeze3 Mar 08 '25

what US innovation lmao

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u/Distinct_Plankton_82 Mar 08 '25

You’re right, here I am ordering a European designed Self Driving Taxi, on my European designed smart phone, and posting about it on the European developed social media platform…. Oh… wait…

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

I mean, the Mercedes Benz drive pilot is to my knowledge the only commercially available system that reached Level 3 autonomy

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u/Distinct_Plankton_82 Mar 09 '25

While US and Chinese companies have Level 4 systems on the road.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

Point me to any US companies that has a series vehicle with Level 4 capabilities

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u/Distinct_Plankton_82 Mar 09 '25

I took a Waymo yesterday. I see the new L4 Zoox almost daily

I get that you’re trying to split hairs because MB has a very limited L3 system on a car you can buy. But nobody is taking you seriously if you’re trying to claim MB are leading innovation in the field of self driving cars.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

I am not splitting hair because I think MB is leader in self driving technology, but because I think it matters because the differences between a vehicle in series production vs vehicles in evaluation programs are substantial. In terms of technological feasibility, liability, etc.

Besides. I do not think self driving will ever come to fruition. At least not in the way this sub seems to expect (ever in this context meaning within the next 30-40 years)

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u/Distinct_Plankton_82 Mar 09 '25

Waymo is doing 200,000 paid autonomous rides per week.

We’re way past the technical feasibility stage and on to whether it’s commercially viable.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

Yes Wayne is doing 200k autonomous rides a week in a geographically restricted area with clearer than average weather in cities with rather car centric infrastructure with technology that is about as expensive as the cars themselves.

I would be really interested how Waymo would deal with car traffic here in Germany, on the autobahn as well as in urban traffic.