Mercedes receives California permit for Level 3 automated driving
California issued Mercedes-Benz a deployment permit for DRIVE PILOT, allowing conditional automated highway driving without active human control during daylight below 40 miles per hour.
TOWARD DOOM47confidence 97/100
Why it moved the index
The binding permit enabled commercial Level 3 operation in which the system, rather than a continuously supervising driver, controlled the vehicle under specified public-road conditions.
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