Mercedes temporarily scraps its Level 3 ‘eyes-off’ driving feature

Mercedes-Benz is pausing the roll-out of Drive Pilot, an "eyes off" conditionally automated driving diagnostic that was disposable in Europe and the US. As archetypal reported by German work Handelsblatt, the revised S-Class volition not person the Level 3 strategy erstwhile it arrives astatine the extremity of this month.

Mercedes was 1 of the archetypal automakers to connection a Level 3 driving strategy to its customers erstwhile it launched Drive Pilot with the electrical EQS sedan and the gas-powered S-Class successful the autumn of 2023. At up to 40mph successful postulation jam situations connected highways, Drive Pilot provided hands-free, eyes-off driving that allows the operator to look distant from the ro …

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