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Mercedes-Benz DRIVE PILOT gains first U.S. approval for Level 3 system

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It can operate at speeds up to 40 MPH. These activities are legally permissible depending on laws that apply where DRIVE PILOT is being used. Foremost, in a crash with another vehicle, while DRIVE PILOT is engaged, Mercedes accepts legal liability for the accident. What do you think of the article?

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GM robotaxi unit Cruise offers USD 75,000 to resolve crash probe – ET Auto

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Cruise, which has fired nine executives, including its chief operating officer and chief legal and policy officer, over the October crash, asked for the hearing to be deferred and sought an alternative mode of dispute resolution. Cruise also offered to boost its reporting of collisions to the commission as part of its settlement offer.

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This Chinese electric car is almost entirely windows

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One of my favorite parts of perusing Alibaba for fun and outlandish electric vehicles is seeing just how creative the designers can become. At a top speed of barely 30 km/h (18 mph) though, that sounds like a pretty long time to be stuck inside this mobile greenhouse. These articles are a tongue-in-cheek exercise in window shopping.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

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It slots below the top-end Sapphire, Air Dream launch edition and Air Grand Touring (more on that model at the end of this article), and above the Air Pure. Lucid set-up a mini drag strip, where after some expert instruction on how to use the launch control, we did 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds and hit 88 mph before lifting.

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The Tesla Autopilot Excuse: How EV ignorance created the perfect storm for a misinformation nightmare

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He also stated that judging by the distance of the vehicle from the owner’s home to the crash site, the Model S would have only accelerated to 30 mph before covering the entire 550-foot distance using Adaptive Cruise Control. There was only one problem: the whole premise of the article was false.

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Why this electric ‘car’ the size of two motorcycles should be on your list

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They’re also not nearly as powerful, since they are federally limited to just 25 mph (40 km/h) top speeds. As long as they meet the regulations and can be certified as street legal, they’re allowed on nearly any road in the country that has a posted speed limit of 35 mph (56 km/h) or less. But that’s also part of the fun charm.