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Mercedes-Benz begins sales of DRIVE PILOT Level 3 conditionally automated driving in Germany

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Mercedes-Benz’ DRIVE PILOT system for conditionally automated driving (SAE Level 3) can be ordered in Germany from 17 May as an optional extra for the S-Class for €5,000 and for the EQS for €7,430 (Driver Assistance Package Plus: €2,430 and DRIVE PILOT: €5,000) excl. optical, ultrasonic, radio waves), thereby enabling safe transfer.

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Mercedes-Benz receives world’s first internationally valid system approval for Level 3 conditionally automated driving

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Mercedes-Benz is the first automotive company to meet the demanding legal requirements of UN-R157 for a Level 3 system for conditionally automated driving. Germany has taken a pioneering role in this with the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017.

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MAN reports successful testing of autonomous heavy-duty truck at Port of Hamburg

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German lawmakers recently created the basic framework for autonomous trucks to be used in logistics applications in defined operating areas in Germany. The practical test drives at the HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) showed that automation can be integrated efficiently and safely into customers’ actual logistics workflows.

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Tesla Cybertruck tour is officially heading to Japan

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Residents can submit where they would like the Cybertruck tour in Japan to go between now and February 29, simply by filling out a contact form on the link posted, which leads to the company’s events site.

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Tesla attack prompts German energy service provider to call for grid protection updates

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The executive’s comments come on the heels of the suspected arson attack against Tesla Giga Berlin-Brandenburg in Grünheide, Germany. As noted in a Reuters report, Reiche told reporters in Duesseldorf that security measures needed reviewing and a better legal framework must be created.

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Tesla Giga Fest at Giga Texas: Attendance figures, time, other details revealed

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Tesla’s Giga Fest at Gigafactory Texas is officially set for April 7, and new documents released today reveal the plans for the event, including attendance figures, time, and other details. The event will celebrate the opening of Tesla Gigafactory Texas, the automaker’s second U.S. What is the Giga Fest.

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Study finds advanced driver assistance systems not always reliable in long-term operation

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Risk events are failures in the system that reduce performance. Depending on the scenario, the current study by TÜV Rheinland and TRL showed that the estimated number of annual risk events due to malfunctions of the systems could even be as high as 2.3 million on average. For example, the study’s authors estimate that some 9.7

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