{"id":1213356,"date":"2023-12-19T12:44:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T17:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1213356"},"modified":"2023-12-19T12:44:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T17:44:57","slug":"turquoise-taillights-tell-you-this-mercedes-is-driving-autonomously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1213356","title":{"rendered":"Turquoise taillights tell you this Mercedes is driving autonomously"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/23C0434_004-source-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"A grey Mercedes EQS seen at sunset at the beach, it has turquoise lights in its tail lamps\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/23C0434_004-source.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"853\" data-width=\"1280\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Mercedes-Benz receives approvals for turquoise-colored automated driving marker lights in California and Nevada (credit: Mercedes-Benz)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Authorities in California and Nevada have both granted Mercedes-Benz permission to test out a new car-to-human communication idea. While we&#8217;re still some way away from road cars emoting like some of the concepts we&#8217;ve seen in the past few years, the automaker will use turquoise-colored marker lights to indicate when its advanced partially automated driver assistance feature is operating so other road users are aware.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes&#8217; Drive Pilot system is what&#8217;s known as Level 3, or conditionally automated driver assist, according to the SAE International&#8217;s classification system. In some ways, it&#8217;s similar to so-called Level 2+ systems like General Motors&#8217; Super Cruise or Ford&#8217;s BlueCruise in that it has a tightly controlled operational design domain that only allows it to operate on pre-mapped restricted access highways.<\/p>\n<p>But unlike those systems, Drive Pilot lets you take your hands <em>and<\/em> eyes off the road. That&#8217;s because it will only work at speeds of up to 40 mph (65 km\/h)\u2014it&#8217;s not meant for cruising at speed. The lower speed envelope means there&#8217;s enough time for Drive Pilot to warn the human behind the wheel that it&#8217;s time to think about driving and take over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991975#p3\">Read 6 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991975&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turquoise taillights tell you this Mercedes is driving autonomously<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Mercedes-Benz receives approvals for turquoise-colored automated driving marker lights in California and Nevada (credit: Mercedes-Benz) Authorities in California and Nevada have both granted Mercedes-Benz permission to test out a new car-to-human communication idea. 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