We sampled the new Drive Pilot system, which will be available on the 2024 Mercedes-Benz S-Class and EQS sedans, on some of the most congested highways in Los Angeles.
These limitations mean Drive Pilot is for use in heavy stop-and-go traffic, appropriate for the bumper-to-bumper congestion of LA’s I-10 Freeway, but not free-flowing highways.
We started from Santa Monica in unusually light traffic that was flowing well above 40 mph, so we engaged the Mercedes’ hands-on (level 2) adaptive cruise control paired with lane centering as a primer.
As we approached well behind a slower-moving vehicle, the system chimed and displayed a passing maneuver illustration in the instrument panel.
A second later, the turn signal activated, and the big sedan smoothly moved into the left lane to pass.
Once the speedometer dropped to 40 mph, an illuminated white stripe appeared at the 10 and 2 o’clock positions of the steering wheel’s Drive Pilot buttons, telling us the system was ready.
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We sampled the new Drive Pilot system, which will be available on the 2024 Mercedes-Benz S-Class and EQS sedans, on some of the most congested highways in Los Angeles.
These limitations mean Drive Pilot is for use in heavy stop-and-go traffic, appropriate for the bumper-to-bumper congestion of LA’s I-10 Freeway, but not free-flowing highways.
We started from Santa Monica in unusually light traffic that was flowing well above 40 mph, so we engaged the Mercedes’ hands-on (level 2) adaptive cruise control paired with lane centering as a primer.
As we approached well behind a slower-moving vehicle, the system chimed and displayed a passing maneuver illustration in the instrument panel.
A second later, the turn signal activated, and the big sedan smoothly moved into the left lane to pass.
Once the speedometer dropped to 40 mph, an illuminated white stripe appeared at the 10 and 2 o’clock positions of the steering wheel’s Drive Pilot buttons, telling us the system was ready.
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