{"id":78,"date":"2022-01-25T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2022-01-29T00:06:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T00:06:05","slug":"2022-tesla-mercedes-benz-start-marketing-level-2-self-driving-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/telsa\/2022-tesla-mercedes-benz-start-marketing-level-2-self-driving-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Tesla, Mercedes Benz Start Marketing Level 2 Self-Driving Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"317\" src=\"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tesla-Model-S-Mercedes-EQS-1024x317.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tesla-Model-S-Mercedes-EQS-1024x317.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tesla-Model-S-Mercedes-EQS-300x93.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tesla-Model-S-Mercedes-EQS-768x238.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Tesla-Model-S-Mercedes-EQS.jpg 1283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the United States, only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zf.com\/mobile\/en\/stories_26496.html\">Level 2 semi-automated cars<\/a> are approved so far. Tesla and Mercedes now offer full Level 2 semi-automated cars with driver assist. Tesla&#8217;s price does not include the Level 2 option; however, if customers want cars with semi-automated features, Tesla offers the option to add full level-2 driver-assist software for an additional $12,900.\u00a0 Mercedes Benz has the Level-2 features built into their S-Class and EQS; if customers do not want the Level 2 features, they would have to either custom build their car, or choose different models.\u00a0Mercedes recently received <a href=\"http:\/\/Mercedes-Benz to launch Level 3 self-driving system in 2022 after gaining regulatory approval\">permission to use Level 3 self-driving<\/a> software in Germany. Level 3 may be approved in the United States by 2023; \u00a0perhaps that is the reason why Tesla did not have new models in 2022 so that they can introduce new cars with Level 3 in 2023. More automakers plan to deliver hands-free driver-assist technology as part of their Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) \u00a0offerings and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2021\/12\/21\/2355853\/0\/en\/The-global-ADAS-market-size-is-projected-to-grow-from-USD-27-2-billion-in-2021-to-USD-74-9-billion-by-2030-at-a-CAGR-of-11-9.html\">global ADAS market is expected to reach $74.9 billion by 2030<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week we inquired at Tesla if purchasing Level 2 autonomous cars was appropriate for teenagers; they advised us that their $12,900 self-driving software is probably more than a teenager could handle.  If the older and younger demographics do not have the patience for Level 2, we are not sure who will have the patience for Levels 3 &#8211; 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the United States, only Level 2 semi-automated cars are approved so far. Tesla and Mercedes now offer full Level 2 semi-automated cars with driver assist. Tesla&#8217;s price does not include the Level 2 option; however, if customers want cars with semi-automated features, Tesla offers the option to add full level-2 driver-assist software for an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/telsa\/2022-tesla-mercedes-benz-start-marketing-level-2-self-driving-cars\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2022 Tesla, Mercedes Benz Start Marketing Level 2 Self-Driving Cars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,64,63,32],"tags":[69,67,68,70,71,66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.self-drivingandelectricvehicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}