If we’re talking about privacy – yes, you’re right. But technically, nothing beats world’s top google engineers, I guess
Ummm, Mercedes’ top engineers have been pioneering significant automotive innovations long before Google was ever even born. Pretty sure they got them beat. Maybe Google started research sooner, but the S Class has been using Radar systems to keep the car at a safe cruising distance (and even stop the car on its own) for almost a decade. The S Class has always been ahead of its time, and it’s something you can actually buy, not some research project.
Personally, I would drive anything that would not send my data to Google.
Me too. I wouldn’t drive anything built by Google. Heck, I won’t even use Google Drive!
Does Mercedes provide its own GPS data? Car companies usually don’t.
mostly agreed. But “first” is not equal “better”. You can’t compare ’80 Mercedes and today’s Google. Driverless cars are all about algorithms – and that’s exactly what [today’s] google so good at.
Great. A Mercedes Benz post after a Janis Joplin post…
“Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz” is now playing on a loop in my head for the rest of the day.
Have you noticed that the biggest problem with modern cars (including mercedes) is the computers, the software.
Mercedes have great innovation and engineering capabilities but they are no software company, Google is.
If we’re talking about privacy – yes, you’re right. But technically, nothing beats world’s top google engineers, I guess
Ummm, Mercedes’ top engineers have been pioneering significant automotive innovations long before Google was ever even born. Pretty sure they got them beat. Maybe Google started research sooner, but the S Class has been using Radar systems to keep the car at a safe cruising distance (and even stop the car on its own) for almost a decade. The S Class has always been ahead of its time, and it’s something you can actually buy, not some research project.
Personally, I would drive anything that would not send my data to Google.
Me too. I wouldn’t drive anything built by Google. Heck, I won’t even use Google Drive!
Does Mercedes provide its own GPS data? Car companies usually don’t.
mostly agreed. But “first” is not equal “better”. You can’t compare ’80 Mercedes and today’s Google. Driverless cars are all about algorithms – and that’s exactly what [today’s] google so good at.
Great. A Mercedes Benz post after a Janis Joplin post…
“Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz” is now playing on a loop in my head for the rest of the day.
Have you noticed that the biggest problem with modern cars (including mercedes) is the computers, the software.
Mercedes have great innovation and engineering capabilities but they are no software company, Google is.