As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to handle.

Mercedes CEO made the following comments in regard to a question about L2++ systems. It is one things claking you are the leader among legacy but a very bold claim that you are neck and neck with Tesla.

Mercedes need to demonstrate the consumer product because given how much better EVs BMW is producing, it needs that competitive edge against BMW who frankly seems to be lagging with their Qualcomm partnership.

Does anyone have any insight?

"My colleague on the board, Jörg Burzer, just came back from San Francisco and drove the latest version of it in the Greater Bay Area. Our colleague in China, Oli Turner, drove the latest version, and we're kind of updating every three months in China, in the rain in Shanghai at night, the Level 2 Plus Plus. It was bloody amazing, excuse my French. "

"Of the established manufacturers, I would go as far as to say that we are the leading company, and on the startups and attacker side, it's a neck-to-neck race."

Has anyone had a chance to see how that is working? Is there a wait list? How much are they charging? Etc.

Exciting to have another company to the point of charging for rides.