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I believe Mercedes takes full responsibility for its self driving cars while Tesla will still disengage autopilot like 1 second before impact and claim it's the drivers fault? Essentially, drivers legally have to be on full alert at all times in a Tesla while they can kick back and watch a movie during the ride in a Mercedes.

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Right, even when FSD plows right into a solid object Tesla will try to pin 100% of the blame on the human driver. On top of all of the other reasons to not take Tesla's marketing BS seriously, their total lack of ownership of their own autonomous system should prevent anyone from taking their claims seriously.

That and the fact that Elon has spent the last decade saying they're 6-12 months from actual full self driving.

Look at 30 minute test drives at californian coastal city roads.

Tesla - 0 disengagements.

MB - 50 disengagements.

This is not even fair comparison. MB can take all the responsibility they want when no one is going to use their system.

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