They're putting their money where Musk's mouth is.
And next year it will go up to 85kmph, close to highway speeds.
If you look at their wording, they are saying they are ready to defend themselves and their software, not that they will protect anyone from a lawsuit.
The owners manual even explicitly states you are always the operator under drive pilot.
Just a straight up lie. The manual states:
> The person in the driver's seat when DRIVE PILOT is activated is designated as the fallback-ready user and should be ready to take over control of the vehicle.
> As soon as the driver steers, accelerates or brakes, the responsibility for driving and safe operation of the vehicle, including compliance with traffic regulations, will be returned to the driver.
(leaving aside for the moment, why they wouldn’t want to)
But they would probably want to do all kinds of extra training and validation and fine tuning on it first rather than just blast out the current version.
And I actually believe Mercedes Benz, you know, the inventors of the automobile, to deliver.