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kleinbl00  ·  3517 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Mercedes Robo-Car That Made Me Want to Stop Driving

Didja see all the foot smears on their magic white appliques?

Thing is, seats that swivel and excess instrumentation are a staple of concept cars going back to the '30s. What will set apart a driverless car from other driverless cars is the experience of riding in it. It sounds like Mercedes isn't quite ready to talk about that. A shame, really - I'd expect them to be pretty good at this. Meanwhile their prototype doesn't look much different from the way Mercedes concepts always look, Wired-gasm notwithstanding.