Mercedes Beats Tesla to Hands-Free Driving

One of the world’s leading luxury car brands just won regulatory approval from the German government to operate a hands-free, autonomous driving system on public roads, a feat that marks a significant stepping stone along the long, and so far winding road toward self-driving cars. That car company was not Tesla. Rather, the achievement actually went to Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz.With the approval, Mercedes can sell its autonomous drive package, called Drive Pilot, to be used on parts of