From CNN/Fortune:

Leave the driving to the car

Cruise control? How very 90s. These cars can brake — even park — themselves.

By Lawrence Ulrich

NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - Spotting an opening in traffic, my Mercedes-Benz surges forward, then settles in at a 60-mph cruise. When we hit a patch of cars, the S-Class sedan eases off the gas, slowing to 20 mph, and finally brakes to a stop in the rush-hour snarl.

Sounds like another day, another dull commute. Except that, to borrow from the Greyhound slogan, I’ve been leaving the driving to Mercedes. In 60 minutes at the wheel - including traversing Manhattan’s traffic-choked FDR Highway - my right foot never touches the gas or brakes. A flick of a lever, and my computerized copilot does everything but steer.

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