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 Early on, the automotive industry wanted to skip Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Level 3 because of the challenges in the handover of control between vehicle and driver.
But as time goes by, more automotive manufacturers are once again revisiting this level, given the difficulties in reaching SAE Level 4 in, for example, a highway scenario. Mercedes-Benz launched its SAE Level 3 system in Germany a year ago. It received a permit to operate up to 70 km/h in dense traffic scenarios on German motorways for their DRIVE PILOT system in S-class cars.
In November 2022, Mercedes-Benz launched an automated parking service at Stuttgart Airport in Germany. Parking can be a stressful exercise, and this support is welcomed by many people.
This is the first commercially available SAE Level 4 feature in the whole world.
Full Article: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Volume 18, Number 1, March 2023 | 
 Level 4 for autonomous vehicles on public roads. Mercedes-Benz launched an automated parking service at Stuttgart Airport in Germany, becoming the first commercially available SAE Level 4 feature in the whole world.*/);){kind=small}
