Ahead of Tesla, Mercedes-Benz won California's first self-driving car license.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the clues of the suffering march! CTOnews.com, June 9 (Reuters)-the California Motor vehicle Administration (DMV) issued Mercedes-Benz's first self-driving vehicle deployment license on Thursday, allowing Mercedes-Benz's driving assistance system "Drive Pilot" to operate without driver intervention on designated highways.

▲ source: Mercedes-Benz

DMV granted the license to Mercedes-Benz's L3-class "Drive Pilot" system, which allows drivers to legally take their eyes off the steering wheel, but must be able to intervene in control if needed, the report said. The "Drive Pilot" system can only run on highways at speeds of no more than 40 miles per hour during the day, DMV said in a statement.

▲ source: according to Mercedes-Benz, the self-driving vehicle deployment license issued by DMV allows Mercedes-Benz to provide its "Drive Pilot" system on the highways of the California Bay area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, as well as on the interstate highway connecting Southern California and Nevada, while Tesla's L2-level driving assistance system "Autopilot" is still awaiting DMV approval.

▲ source: Mercedes-Benz CTONews.com sees on Mercedes-Benz's official website that Mercedes-Benz S-Class cars and EQS electric vehicles are available with the "Drive Pilot" driving assistance system, which is priced at $5000 (currently about 35600 yuan).