According to Sawyer Merritt on X, Nvidia published a new 2.5-hour video showing CEO Jensen Huang riding across San Francisco in a Mercedes powered by Nvidia’s Alpamayo autonomous driving system, with Huang describing the experience as seamless and conversational. According to the video shared by Nvidia and cited by Merritt, the end-to-end drive showcases highway and urban navigation, positioning Alpamayo as a full-stack ADAS-to-AD platform candidate for automakers seeking scalable Level 2+ to Level 4 capabilities. As reported by Merritt, the real-world demo signals Nvidia’s push to convert GPU leadership into automotive design wins, creating opportunities for OEMs to license Alpamayo with Nvidia Drive compute and software toolchains for faster time-to-market. According to Merritt’s post, the smooth performance across varied city streets highlights potential reductions in driver workload and improved safety envelopes, a differentiator for premium brands integrating Nvidia Drive Orin or successor chips with Alpamayo software.