According to @garyblack00, NVIDIA’s Alpamayo AI using vision plus radar will be available in Mercedes cars in Q1 2026 and lets OEMs such as Mercedes and LCID choose autonomy levels L2+, L3, or L4, a timeline he says validates his view that multiple manufacturers would reach unsupervised autonomy around the same time as TSLA, source: @garyblack00 on X, Jan 6, 2026. He adds the generalized approach builds sensor redundancy, scales nationally and globally, and is superior to Waymo because it can be customized by NVIDIA’s customers, source: @garyblack00 on X, Jan 6, 2026. He also states the incremental cost to manufacturers is not yet determined but will likely be lower than TSLA FSD and tiered by Alpamayo products selected, source: @garyblack00 on X, Jan 6, 2026.