"Immediately" can mean a bunch of different things in a driving context! Here it means "within ten seconds". Which is both short and long: it's long enough that many of the things you might want to do that take your attention are fine (reading, watching a movie, working) but not long enough that you can sleep.

> This is about the peak of what you can get with automated lane keeping and braking.

Are you saying that within 5y, say, we won't see a level three system that's able to handle full highway speeds?

> level 3 is still basically ...

well yeah, that is the definition of level 3. That's not going to change.

They are limited by:

> Our technology relies on a digital high-definition map that provides a 3D image of the road and the surroundings with information on road geometry, route characteristics, traffic signs and special traffic events

IMHO Tesla's "F--- it all just use NN" approach does get around the pre-generated 3D map requirement. Even if it is not much more than Level 3.5 at the moment. Pretty funny to see it accelerate to 65mph in a parking lot b/c it thought it was on the nearby highway though.