As a US buyer, I had the opposite reaction. What this mostly means is that the US-spec vehicles are coming with all the modern nannies that a lot of Grenadier buyers were hoping to avoid when they signed-up to purchase a "simple" modern vehicle. These include: (1) lane-keep assist, (2) autonomous braking - which is notoriously problematic (yeah, it will save some lives, but it would save more lives if people stopped texting while driving) and (3) drowsy driver detection (a new name for "drunk-driver detection") - which alerts you if it detects that you are drowsy or drunk. According to Section 24220 of the Infrastructure and Investment Act, which passed drowsy-driver detection into law, the software should have the capability of shutting down a vehicle if the drowsy driver continues to drive - but it remains to be seen if and when that part of it rolls out. Again, this may save some lives, but its not something I want in my vehicle - mostly due to the potential for malfunction. Here is a copy-and-paste from Section 24220 of that act:
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I don't trust Ineos, or any other manufacturer, to produce this kind of software that works as intended.
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opinions will be divided on the issue of mandatory safety equipment in the Grenadier and all other U.S. vehicles. This is just my perspective.
