Longtime Tesla FSD tester, Chuck Cook, provided a video of his first drives Tesla FSD 3.3 Supervised. He had no interventions. The one drive he had would have been good enough to have been a backseat robotaxi ride. However, Chuck is not ready to sit in the back seat with Tesla FSD as he knows there can be challenging situations where the system might not be ready. If there are no regressions, then steady improvement with the start and end of drives and other refinements will get the system to robotaxi level.
Yashu is a longtime Tesla youtuber but one who has not driven FSD before. He was an FSD passenger. He had his first full day with the one month free trial of FSD 12.3.3 Supervised. As a newbee FSD driver, he was very impressed and noted that until you develop trust in the system, new drivers will disengage more often. The system probably could handle it but it will be new driver nervousness that will increase disengagements.
A New York driver says Tesla FSD 12.X needs to improve for Manhattan driving.
Tesla Talks had a great FSD 12.3.3 drive. It still has a visible range requirement.
Tesla Talks also videoed some good Autosummon.
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Tesla’s can now be STOLEN by tapping an electric Pokeman card on the B-pillar. Here is the link with video of it working.
https://www.carscoops.com/2024/04/electric-pokemon-cards-expose-fatal-flaw-in-teslas-anti-theft-measures/
This is MUCH easier than stealing a KIA or Hyundai with a USB. You don’t have to mess with the steering column at all. The video is already going viral. If the reports are true that using a different/wrong Pokeman card can brick the vehicle and cause it to “throw sparks”, then Tesla is about to have a public relations meltdown. The stock is at 175 today April 1st. Lets see what the share price is in 2 months. I’m going to short them.
It was an April Fools prank! Tesla dropped to 166 today so I still made money, just on other bad news from Tesla.
First time Fsd user here (12.3.2.1). First drive on Fsd ever from my house to a nearby park (a few km, suburban streets). Pretty amazing, no disengagements or takeovers until I arrived the destination and the car seems like it was going to drive into the grass (dead end road, gravel parking area)
My overall impression is it is an amazing technical accomplishment but at this point it is more annoying than driving myself ( too slow at stop signs, I had one phantom braking slowdown, a little too aggressive on braking, etc )
For me it doesn’t have much value at this point but it certainly is impressive as a major milestone o.mn the way to true Fsd.
Laws that need to change to make a self-driving vehicle truly valuable
1: Drinking and Driving: if the car is in 100% control of the driving than you SHOULD be able to drink alcohol in the vehicle
2: Driving age: If the car is in 100% control of the driving then a child can be transported alone in the vehicle (self driving cars can do school pick up and drop off of your child)
3: Liability for Accidents: If the car is in 100% control of the vehicle then the owner should NOT be help liable for any accidents
4: Traffic Violations: If the car is in 100% control of the driving then the owner should not be held responsible for any traffic violations
I agree to all those.
#3 will be tough.
It either falls on the owner or manufacturer. I doubt Tesla would want that responsibility, but I think it should fall on them, factor that into the FSD price tag. If they stand behind their product, and think it truly is better then the best human driver, then it shouldn’t be a big deal. Obviously if you decide to drive manually, and crash, that’s on the owner.