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David Havasi and I recorded the next Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) check drive just a few days in the past. It was maybe probably the most fascinating one in all these weekly check drives we’ve executed since FSD model 12.3 rolled out (although, the primary one the place FSD nailed a bunch of roundabouts was fairly thrilling). I believe it’s greatest to observe the video in full to get a full, unedited, genuine view of how FSD works. Nonetheless, I’ll summarize just a few key factors underneath the video and embody timestamps for these moments.
The primary notable a part of the drive, in my view, was at about 19:45when the automobile wanted to get within the left flip lane — an extended lane that it may have slowly and punctiliously merged into — however was reducing it so near the curb at a reasonably quick pace (39 mph) that I made a decision I needed to shortly disengage. We’ve heard instances of individuals getting rim rash with FSD, so there’s a good probability I’d have as nicely, or perhaps I wouldn’t have, however it was too shut for consolation and I made a decision reluctantly that I needed to take over.
A couple of minutes later, at about 24:50the automobile wanted to cross three lanes of very fast-moving site visitors on a freeway so as to shortly get into one of many left flip lanes. FSD completely nailed it. David and I had been shocked, or at the least extraordinarily impressed, and we’re fairly positive the automobile made the transfer smoother and higher than perhaps any human would.
At about 35:23we went into a really odd, difficult 4-way cease with an island within the center. It’s one of many strangest I’ve ever seen. The automobile nailed it.
Sadly, a minute and a half laterthere was a case the place the 2 left lanes deliver you onto I-75, we wished to go straight (and the navigation had us going straight), site visitors strikes very quick and there’s a variety of it, and FSD principally was going to lure us within the far left lane and probably put us in a really harmful state of affairs or drive us onto I-75. I attempted to let it get us within the right lane, however couldn’t wait too lengthy and determined I needed to disengage.
Lastly, a few minutes laterwe had been making a left flip off of that very same freeway to a smaller highway that might take us again to the shopping center the place the brand new Tesla retailer and repair middle (and David’s automobile) are. There are three left flip lanes off of that freeway, and we actually ought to have been within the one on the left, however we had been put within the one on the fitting. After making the flip, we wanted to maneuver over to one of many lanes on the left, however we didn’t accomplish that earlier than getting as much as the sunshine. Apparently, on this spot, there’s a median that finally ends up dividing the 2 left flip lanes from the lanes going straight on the mild. FSD determined that though it was in a lane going straight and there was a skinny median with foliage subsequent to us, it might cease on the inexperienced mild there and attempt to by some means make an unlawful left flip. Because it acquired near a full cease and with site visitors arising behind me and completely not count on me to be stopping there, I made a decision I needed to disengage so as to get the automobile driving with the circulate of site visitors once more.
Naturally, these are simply 5 highlights (and lowlights) from 45 minutes of Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) testing. I do advocate watching the total video for extra!
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