45-Minute Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) Take a look at Drive — 3 Interventions (VIDEO)

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David Havasi and I recorded the next Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) take a look at drive just a few days in the past. It was maybe essentially the most fascinating one in every of these weekly take a look at drives we’ve finished 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 look at the video in full to get a full, unedited, genuine view of how FSD works. Nonetheless, I’ll summarize just a few key factors beneath the video and embrace timestamps for these moments.

The primary notable a part of the drive, in my view, was at about 19:45, when the automobile wanted to get within the left flip lane — an extended lane that it might 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 now have heard instances of individuals getting rim rash with FSD, so there’s a good likelihood I might have as properly, or possibly I wouldn’t have, nevertheless 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 24:50, the automobile wanted to cross three lanes of very fast-moving visitors on a freeway with the intention to shortly get into one of many left flip lanes. FSD completely nailed it. David and I have been shocked, or a minimum of extraordinarily impressed, and we’re fairly certain the automobile made the transfer smoother and higher than possibly any human would.

At about 35:23, we went into a really odd, tough 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 later, there was a case the place the 2 left lanes carry you onto I-75, we wished to go straight (and the navigation had us going straight), visitors strikes very quick and there’s plenty 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 power us onto I-75. I attempted to let it get us within the appropriate lane, however couldn’t wait too lengthy and determined I needed to disengage.

Lastly, a couple of minutes later, we have been making a left flip off of that very same freeway to a smaller street that may take us again to the shopping center the place the brand new Tesla retailer and repair heart (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 have been put within the one on the precise. After making the flip, we would have liked 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 gentle. FSD determined that despite the fact that it was in a lane going straight and there was a skinny median with foliage subsequent to us, it might cease on the inexperienced gentle there and attempt to someway make an unlawful left flip. Because it obtained near a full cease and with visitors developing behind me and completely not count on me to be stopping there, I made a decision I needed to disengage with the intention to get the automobile driving with the stream of 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 complete video for extra!