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Posted on 05/05/2025 7:53:13 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
Tesla is fighting back at criticism of its Full Self-Driving features. The EV automaker took to the social media platform X to provide a robust defense of FSD's current state and future.
While few would take issue with this point, many consumers have been underwhelmed with FSD's view of autonomy thus far, due to the need for drivers to be attentive.
Tesla pushed back, "Although FSD Supervised currently does require your supervision, you will still notice that your commute or long drives are suddenly so much less taxing."
Teslarati added context, saying FSD "has a ton of potential." And there are supporters of FSD who have credited the feature with not only saving them from dangerous potential collisions, but also making often-stressful driving more pleasant. A Tesla owner in China shared remarkable footage showing FSD thriving in difficult conditions.
Tesla laid out the selling points of FSD: "No constant micro-adjustments in rush hour traffic. No frustration. Car does it all for you."
Not everyone has had the same experience with FSD, as there are drivers who anecdotally say the tech has made inexplicable maneuvers into traffic, and YouTuber Mark Rober went viral showing Tesla's Autopilot system, which relies on the same hardware as FSD, fail to stop the vehicle from crashing into a wall painted to look like additional road.
Rober's criticism is that Tesla uses only cameras, albeit with great software, instead of including any radar or lidar detection. Tesla's China rollout also faced challenges with drivers getting fines as the result of system errors.
Tesla is undeterred by these developments, as they are looking to go a step further by introducing Unsupervised FSD to Austin by June. Two of their Gigafactory locations already use the tech for operations, and through the criticism, Tesla is moving forward quickly.
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It it works I am all for it.
As long as it is not mandated.
The idea of leaving at night waking up hours closer your going is appealing.
Self driving cars ... spam in a can
Here in Austin, there are numerous Waymos-self driving cars. I hired one though Uber. It was a bit of a white knuckled ride solely due to my belief that the technology is not ready for prime time. I was wrong. It was a truly an amazing experience. As an added benefit, there were no tips and no AutoTune “music.”
I don’t think headlines are casually chosen.
Yes, the article is about self-driving cars. But I think the headline is telling us that Elon Musk wants to sell you a dangerous car that will burn down your house. It will spark a firestorm while you are sleeping. Because Trump hatred determines all media narratives.
And no smelly cab drivers........................
The idea of leaving at night waking up hours closer your going is appealing.
The idea of waking up in hospital not so much...
If this gets perfected to the stage that Americans and Western man can start socializing over drinks, long conversations, and cocktail parties again, our societies will reap great benefit from it.
I think much bonding and openness, plain speaking, and reaching of bold decisions and agreements is left undone when the get together ends at 9:00 with a cup of coffee and goodnights, it isn’t how Western men have operated for thousands of years.
mark rober’s “test” was completely debunked. His scenerios were absurd and he had no idea how to actually turn FSD on or off.
I’ve used it daily for about a year. It is not a robotaxi and you are told in many ways you have to be attentive. You don’t have to touch the steering wheel or pedals unless there’s an emergency or you want to impose your own idea of the route, speed, etc.
Almost all my rides are done on FSD with no interventions except prompting a lane change as per my preference on the highway, or tweaking the speed. Parking lots are still a total mess. Not unsafe but you’ll sit there forever waiting for other cars/pedestrians, fouling up the works.
Right now I think of it as a major assist in doing the work as someone who does not like driving, especially long distances, when I’m tired, etc. I feel that combined with my being attentive, eg scanning sides, rear, etc that I am safer with it than without it.
If you’re looking for a complete robotaxi, uber etc it’s not ready and may never be. Personally, I would always be “in the driver’s seat” not matter what they promise. I think for 99.00/month it’s a bargain.
I am not on Elon Musk’s payroll!!!
“...sparks firestorm...”
Everybody’s a comedian. SMH
Absolutely, at least for the HBM (Has Been Media). And my Tagline is still accurate.
How do you “prompt a lane change or tweak the speed”? Do you say “Hey, Tesla, go faster?”
Does full-auto resume after you somehow make those manual changes?
Heck I can’t fall asleep when I’m flying.....riding in a moving car that has no driver is a none starter to begin with....much less sleeping.
“Everybody’s a comedian.”
The funny thing is I didn’t even catch that until you and ClearCase_guy pointed that out.
Plus literally tens of millions of miles of testing and validation.
ClearCase_guy suggested the headline is a subliminal message to discourage people from buying a Tesla......considering the source it wouldn’t surprise me.
Sorry, too many idiots are on the highways. And I cannot imagine how ‘flying cars’’ will operate safely either, not even using highways. We have recently seen what is occurring in NYC with the air traffic near Reagan imagine flying cars driven by the same idiots?
Re: Post #6 - You nailed it.
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