Elon Musk indicates taht FSD (Full Self Driving) version 12.5.3 will be the version of FSD 12.5 that will go to wide release. FSD 12.5 is getting reviews as a major step change in smoothness, reduced interventions, speed and confidence in supervised autonomous driving. Still some issues with this release, but you can see the …
I make the case for large Tesla profits from very good FSD (Full Self Driving) in an interview on Brighter With Herbert (youtuber Herbert Ong). Full Self Driving is the name of Tesla software for its driving assistance system. My case is that Tesla FSD is vastly improving and as good version of 12.4.X and …
Here is my analysis of human versus automated driving today and the level to be much safer than human in the future and why failed disengagements would have a low percentage being fatal. A truly much safer autonomous driving system would eventually cross over where interventions would be more dangerous than non-intervention. Think of the …
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Electric hypercar maker Rimac today unveiled their robotaxi prototype, called Verne. • Begin operation in 2026 • Two seater • Uses Mobileye technology • Vehicle is Level 4 fully autonomous • 43″ display, 17 speakers • Rimac has already signed agreements to launch it in 11 cities in the EU, UK, and the Middle East …
CallasEV compared a Waymo against Tesla FSD version 12.3.6. Tesla FSD12.3.6 had no disengagements and completed the drive 2 minutes ahead of the Waymo because of superior route planning. The FSD ride and the Waymo rides were both smooth. Tesla FSD can operate across North America and is getting certified in Europe, China, Asia and …
Here is the three page summary of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation of Waymo robotaxi. The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received reports of 22 incidents involving Waymo vehicles equipped with Waymo’s 5th generation automated driving system (ADS) wherein the ADS-equipped vehicle was the sole vehicle operated during a collision or wherein …
Elon Musk said that Tesla FSD 12.4 goes to internal release this weekend and limited external beta next week. Roughly 5X to 10X improvement in miles per intervention vs 12.3. 12.5 will be out in late June. Will also see a major improvement in mpi and is single stack – no Yeah, seeing it everywhere. …
Elon Musk reasserts that Tesla FSD 12.4 will be another big improvement and will be released soon. Tesla FSD 12.4 will have the driving data learned from another billion miles of driving from the one month free trial for 2 million users. The new driving data will be from many new drivers who were inexperienced …
There are about six major capabilities that Tesla still needs to add to FSD based upon capability checklists. Most of the capabilities will need refinement so that they are performed well every time. The six capabilities are recognize hand signals, drive in reverse, avoid pot holes and low road obstacles, don’t drive in the blind …
There are many who believe that years of failure or limited success for Tesla FSD and other robotaxi projects are evidence for their belief that it will take more years from today for Tesla FSD to achieve robotaxi level. Chess Computer Programs Chess programs were under serious development for decades before they finally succeeded in …