The early reviews for the Tesla FSD (Full Self driving supervised driver assist) are stellar. The reports are the at it is super smooth, great turns, great speed control and it feels dramatically improved.
Whole Mars says this ain’t just some normal update something is very different.
FSD 12.5 first drive impressions:
• by far the smoothest version of FSD ever. the way it approaches stopped traffic, takes off, slows down for turns, etc etc has never felt better. turns feel drastically improved too, especially around other traffic (like multiple turn lanes). feels like there’s zero indecisiveness on the steering wheel and feels CONFIDENT
• “creeping” behavior improved, every unprotected turn it has been through so far it creeps and continues without coming to a secondary stop or even slowing back down. does them in “one motion” if that makes sense. will obviously need more testing on unprotected turns in general to form a real opinion though
• no more speed control issues where it speeds up and then slows back down (so far, at least). it still does speed a little fast in my neighborhood (33mph in a 25) but stays at a consistent speed now
• I tried to wear sunglasses and it disabled driver monitoring, meaning it still has steering wheel nags with sunglasses on 🙁
• highway definitely still feels like the old stack to me and not end-to-end. might not have made it into this release. no release notes and it still displays messages on the screen like “changing lanes into faster lane” and has manual speed control (no auto max speed). also doesn’t feel as smooth as city driving with its acceleration and braking
• my first ~35 mile drive to the supercharger was completely intervention free, charging up to do more testing in Concord, CA now because 12.4 struggled a lot here
FSD 12.5 first drive impressions:
– by far the smoothest version of FSD ever. the way it approaches stopped traffic, takes off, slows down for turns, etc etc has never felt better. turns feel drastically improved too, especially around other traffic (like multiple turn lanes).…
— ΛI DRIVR (@AIDRIVR) July 23, 2024
FSD 12.5 IS REALLY GOOD
this ain’t just some normal update something is very different
— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) July 23, 2024
First vFSD 12.5 drive went really well with @WholeMarsBlog.
If I could describe it in one word, it would be SMOOTH. Very confident especially around highway corners- even more than 12.4.3. Excited for my HW3 Model 3 to get it.
One weird braking getting out of carpool lane and… pic.twitter.com/MWMJ2JsNuO
— Zack (@BLKMDL3) July 23, 2024
🔥 FSD 12.5 First drive impressions
• Smoothness: FSD 12.5 is the smoothest version ever, with improvements in approaching stopped traffic, taking off, and slowing down for turns 😍
• Improved Turns: Turns have drastically improved, particularly in situations with multiple… https://t.co/BvJwyttZvo pic.twitter.com/hp6k6O6Jdq
— Effetto Tesla (@EffettoTesla) July 23, 2024
Nextbigfuture has been predicting that Tesla FSD 12.5.X will be a very important version. If it has over 2000 miles per intervention then it will be well over 20 times better than competing supervised automated driving system in the world. The supervised driving systems in China are reported to be about the level of last years Tesla FSD version 11.X before the AI breakthroughs that have taken it to the next level.
All other automated driving systems either have human safety drivers or they have remote humans supervising.
I had analysis of the financial impact that I expect for Tesla from Tesla FSD 12.5.
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GPT and CRISPR are more consequential.
Ok, smooth… But we will still have to see about miles between interventions. Remember the there was literally no improvement from 12.1 to 12.3.6 in this metric.
If we are unlucky, the ride could be super smooth, but still require an intervention every 28 miles…
Oh boy, another breathtaking breakthrough that won’t work where I live. Enough with the Elon-gasm’s, already. Prove me wrong, please!
Do the official regulators test new versions ? When was the last time they tested FSD ? Are there peer-review studies ?
Peer review studies? This is pioneering engineering work. Not PhD bull crap. Expert views are worse than useless for anything really cutting edge.
P.s. I have quite a few peer reviewed publications that are frequently cited but have made no real contribution to the world.
GPT, CRISPR, and many more were peer reviewed.