Tesla’s full autonomous driving (monitored) The system is an impressive piece of technology that handles everyday traffic – from slow-moving traffic to roundabouts – with surprising ease. But how does it deal with trickier things?
Aptly named in a US video We tried crashing into a self-driving TeslaYouTuber Dirty Tesla – in collaboration with Out of specificationReviews – drove a Model Y onto a closed course and threw everything it could.
Another driver in a former Ford Crown Victoria police car drove close to the Model Y, cut it off, drove head-on into it, checked the brakes and even attempted to spin it off the road.
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Dirty Tesla found that FSD (Supervised) version 14.1.7 had extremely fast response times and braked decisively in the most aggressive “Mad Max” driving profile. Unlike a human, it wasn’t jolted by another driver following close behind or speeding past it.
Surprisingly, it even turned the vehicle around when it detected a problem ahead.
It wasn’t perfect, however, as it showed great reluctance to drive on grass to avoid a dangerous vehicle – and the driver noted that it was “afraid” to go off-road.
When the driver tried to override the FSD by pressing the accelerator on grass, the Model Y was put into park several times.
You can watch the full video above.
Tesla made FSD (Supervised) available in Australia in September, priced at $10,100 upfront or via a $149 per month subscription. It is only available in Model 3 and Model Y vehicles with Hardware 4 (HW4) cameras.
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