More and more Tesla owners are sharing their videos of the electric vehicle (EV) company’s newly-released Full Self-Driving Beta, a semi-autonomous driving system released in limited beta form last month.
Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersssv on Twitter) posted two new videos Sunday, sharing a 14-minute, rainy drive with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta feature on. Remarkably, there are no disengagements throughout the two videos, marking one of the longer engagements we’ve seen so far in the system’s early release in tricky situtations, and an impressive display given inclement weather patterns.
The videos feature a handful of complex intersections and other clever detections made by Tesla’s semi-autonomous FSD driving system.
#FSDBeta drive in the rain. No disengagement’s for a 14 minute drive. The future is here folks and brought to you by @elonmusk @tesla. Part 1 here. https://t.co/AhwNVtM7T7 pic.twitter.com/wdmGMNRsrE
— Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) November 9, 2020
Part 2 https://t.co/rTZaiVSLbv
— Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) November 9, 2020
The Twitter thread was also noticed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who weighed in on the post. In response to the videos, Musk wrote, “Thanks to a lot of great Autopilot/AI hardware & software engineers at Tesla!”
Thanks to a lot of great Autopilot/AI hardware & software engineers at Tesla!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 9, 2020
As we see more and more of FSD’s capabilities unveiled, we can also expect to see its capabilities grow a lot too, according to prior statements by Musk. The AI systems used in the FSD’s algorithms record a number of data sets, and as more drivers use the system, more data will continue to enhance the feature itself.
