Tesla

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) program has hit a major milestone, with drivers accumulating more than 1,000,000,000 miles, or 1,609,344,000 kilometers with the software activated.

To put the 1 billion mile milestone into perspective, Waymo, which many would consider to be one of the leading companies when it comes to autonomous driving, boasts only 20+ million miles covered by its fleet since it started in 2009, or 15 years ago. Waymo would need to drive its fleet for well over 500 years at its current size to catch up to Tesla.

Yesterday at the grocery store, someone keyed my new car. It’s not like I could have done anything to annoy someone, since there wasn’t anyone parking in the next spot when I pulled in, and I was almost perfectly centered in my spot

I just got the car in November, and it’s that really nice new navy blue. Looks fantastic. And now it’s keyed. I hope it was at least an acciden somehow, because I’ve read too many articles online about people just wanting to see the world burn

For anyone else who had to have the paint touched up, can I take it to a normal body shop? Or does it need something special? Where would I look?

EVs made up just 7.6% of new car sales last year. But by 2032, the standards will mean EVs make up 35% to 56% of sales, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Chuck Cook finally got FSD Beta v12!

TL;DW:

• First unprotected left was perfect.
• U-turn: It did it. A little slower than he'd like, given 50 mph oncoming car. It should have accelerated sooner once it committed to the turn.
• Forward-facing left turn with flashing yellow was fine.
• Railroad tracks: Pretty good speed. Previous versions used to accelerate across tracks.
• Narrow road with speed bumps: Slows for 2 out of 3 speedbumps. Slowed for the cat. Full stops for stop signs. Slight unusual pause at double divided intersection.
• Unprotected left turn. Contrary to the map planner, it entered the correct lane (not the shared middle lane).
• U-turn with oncoming car waiting to turn, and another car approaching from behind. Chuck tapped the accelerator, but it did it.
• Double green-light bug is gone.
• Acceleration feels natural. Blinkers improved.
• Incorrectly stopped on railroad tracks just before intersection with a red light.
• Traffic circles handled without a hitch
• S-curve: A little bit slow, but blinker bug is gone.
• Joggers: Didn't slow down, but hugged the left edge of lane.
• Car backing out: Did not honour that, when it probably should have.
• Flashing yellow switching to flashing red on the visualization bug still present.
• Left turn immediately followed by right turn: Perfect execution of blinker timing and lane choice. Low traffic test though.
• Still no separate visualization for ambulance.
• Interesting circling behaviour at destination. (hunting for parking?)
• Turn lane road markings took precidence over planned navigation route.
• Impressively tight U-turn to get out of a dead-end. Still no 3-point turns.
• Overall, Chuck is impressed.