Tesla ‘s highest-level autonomous driving software, called Full Self Driving or FSD, generates strong opinions. Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes it is the key to trillions in value creation. Detractors call it “vaporware” and dangerous. Barron’s had to see for ourselves.
Barron’s opted for the $199 plan. FSD takes a little getting used to. The system is activated with a couple of clicks of the wheel-mounted shifter. Then comes an Intel-like ding and blue line on the center display screen, indicating FSD is active. The Good The best part about FSD is that it works most of the time in most situations. It makes life easier and driving safer, as long as the human driver is ready to take over.
The Bad There are still plenty of things the car doesn’t do perfectly. That’s the teenage driver part of the system. Wide intersections, offset stop signs, blind corners, potholes, unpainted speed bumps, road construction, double-parked utility trucks, flashing yellow lights, advance green lights for left turns, heavy fog, getting cut off by another driver, and other situations give the system trouble.
Then there was a black plastic bedliner from a small Nissan pickup that literally flew out of a truck and onto an interstate highway. That required an intervention. We didn’t wait to see what FSD would do with that.
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