Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system is an impressive bit of technology, able to handle day-to-day driving – including everything from slow-moving traffic and roundabouts – with surprising ease. But how does it handle trickier stuff?
In a US video aptly called We Tried To Crash Into A Self Driving Tesla, YouTuber Dirty Tesla – in collaboration with Out of SpecReviews – took a Model Y to a closed course and threw everything it could at it.
Another driver in a former Ford Crown Victoria police car tailgated the Model Y, cut it off, drove at it head-on, brake-checked it, and even tried to side-swipe it and run it off the road.
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Dirty Tesla found FSD (Supervised) version 14.1.7, in the most aggressive ‘Mad Max’ drive profile, had extremely quick reaction times and would brake decisively. Unlike a human, it also wasn’t rattled by another driver tailgating it or speeding past it.
Surprisingly, it even turned the vehicle around when it detected trouble ahead.
It wasn’t perfect, though, showing great reluctance to drive onto grass to avoid a dangerous vehicle – with the driver noting it was “scared” of going off-road.
When the driver attempted to override FSD by pushing the accelerator while on grass, on a couple of occasions it put the Model Y into Park.
You can view the full video above.
Tesla made FSD (Supervised) available in Australia in September, priced at $10,100 upfront or via a $149/month subscription. It’s available only in Model 3 and Model Y vehicles with Hardware 4 (HW4) cameras.
