Tesla posts FSD demo video of Model 3

[PoitNarf]

I was hoping they’d post something like this after the event today. Looks damn near impressive to me.

 

[eprosenx]

I was hoping they’d post something like this after the event today. Looks damn near impressive to me.

Neat!

But hardly complex roads with lots of traffic and pedestrians.

I can’t wait for full actual self driving where you can do something else. That is the real game changer.

 

[PoitNarf]

Neat!

But hardly complex roads with lots of traffic and pedestrians.

I can’t wait for full actual self driving where you can do something else. That is the real game changer.

True, it wasn’t a crazy complex route but still way better than the current version of autopilot. I still wonder how they will handle the fringe cases. What if there is an accident and a cop is directing traffic around it? Will the car be able to follow the cops directions?

 

[Lunares]

Neat!

But hardly complex roads with lots of traffic and pedestrians.

I can’t wait for full actual self driving where you can do something else. That is the real game changer.

Well the hands warning was obviously off, he never touched the steering wheel

Absolutely expect it to launch with steering torque required

 

[rdunniii]

Less freeway driving and more neighborhood and city driving including school zones and pedestrians, children and dogs running out in front of cars between parked cars. That's more than 50% of my driving.

 

[detlefo]

Impressive route with a variety of street and freeway driving including complex interchanges. But, they also revealed a level of navigation not current supported. All we can currently program is point to point navigation. This went well beyond this. Does this mean that waypoints are finally in our future?

 

[Knightshade]

Impressive route with a variety of street and freeway driving including complex interchanges. But, they also revealed a level of navigation not current supported. All we can currently program is point to point navigation. This went well beyond this. Does this mean that waypoints are finally in our future?

You mean they've finally cracked the code that Garmin had in 2004? WE ARE LIVING IN THE FUTURE!

 

[Daniel in SD]

So, @Knightshade, does this qualify as testing an autonomous vehicle under California law?
Not that I really want to argue about this again. I think it does.

 

[Leafdriver333]

How does Tesla see all cars at a 4-way stop?
The front cameras are too narrow visioned and the side ones are pointing rearward.
I don't know how Model 3 was able to handle it at 1:11 on the video.

 

[Wampa]

It's really impressive but until I can legally drink and let my Tesla drive me home while I relax in the passenger seat, I'll wait on getting FSD.

 

[BigD0g]

This means nothing until we see the number of disengagement’s this took to make next year. Like great video, but if it took 5 cars and 300 disengagement’s not so much, fool me once....

 

[Dutchie]

What I find strange is they everything is sped-up yet his hands hardly move. On a trip like that I just need to scratch my nose once or change seating position. This guy does nothing...

 

[Leafdriver333]

What I find strange is they everything is sped-up yet his hands hardly move. On a trip like that I just need to scratch my nose once or change seating position. This guy does nothing...

what if.. he has three hands...

 

[iMoe]

What I find strange is they everything is sped-up yet his hands hardly move. On a trip like that I just need to scratch my nose once or change seating position. This guy does nothing...

What you don't know is that he purchased FSS. The Full Self Scratching Package.

 

[Darscot]

How does Tesla see all cars at a 4-way stop?
The front cameras are too narrow visioned and the side ones are pointing rearward.
I don't know how Model 3 was able to handle it at 1:11 on the video.

There are 4 side camera two backwards for blind spots and two on the pillars pointing forward.

 

[JG T3SLA]

That video is pretty exciting. Not too different than the prior FSD demo. 2020 is going to be fun (hopefully!)

 

[Leafdriver333]

There are 4 side camera two backwards for blind spots and two on the pillars pointing forward.

I guess that will work.


They won't see far enough if the crossing traffic does not have stop signs. I wonder how FSD will handle intersections like that..

 

[Eno Deb]

How does Tesla see all cars at a 4-way stop?
The front cameras are too narrow visioned and the side ones are pointing rearward.
I don't know how Model 3 was able to handle it at 1:11 on the video.

The cameras in the B pillars point sideways/forward.

I really wish they'd put out a realtime version of that video. I'd like to see how smooth the car takes the sharp turns and how it deals with merging lanes at various points. But given that this was a hardcoded (and probably thoroughly pre-tested) route, one probably shouldn't interpret too much into it.

 

[Leafdriver333]

The cameras in the B pillars point sideways/forward.

I really wish they'd put out a realtime version of that video. I'd like to see how smooth the car takes the sharp turns and how it deals with merging lanes at various points. But given that this was a hardcoded (and probably thoroughly pre-tested) route, one probably shouldn't interpret too much into it.

So 4-way stop is handled.

How about 2-way stops or no stop signs and the car will not be able to see side ways far enough to detect approaching traffic at 40mph.

 

[Eno Deb]

So 4-way stop is handled.

How about 2-way stops or no stop signs and the car will not be able to see side ways far enough to detect approaching traffic at 40mph.

It's not clear how far away they can identify objects (there is certainly some limit to how fast cross traffic can be), but the B pillar cameras can look sideways perpendicular to the car, and supposedly the range is about 80m. See the light-green fields in this diagram: