Tesla posts FSD demo video of Model 3

[Missile Toad]

It's real when I see Elon Musk on a bicycle on the shoulder waving as the car passes him by.

 

[SMAlset]

Looks like the video is of the drive from Tesla HQ in Palo Alto, down Page Mill to 280 and back. Been that way before. I wonder if the other Teslas lined up in the other direction at the beginning of the video were FSD rides on their way back to HQ after their demo ride.

 

[Eno Deb]

Looks like the video is of the drive from Tesla HQ in Palo Alto, down Page Mill to 280 and back. Been that way before. I wonder if the other Teslas lined up in the other direction at the beginning of the video were FSD rides on their way back to HQ after their demo ride.

I think so. It looks very similar to when I did my Model 3 test drive at that location last year (although the route is slightly different after the highway segment).

 

[Knightshade]

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.

The demo video you mean? Probably.

Good thing they already have a permit to do that, huh?

Permit Holders

The stuff releasing to actual customers anytime this year though- not so much.

 

[redgt]

Can someone post a slowed down version or tell me how to slow this one down?

New UI looks great

 

[Az_Rael]

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....

I have gotten so cynical lately, but it feels like 2016 all over again in here. Lots of excitement and lofty statements about when we will start seeing these awesome FSD features. Been there, done that, already been suckered into a $3k FSD purchase.

Hope it’s real this time and we actually start seeing FSD features get released before 2020.

 

[SMAlset]

I suspect as they worked more on it that they found out the hardware they had back them wouldn’t get them far enough and realized Nvidia wasn’t going to be fast enough turn around for what they wanted. Watching the Event, Peter was hired then to develop the new chip. I feel pretty good about what we saw today.

 

[PoitNarf]

Can someone post a slowed down version or tell me how to slow this one down?

New UI looks great

If using iOS you can watch the video with the YouTube app and click on the 3 vertical dots at the top right of the screen and there’s an option to adjust playback speed there. If using a computer watch it on YouTube’s site instead of the embedded video I posted and you should see playback speed options there as well. Not sure about Android devices but I suspect it’s similar to how it works in iOS.

 

[djgarrett21]

Video looks like NOA with a few stop signs and a couple traffic lights mixed in.

 

[SMAlset]

I’ll be curious to start hearing reports from these Investor analyst reporters. I’ll be really interested to see what Sandy Munro (Munro & Assoc) says about it on the next Autoline program.

 

[SMAlset]

Video looks like NOA with a few stop signs and a couple traffic lights mixed in.

Cloverleaf, vehicles changing lanes and saw one pulled off to the side of 280. Elevation changes somewhat. Windy local roads. I thought today’s drive had a number of different conditions and probably a nice test demo route for the attendees. Probably still working on the local city driving.

 

[redgt]

At the very beginning of the video the demo car seems to think its at a stop sign (maybe it is) and the model 3 stopped opposite on the left is lit up blue in the UI ... it gives it a minute and the blue fades and the demo car takes off

 

[SMAlset]

BTW Elon during the Event said that later today the participants would Drive the cars with the development version of the improved software and see for themselves, so I’m guessing the video is of one of the attendees in the driver’s seat.

Elon is right that with all the Teslas today (and those getting updates) having all the necessary hardware for FSD is a big thing. And I agree with him that it will make Teslas appreciate on resale compared to other manufacturers cars sold recently and today. Way ahead. And honestly do people want to buy a car with all that equipment on top? I can’t stand the shark fins or the crossover hatchback visors.

 

[C141medic]

I have gotten so cynical lately, but it feels like 2016 all over again in here. Lots of excitement and lofty statements about when we will start seeing these awesome FSD features. Been there, done that, already been suckered into a $3k FSD purchase.

Hope it’s real this time and we actually start seeing FSD features get released before 2020.

Agree. I actually thought the 2016 FSD was more impressive. It’s nice to show me what the car can do but when will it actually do what you’re showing me? I guess the waiting game continues.

 

[Leafdriver333]

Agree. I actually thought the 2016 FSD was more impressive. It’s nice to show me what the car can do but when will it actually do what you’re showing me? I guess the waiting game continues.

And I cannot imagine how many early adopters paid for FSD and sold their car already for another car or Tesla. The money has been wasted.

 

[redgt]

And I cannot imagine how many early adopters paid for FSD and sold their car already for another car or Tesla. The money has been wasted.

it had to have added some value to the resale price

 

[SergeyUser]

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?

Google cars can do that, so we can assume Tesla will at least try to replicate the same thing:

This is just another ‘feature’.

 

[Majsa]

You notice they didn’t show the rear camera with all the bodies and destruction left behind in its wake...

Prolly read about an F3 that blew thru yesterday....

Joking aside, I’m looking forward to the OPTION of FSD. Don’t need anyone taking a dump in my back seat while it’s off working as a Teslaxi. Hell if a tip from someone.

 

[M109Rider]

That’s very very cool. I already love autopilot, this will just create a perma smile.

 

[MXWing]

I wish they had a none accelerated video. I’d want to watch this for 30 minutes in real time just to get the perspective of what an end customer would see.

I am wondering if @outie is impressed in the slightest?