Knowing that Tesla can be self-driven, but I didn’t expect this car could make a long-distance trip by itself… Recently, a video of a Tesla driving itself from Los Angeles to Silicon Valley has gone viral on Youtube. The whole journey was almost without human control, and this Model 3 successfully "self-drove" for nearly 600 kilometers.
From the video, we can see that Tesla has basically achieved self-driving on both urban roads and highways. It drove from Los Angeles to Silicon Valley with almost zero human intervention, taking nearly 6 hours in total, which is astonishing!
Although the driver’s hands are not visible for most of the video, in fact, he was watching the road conditions throughout and ready to take over the steering wheel at any time. (It is not recommended that everyone imitate it easily.)
During this period, the car owner intervened manually only once, for 1 minute and 15 seconds. Because the self-driving Tesla could not detect the charging stations along the way, the car owner had to manually stop in Kettleman City along the way to charge. But overall, the performance of Tesla was still very "excellent".
For example, it will keep a distance from the car in front in the busy area:
For example, when turning right, it can detect that there is a large truck blocking the way in front, actively stop and wait for the truck to leave before turning:
For example, driving on the highway is completely effortless:
The car owner said that except for charging the car in Kettleman City, he did not participate in any manual driving such as acceleration and braking throughout the process. It was all driven by Tesla itself.
For nearly 6 hours along the way, without having to worry about anything, it feels like the car owner could have a sleep in the car. Well, don’t say, this kind of thing has really happened to Tesla car owners… And more than once!
I heard that Americans have long not needed the steering wheel when driving a Tesla? Previously, witnesses captured that on Highway 90 in Massachusetts, a Tesla Model X was cruising automatically at a speed of about 60 miles. Both the driver and the front passenger in the car were sleeping with their heads tilted, completely leaving the driving to the car’s self-driving system.
This scene was captured by the driver of the vehicle next to it and made the news…
In March 2019, on the 5th Highway from Los Angeles to Anaheim in Orange County, a Tesla was driving at a speed of 121 kilometers per hour on the interstate highway, and the driver also fell asleep.
In June 2019, on the 405th Highway in Los Angeles, another driver fell asleep in a Tesla, and passers-by were scared and called 911 to report.
Tesla is so powerful, mainly relying on the self-driving technology FSD. After years of research and development, Tesla’s FSD technology is now more stable and reliable. Elon Musk said that in the future, when FSD overcomes the difficulties in hardware and software, it will no longer be a dream for cars that do not rely on human drivers to drive themselves on the road. (Pictures from Twitter. Copyright belongs to the original author)
With the FSD technology, Tesla cars can stop independently at traffic lights, recognize road signs, change lanes by themselves, and park by themselves. The driver… can basically be liberated.
Tesla, it’s time for you to learn to make money by yourself
Hey, since Tesla’s self-driving is so amazing, why not let it go out to pick up and drop off passengers to earn some money? This idea… may really come true!