Tesla FSD Debate

Comments debate whether Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature is truly autonomous or just advanced driver assistance, criticizing its marketing claims, safety, maturity, and requirement for constant human supervision.

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dawnerd Mar 9, 2021 View on HN

Maybe you should drive a Tesla before you claim what it does.It will gladly speed without driver input. There’s an offset setting since not everywhere has the same customs. Here it’s about 7% increase is safe without getting pulled over.The FSD beta is rolling out to everyone that wants it (which is a lot) in the next week or so. Yes it’s not perfect, but saying it’s not self driving is doing a huge disservice to the entire development team.

ceejayoz Dec 19, 2023 View on HN

Tesla positions FSD as much more than an automatic lane keeper.

nova22033 Feb 12, 2025 View on HN

"Tesla-like" meaning not really "Full" self driving?

Johnny555 Jan 18, 2022 View on HN

Tesla does not promote FSD as being autonomous, the driver is going to have a hard time blaming Tesla:https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscription...Note: These features are designed to become more capable over time; however the currently enabled features do not make the vehicle autonomous. The currently enabled features require a fully atten

sahaj Feb 2, 2022 View on HN

You either have no experience with Tesla "FSD" or you are the shill and are deflecting.

clouddrover Dec 18, 2021 View on HN

FSD? Tesla sells full self-driving? Does Tesla have a product that does actual full self-driving?

Method-X Dec 8, 2020 View on HN

I own a Tesla with FSD. Can confirm, there is no self driving car.

hotpotatoe May 28, 2024 View on HN

I’m not sure Tesla knows what full self driving means

wahnfrieden Jun 10, 2023 View on HN

Tesla FSD is not mature, it’s just old

fiddlerwoaroof Dec 24, 2022 View on HN

The sale page is pretty explicit about what you’re buying and has this note:> The currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous. The activation and use of these features are dependent on achieving reliability far in excess of human drivers as demonstrated by billions of miles of experience, as well as regulatory approval, which may take longer in some jurisdictions. As these self-driving features evolve, your car will be continuously up