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Then take a trip!

@MeniTek one doesn't take enough trips to justify $8K for driver assistance, and that is really all "FSD" is. (And may ever be with Musk's lies, false promises and flawed approach. (Vision only))

- 1. I use FSD daily. Not for road trips, but for city driving. Because it’s now safer than human-only driving. Case in point: about 3 weeks ago FSD prevented an accident where an out of control car was headed to t-bone my car. I didn’t see the car because I was looking forward. But the 8 cameras saw the oncoming vehicle and immediately accelerated car with a slight right turn to complete clear the potential crash. All caught on my camera recordings. Also, traffic sucks, especially city traffic. That pain point is completely eliminated with FSD. -2. Vision only has already proven to be vastly superior to LiDAR and especially radar. Radar doesn’t see static objects and LiDAR is too slow, doesn’t see color, words, small details, and is absurdly expensive. Meanwhile vision has already solved understating the world around the car in rich, colored, detailed 3D. The only thing that needs to be completed for full autonomy is AI logic - not 3D solves. In other words the LiDAR issue is over: vision has already won. All autonomous vehicles will dump LiDAR/radar by decade’s end. -3: My direct experience with FSD in complex urban environments has it now at 99.9%. That’s not good enough of course, but its rate of improvement means it’ll achieve an order of magnitude better than human driving towards the end of 2025, or mid 2026 at the latest. And that’s autonomy that can be dropped in any road on earth, not select geofenced areas like Waymo. The more you know.

Well ended up not liking this solution. The Belkin puts nearly all the pressure on top of my head which i found very uncomfortable. Anapro A2 is definitely the better solution if I even stick with the Vision Pro. This is my second time trying it out, bought on used market for $2K, but still having trouble finding value for it in my life. I wanted to try the Mac wide-screen feature, but even that is not really practical enough. For the most part its just a cool video playback machine that's too heavy and excluding. I have hope for the future has the hardware improves.

Apple needs more accessory support, every time I watch 3D videos on the app [NOC NOK], my face always hurts

The Model 3 Standard Range is no longer on sale. The base model now is the Long Range RWD, which does in fact get over 380mi real-world range on a single charge. This is important for road trips, where you do in fact charge to 100% before leaving (and often drain down below 10% during the trip). For daily commutes 30%-80% is way more than enough since you just charge nightly at home. Here's the video that proves the base Model 3's crazy long range: th-cam.com/video/S6rgzGizgaQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=BPtz2ycYit91NMbC

@@MeniTek Not everyone has a home charger. In the UK, if you live in a flat, a terrace house, or a rental property, you can't have one. And experience has taught me that whatever the range a manufacturer claims, half it, and that's what you get. I'd have to try a Model 3 Highland to make a fair judgement, but it's real-world range will be nowhere near Tesla's claimed range. That I can be confident of.

@@matthewgodwin3050 Real world range is in fact higher than claimed range for both 2024 Model 3 Long Range variants (but not for the Performance). This is a departure from previous Model 3's, which did fall short. However that's still not ideal for people who don't have a garage. For those who live in apartments/flats, a compact EV that's lightweight and therefore takes less time to charge per mile is the next major step for mass EV adoption. That'll come in 2025 with the compact Tesla (dubbed 'Model Q' for now). This more efficient platform will allow quicker public charging, with a 300mi range - making it more than adequate for urban transport.

@@MeniTek Have you actually driven the entry level M3 Highland? Because if not, you're just speculating, and that's part of the problem. Too many people have been sold an EV on the back of overly optimistic claims, only to find out it's just not fit for their purpose. So they quickly put the car up for sale to get back into an ICE car, and the market is now flooded. This is why EV depreciation is so bad. I see countless EVs going through auctions with sub 1000 mileages, and nobody bids on them because nobody can sell them. The idiots on the Fully Charged Show have scared everybody off EVs with their blatant nonsense. The way to sell EVs is to be honest about their limitations up-front. For most people, it'll still fulfil their needs, so they'll buy it. Lie to them, and they'll just walk away.

@@matthewgodwin3050 I own a Model 3 Performance and absolutely drove the Highland M3 Long range RWD. Wh/mi was under 230 which was slightly better than epa range. This was with the 19” wheels. Everything else you mentioned is nonsense, sorry.

Yes to both points!

Lol

Yeah, I shoulda mentioned in the video that I also tried the Annapro 1, and it didn't work at all for me. This second version is night and day.

@@MeniTek, thanks! That's good to know. Maybe I can give my v1 away for the cost of shipping. I'm not as concerned about the cost as having 2 pieces of plastic end up in the landfill.

I’d recommend tightening the strap only *slightly*. Same with the solo band. No need to over-tighten either strap since the weight is distributed more evenly.

Good point. The positive of a bald head is no messed up hair ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@@MeniTek haha... I was like oh to have hair like you... LOL...

If you live in the US you can also order to pickup. Got mine same day, but I live in LA.

Agree, Reddit's great.

Yes, definitely.

Lol

Thanks:)

You are right. FSD cannot think or reason or analyze like a human brain. FSD is a buggy Level 2 assistant, nothing like a human driver.

"Never cross double yellow lines" Is Incorrect because sometimes to avoid accidents you have to cross the line so you can't hard code it to never do that. Waymo has shown many Instances where It has had to cross the lines because of near crashes.

Possibly. Definitely by end of decade.

Solve driving ? How bad are you at driving that you need a system to do it for you. by the by, FSD won't 'solve' anything next year nor this decade Tesla's solution is about the worst there is and for a big part it's because it relies solely on a bunch of camera's where as the competition incorporate lots of other sensors (such as lidar, ultrasonics etc) The only ones that think Tesla FSD is the best are Tesla fanboys. It was level 2 back in 2017 and it's still level 2 today where as others have pushed way into level 3.

@@PDVismI personally use FSD during LA traffic to take away 95% of the low level stress. Still drive myself through twisty canyons and the race track. But the actual societal benefit of “solving FSD” will be twofold: robotaxis, and saving lives. Since over 1 million people die every year in car accidents caused by human error, autonomous vehicles that are safer than humans will save lives. Projecting the rate of improvement of FSD, this should happen by decade’s end. Regarding LiDAR, that technology is unnecessary. Camera-only sensors already work 100%. That part of the equation (understanding the 3D environment around a car) is actually already solved. LiDAR is too slow, doesn’t see color or street lights, can’t read signs, is too low resolution, and is prone to error. Also, it’s super expensive and adds weight and drag. Basically that tech is DOA.

@@PDVism what others have "pushed way into level 3"? And it should be obvious that autonomous driving systems will be safer than human drivers pretty soon.

@@charliedoyle7824 How many years ago has it been since Elon said that Tesla Robotaxis were going to be a thing ? This while Waymo actually put driversless taxis on the road. Do you deny that Tesla only uses 8 camera's. No Lidar. No ultrasonics. Nothing except some cheap camera's. No wonder it can't deal with actual city traffic in rainy, foggy, snowy or any other weather conditions that aren't bright and sunny. If you serious about autonomous driving instead of a just a Tesla fanboi you just have to use google. 'Level 3-enabled cars went on sale in December, Mercedes told Fortune. California and Nevada are the only two states where the company can legally sell the technology to consumers. The two state DMVs gave Mercedes approval to begin selling the cars last year' 'Level 3 highly automated driving available in the new BMW 7' And of course, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, etc are getting close as well. And this while Tesla has FULL SELF DRIVING (in small print : supervised). Or in other words, still level 2. A system that you can't rely on 100% is not a FULL proof system. And the proof is that Tesla puts the liability of using it 100% utterly and completely at the 'human driver'

A lucky left turn. What if another car was in the middle lane?

The car would have seen it on its repeater camera and would have stopped.