FSD v14.3.1 - Modey Y - First Impressions drive

About this episode

The episode discusses the latest Tesla FSD v14.3.1 release, its performance, and ongoing navigation challenges.

🚗⚡️ Buckle up for a deep dive into Tesla's latest release! FSD v14.3.1 is rolling out wide, and while the driving logic is feeling butter-smooth, the navigation stack is still proving to be the ultimate "Achilles heel." 🤔 Will Hardware 3 be left in the dust without a retrofit? Why is the car still struggling with "sloppy" parking jobs and ignoring thin chains? And what would happen if Tesla implemented multi-agent AI reasoning to finally fix those frustrating navigation blunders? 📍 Highlights in this episode: ✅ Experience FSD 14.3.1's incredibly smooth reaction times (even dodging squirrels!) ✅ Explore the school zone mystery: why the car chose 30mph in a 15mph zone ✅ Experience real-world navigation snafus and a stressful "wrong lane" bridge reroute ✅ Hear a controversial take on the future of HW3 and true unsupervised driving on HW4 ✅ Watch the system navigate the "urinal protocol" while testing the auto-park stack ✅ Discover an interesting theory on why high gas prices aren't currently spiking EV demand 🎙️ What do you think about the future of Hardware 3 and the quest for true unsupervised FSD? Drop your thoughts in the comments below, and don't forget to hit that…

People in this episode

Host: Chuck Cook

Topics covered

• Tesla FSD
• autonomous driving
• navigation issues
• Hardware 3
• self-driving technology
• EV demand

Keywords

• Tesla
• FSD
• autonomous driving
• navigation
• Hardware 3
• self-driving cars
• EV news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tesla

Products: FSD v14.3.1, Hardware 3, HW4

Places: school zone, 30mph, 15mph, wrong lane, urinal protocol, EV

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