Three issues Tesla wants to enhance with Full Self-Driving v14 launch

As Tesla plans to launch Full Self-Driving model 14 this week after CEO Elon Musk detailed a brief delay in its rollout, there are a number of issues that proceed to plague what are extraordinarily well-done drives by the suite.

Tesla Full Self-Driving has really revolutionized the best way I journey, and I take advantage of it for almost all of my driving. Nonetheless, it does a number of issues actually poorly, and these points are constant throughout many drives, not only one.

Tesla Full Self-Driving impressions after three weeks of possession

Musk has known as FSD v14 “sentient” and hinted that it might display drastic enhancements from v13. The present model is excellent, and it generally performs a number of the harder driving duties nicely. I’ve discovered that it does easy, but essential issues, considerably poorly.

These are the three issues I’d wish to see Tesla Full Self-Driving v14 enhance.

Navigation, Routing, and Logical Departure

My greatest criticism is how poorly the navigation system chooses its route of departure. I’ve observed this particularly from the place I Supercharge. The automobile routinely takes probably the most illogical route to depart the Supercharger, a path that will require an unlawful U-turn to get on the proper route.

I managed to seize this yesterday when leaving the Supercharger to go on a prolonged experience utilizing Full Self-Driving:

You’ll see I overrode the try to show proper out of the lot by pushing the flip sign to show left as a substitute. In the event you go proper, you’ll go across the whole comfort retailer and find yourself approaching a visitors mild with a “No U-Flip” signal. The automobile has tried to provoke a U-turn at this mild earlier than.

In the event you’re trying to get on the freeway, you merely have to depart the comfort retailer on a special route (the one I made the automobile go in).

It then tried to enter the precise lane when the automobile wanted to stay within the left lane to show left and entry the freeway. I manually took over after which reactivated Full Self-Driving when it was within the right lane.

To attain Unsupervised Full Self-Drivingakin to navigating out of a car parking zone and taking the logical route, whereas additionally avoiding unlawful maneuvers, is extremely essential.

Too A lot Time within the Left Lane on the Freeway

It’s unlawful to cruise within the left lane on highways in all 50 U.S. states, though sure states implement it greater than others. Colorado, for instance, has a legislation that makes it unlawful to drive within the left lane on highways with a velocity restrict of 65 MPH or higher until you’re passing.

In Florida, it’s typically prohibited to make use of the left lane until you’re passing a slower automobile.

In Pennsylvania, the place I stay, cruising within the left lane is unlawful on limited-access highways with two or extra lanes. Left lanes are designed for passing, whereas proper lanes are meant for cruising.

Full Self-Driving, particularly on the “Hurry” drive modewhich drives most realistically, cruises within the left lane, making it in violation of those cruising legal guidelines. There are numerous cases when it has a drastic quantity of house between vehicles in the precise lane, and it merely chooses to remain within the left lane:

The clip above is almost 12 minutes in size with out being sped up. In real-time, it had loads of alternatives to recover from and cruise within the left lane. It didn’t do that till the top of the video.

Tesla ought to implement a “Most well-liked Freeway Cruising Lane” possibility for 2 and three-lane highways, permitting drivers to decide on the lane that FSD cruises in.

It additionally tends to go autos within the gradual lane at a velocity that’s solely a mile an hour or two increased than that different automobile.

This holds up visitors within the left lane; if it will overtake a automobile in the precise lane, it must do it sooner and with extra assertiveness. It shouldn’t take greater than 5-10 seconds to go a automobile. Something longer is disrupting the stream of freeway visitors.

Parking

Full Self-Driving does an excellent job of getting you to your vacation spot, however parking routinely when you’re there was a ache level.

As I used to be arriving at my vacation spot, it pulled in immediately on prime of the road separating two parking spots. It does this ceaselessly once I arrive at my home as nicely.

Right here’s what it regarded like yesterday:

Parking is likely one of the simpler duties Full Self-Driving performs, and Autopark does extraordinarily nicely when the driving force manually chooses the spot. I take advantage of Autopark on an virtually each day foundation.

Nonetheless, if I don’t help the automobile in selecting a spot, its efficiency pulling into areas is fairly lackluster.

With plenty of hype surrounding v14, Tesla has constructed up appreciable anticipation amongst homeowners who wish to see FSD carry out the straightforward duties nicely. As of now, I consider it does the tougher issues higher than the straightforward issues.