I just used Tesla’s FSD v14 Lite in my 2018 Model 3
It’s been a long time since I gushed about this car, but I recently got the “v14 Lite” of Full Self Driving (“Supervised” ofc) in my April 2018 Model 3. If you don’t recall, April of 2018 was one of the earliest months Tesla was doing regular deliveries of the Model 3. Bloomberg was running their online chart tracking the number of VINs delivered. Early days. Sometime later, I got the CPU upgraded to “Hardware 3”, the ‘new’ processor that Tesla promised would unlock true self driving. Womp womp. They’re now on Hardware 4, and have said they will upgrade older cars to it but no action has happened yet. The newest iteration of FSD is Version 14, which is supposed to be whizbang cool but it hasn’t been available for Hardware 3 cars.
So they just released Version 14 “Lite” which runs on my car. I tried it today for the first time and
HOLY SHIT THE CAR ACTUALLY DROVE ITSELF.
Like not just the usual turn-it-on-while-on-the-highway-and-it-takes-your-exit-for-you drove itself.
No.
It pulled out of my garage, turned around, exited the alley and drove itself from my house, through the surface streets, to the freeway, exited, drove to the shopping center, and parked itself in the parking lot. In a parking stall between two other cars.
Door to door self driving. In the car I bought 8 years ago. The future is here. Only 8 years later than promised.
Just needed to share that. I am genuinely surprised and impressed.