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AMCI TESTING
Real-World Evaluation:
Tesla Full Self Driving
12.5.1 and 12.5.3

FSD Evaluation overview

  • More than 1,000 miles driven
  • City streets, two-lane highways, mountain roads, and freeways
  • Day and night operation; backlit to full-frontal sun
  • 2024 Model 3 Performance with Hardware 4
  • Full Self Driving (Supervised) Profile Setting: Assertive
  • Surprisingly capable, while simultaneously problematic (and occasionally dangerously inept)
  • The confidence (and often, competence) with which it undertakes complex driving tasks lulls users into believing that it is a thinking machine—with its decisions and performance based on a sophisticated assessment of risk (and the user’s wellbeing)
  • When errors occur, they are occasionally sudden, dramatic, and dangerous; in those circumstances, it is unlikely that a driver without their hands on the wheel will be able to intervene in time to prevent an accident—or possibly a fatality

Test videos

Join us as we continue to assess the ongoing evolution of Tesla’s Full Self Driving (Supervised) system….

CITY STREETS
MOUNTAIN ROADS
CROSSWALKS & PEDESTRIANS

ABOUT AMCI TESTING

What Is AMCI Testing?

AMCI Testing is an independent automotive research firm committed to unbiased, comparative evaluations of automotive products. AMCI Testing evaluates, tests and critiques more than 150 cars and trucks each year at our test facilities in Southern California and private proving grounds worldwide.

Who does AMCI Testing work with?

For more than 35 years, major automotive OEMs have hired AMCI Testing as an impartial check on internal engineering achievements, and a third-party perspective on competitive vehicles in segment. We provide an anchoring outsider viewpoint on crucial marketing, branding, training and final product decisions.

The Importance Of Objectivity

Truth—as substantiated by scientific process and hard data—has always been the cornerstone of AMCI Testing’s commitment to our clients and consumers. We have spent more than three decades developing analytical protocols in nearly 400 areas—from performance and quality to long-term reliability and emissions.

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FAST CHARGING STANDARD

In the absence of a national standard, MP6 uses the most reliable, accessible network to date: Tesla Supercharger and its ‘Magic Dock’ adapter.

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WHY WE CHOSE 6 MINUTES.

Six minutes is the average time it takes to fuel an ICE vehicle. When you are out of charge or time in your EV, charging speed is what counts. Further, “To achieve the environmental promise of EVs there needs to be a greater emphasis on fast charging, not range,” according to AMCI Global CEO, David Stokols.

CHARGING SPEED OR RANGE?

According to Guy Mangiamele, Director of AMCI Testing, “There needs to be equal emphasis on vehicle range and charging speed. Regardless of range, when on the road, when short of time, or short of range, charging speed is what really matters.”

TEST METHODOLOGY

With EV charging methodology established over a decade, our proprietary protocol begins with 10% state of charge, MP6 is calculated over numerous charging sessions at stations always exceeding the vehicle’s maximum charge rate.

AMCI TESTING

AMCI Testing is an independent automotive research firm, specializing in unbiased, evaluations of automotive products since 1984. The breadth of our testing includes ICE, EVs, Hybrids, FCEV and other powertrains plus every facet of measurement and product category. AMCI Testing Certification is recognized as an industry gold standard.

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