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
FREEWAYS
TWO-LANE ROADS
CROSS-WALKS & CITY STREETS
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.
