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James retweeted
I made an app! @TesCamStudio TesCam Studio is a full video editing suite built specifically for Tesla dashcam footage. Merge clips, sync telemetry, add overlays, and export clean, share-ready videos in minutes. Multiple custom telemetry views with GPS maps, speed, steering, throttle, braking, and more all baked right into your edits. No account. No cloud. Your footage stays on your device. App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/tescam…
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My biggest issue remaining that makes me need to disengage FSD (that isn't map related) is it's inability to pick the correct lane when two lands are left or right turn lanes. It always picks either the far left lane for a left turn or far right for a right turn. Everyday in my daily route I have a right turn where I then need to make the next left turn and then instantly another right turn. Both of the first turns are double turn lanes. It needs to turn right from the middle lane to be in the lanes for the left turn next but then needs to stay in that outer left turn lane because of the right turn instantly next. It always picks the wrong one so I get out of FSD before it changes lanes, get far enough down the lane and re-enter FSD and then it's fine.
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Tesla FSD v14.2.2.2 downloading now on my AI4 Model 3 in Canada. Just got a @TezLabApp alert a couple minutes ago that the download was happening.
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James retweeted
🇺🇸 SAN FRAN BLACKOUT – WAYMO FROZE, TESLA DROVE Waymo’s robotaxis got a little too real last night - by completely shutting down when San Francisco’s power outage knocked out traffic lights. Meanwhile, Teslas on FSD? Kept rolling. No drama, no headlines - just handling chaos like it’s a walk in the park. This is what happens when you train your AI on billions of real-world miles instead of coddling it in a simulation padded with perfect data and wishful thinking. Waymo bet on maps and order. Tesla bet on mess - and won. When the lights go out, the difference isn’t theoretical. It’s traffic. Source: @Tesla_AI, @elonmusk
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James retweeted
Luminar Technologies, the company that produced LiDAR sensors for Volvo and others, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This is the same company that partnered with Mark Rober in his YouTube video.
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James retweeted
I took delivery of a beautiful new shiny HW4 Tesla Model X today, so I immediately took it out for an FSD test drive, a bit like I used to do almost daily for 5 years. Basically... I'm amazed - it drives really, really well, smooth, confident, noticeably better than what I'm used to on HW3 (my previous car) and eons ahead of the version I remember driving up highway 280 on my first day at Tesla ~9 years ago, where I had to intervene every time the road mildly curved or sloped. (note this is v13, my car hasn't been offered the latest v14 yet) On the highway, I felt like a passenger in some super high tech Maglev train pod - the car is locked in the center of the lane while I'm looking out from Model X's higher vantage point and its panoramic front window, listening to the (incredible) sound system, or chatting with Grok. On city streets, the car casually handled a number of tricky scenarios that I remember losing sleep over just a few years ago. It negotiated incoming cars in tight lanes, it gracefully went around construction and temporarily in-lane stationary cars, it correctly timed tricky left turns with incoming traffic from both sides, it gracefully gave way to the car that went out of order in the 4-way stop sign, it found a way to squeeze into a bumper to bumper traffic to make its turn, it overtook the bus that was loading passengers but still stopped for the stop sign that was blocked by the bus, and at the end of the route it circled around a parking lot, found a spot and... parked. Basically a flawless drive. For context, I'm used to going out for a brief test drive around the neighborhood to return with 20 clips of things that could be improved. It's new for me to do just that and exactly like I used to, but come back with nothing. Perfect drive, no notes. I expect there's still more work for the team in the long march of 9s, but it's just so cool to see that we're beyond finding issues on any individual ~1 hour drive around the neighborhood, you actually have to go to the fleet and mine them. Back then, I processed the incredible promise of vehicle autonomy at scale (in the fully scaleable, vision only, end-to-end Tesla way) only intellectually, but now it is possible to feel it intuitively too if you just go out for a drive. Wait, of course surround video stream at 60Hz processed by a fully dedicated "driving brain" neural net will work, and it will be so much better and safer than a human driver. Did anyone else think otherwise? I also watched @aelluswamy 's new ICCV25 talk last week (x.com/aelluswamy/status/1981…) that hints at some of the recent under the hood technical components driving this progress. Sensor streams (videos, maps, kinematics, audio, ...) over long contexts (e.g. ~30 seconds) go into a big neural net, steering/acceleration comes out, optionally with visualization auxiliary data. This is the dream of the complete Software 1.0 -> Software 2.0 re-write that scales fully with data streaming from millions of cars in the fleet and the compute capacity of your chip, not some engineer's clever new DoubleParkedCarHandler C abstraction with undefined test-time characteristics of memory and runtime. There's a lot more hints in the video on where things are going with the emerging "robotics AI at scale stack". World reconstructors, world simulators "dreaming" dynamics, RL, all of these components general, foundational, neural net based, how the car is really just one kind of robot... are people getting this yet? Huge congrats to the team - you're building magic objects of the future, you rock! And I love my car <3.

Replying to @aelluswamy
Full video of the ICCV '25 presentation
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13 Nov 2025
Used the Beamsville Ontario supercharger for the first time this week. It was by far the best supercharging experience I've had. v4 cabinets were great to use. The chargers were steps away from a little building that had a Tim Hortons, Subway, A&W, DQ, and Shawarma place. The building was very clean with a lot of seating areas and the washrooms were perfectly clean and upkept. It closes at 11pm but the Tims and A&W both had 24/7 drive throughs. It's for sure the only supercharger I'm using on my drives from Toronto to Niagara going forward.
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13 Nov 2025
Just drove FSD 14.1.7 over 30 minutes and it was 100% smooth. NO brake stabbing. Great job @Tesla_AI 👍
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James retweeted
Wow. Imagine being the passenger stuck in this Waymo just praying that it won’t be a head on collision. Will they use the same software on the highway? We’ve seen it many times. Why does Waymo software allow it to cross double yellow to attempt a pass of stalled traffic? #SunsetProject
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27 Oct 2025
I had my first drive on FSD v14.1.4 and I had a couple odd things. In two situations, FSD was on a road that curved left, it used the left turn signal each time but it shouldn't in that situation and can be confusing. Especially one of the times it changed to the right line on the curve (that's fine and v13 always did also) but it used the left signal for the curve while it moved to the right lane. No vehicles were around me, but it would be confusing for them if anyone was. Also at one point it wanted to give priority to a firetruck that was pulling out of a station, but it didn't have lights or sirens on and was just pulling out of the parking lot like a normal vehicle, it wasn't in an emergency situation.
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26 Oct 2025
Got the FSD v14.1.4 update today for my AI4 Model 3 in Canada! Downloading now.
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James retweeted
11 Oct 2025
If someone is going to back into you, FSD 14.1 is smart enough to back out of the way.
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James retweeted
9 Oct 2025
I can confirm, Grok now works in Canada! 🇨🇦 Even though Grok doesn't even know this yet ;)
9 Oct 2025
Grok in Canada!? 😬 Getting an update on my Model 3
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James retweeted
7 Oct 2025
10 drives in with FSD v14.1 and here are all my thoughts. First of all- wow. Zero disengagements or interventions thus far. The confidence and overall human like driving is next level. The steering inputs are so smooth, braking inputs are earlier and more linear than before. It gives off Robotaxi vibes with how it navigates parking lots, plus how it drives and how quickly it backs into a parking spot. Such a nice experience to ride along with it. Seeing FSD now navigate parking garages is so cool. When you enter it waits for the arm to open after you get your ticket, proceeds in and finds a parking space. When you leave it does the same thing, gets close to the ticket stand and then proceeds. Really fascinating to see in person. It really sometimes feels like FSD can now read signs in the garage to guide it to the exit. Brought it to the back corner of a garage and it found its way out. Hurry mode is awesome, quick and more assertive than before, while also being smoother with less unnecessary lane changes. Sloth mode is what you’d expect- exact speed limit and gentle driving. Icons are cool and easy to change. When you start FSD from park, there’s no delay. It starts right away and leaves in a split second. Really good improvement. I love being able to select the Arrival Options if I am parking curbside or in a charger, it also automatically chooses depending on where you navigate to. It perfectly parks at Superchargers, tried it at the Tesla Diner and at the Santa Monica supercharger and both times it was excellent. Always centered in the lines and it parks better and quicker than the majority of humans do. Only thing so far to note is one instance of slight braking when going around a bus blocking a lane, was probably not even 1/2 of a second and dropped 1-2mph but felt it. Super super minor. Had FSD v14 move over for construction, a loose cone on a dark road, and obey a worker holding a stop sign. All of them were smooth and felt human like or better. It pulls in and out of my driveway great, doesn’t hesitate at all as well as when at chargers. Everything has a quicker response time. Curbside is cool too as it pulls right up against the curb perfectly in a parking spot. This release now means now 100% of your driving can now be done on FSD. From your driveway into a parking garage. Elon was right when he said it would feel sentient, and this isn’t even v14.2 yet. The Tesla AI team COOKED with this update. It’s phenomenal. Huge congrats to them for such an epic release. This is a HUGE update and I can’t wait to drive it more. It’s now 5am so I’m going to attempt to get some sleep, but tons more driving and videos coming later today as soon as I can. Thanks everyone for following along.
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James retweeted
FSD v14.1: It pulled into my driveway which previous versions had never done (as Chris has already shown). Then as it was coming to a stop to park on the left side of my driveway in front of the garage, I pressed the garage door remote to open it. FSD changed it's mind about parking in the driveway, turned towards the right (the only open space in my garage) and proceeded to pull into the garage instead. So fun watching it "think."
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BREAKING: Tesla has officially unveiled the Model 3 and Model Y Standard, their new more affordable models. Model Y Standard RWD: • Starting price: $39,990 • Up to 321 miles of range • 0-60 mph: 6.8s • 69 kWh battery (one less battery module) • Available in U.S. only • Available in three exterior paint colors: Stealth Grey (free), Pearl Multi-Coat White ($1k) and Diamond Black ($1.5k) • Unique front and rear facia design • 5% more efficient than the Model Y RWD Premium • New open concept center console, similar to Cybertruck • 8 exterior cameras including front bumper camera with washer • Model Y Standard does not come with Autosteer, but it does come with traffic-aware cruise control. FSD is an available paid upgrade ($8k outright or $99/month) • 300 hp • Vegan leather and textile seats • 10-way driver and 4-way passenger seat controls, which can now only be controlled via the main touchscreen. No physical buttons on seats. • Manual second-row folding seats • Manual-adjust steering wheel • No ventilated seats. Heated seats only in front (no heated rear seats). • No front or rear light bar. All in on headlight unit. • Textile door and dashboard trim • Standard multilink suspension, similar to legacy Model Y • 7-speaker sound system (vs 15 in Model Y Premium) • Particulate and odor filter (no cabin HEPA filer) • Glass roof on the exterior, but closed roof on the interior with a fabric headliner. Improves insulation of the vehicle so you don’t have to run the HVAC as strongly. • No acoustic door glass. Just tempered glass, but similar noise level as legacy Model Y • New 18” wheel size (321 miles range). 19” wheels ($1,500 option) give 303 miles of range. 18" wheel cover completely covers the wheel, similar to Cybertruck. wheel covers. • New tires with the 18” wheels have the lowest rolling resistance ever from Tesla • HW4. Same FSD performance as all other trims • No multi-color ambient lights. Footwell and door pocket lights • 75 cubic foot cargo capacity (1 less than Y Premium) • Model Y Standard still comes with a mobile charger • Towing capacity: 3,500 lbs • Slightly smaller frunk. Heat pump is still there. No frunk drain • 15.4” front touchscreen (same as before) • Rear passenger screen has been removed • Peak charging speed: 225kW (Up to 165 miles in 15 mins) • Manual second row air vents • Manual-folding mirrors • LED Headlights with Auto Adaptive High Beams; One-piece Taillights on Liftgate. No matrix LEDs. • Tesla expects to have the same safety ratings as their other Model Y and Model 3 trims • Curb weight: 4,061 lbs (123 lbs lighter than Model Y Premium RWD) • Tow hitch: $1,000 option • Ground clearance: 6.4” (vs 6.6” on Model Y Premium) • Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD and AWD have been renamed to Model Y Premium RWD and AWD • Tesla expects to have the same safety ratings as their other Model Y trims. Model 3 Standard RWD: • Starting price: $36,990 • Up to 321 miles of range • 0-60 mph: 5.8s • 69 kWh battery (one less battery module) • Available in U.S. only • Available in three exterior paint colors: Stealth Grey (free), Pearl Multi-Coat White ($1k) and Diamond Black ($1.5k) • 8 exterior cameras. All Model 3s in the U.S. (including Model 3 Standard) now come with a front bumper camera & washer • Model 3 Standard does not come with Autosteer, but it does come with traffic-aware cruise control. FSD is an available paid upgrade ($8k outright or $99/month) • 286 hp • Vegan leather and textile seats • 10-way driver and 4-way passenger seat controls, which can now only be controlled via the main touchscreen. No physical buttons on seats. • Manual second-row folding seats • Manual-adjust steering wheel • No ventilated seats. Heated seats in front (no heated rear seats) • Textile door and dashboard trim • Standard multilink suspension • 7-speaker sound system • Particulate and odor filter • Same glass panoramic roof as on higher trims • Acoustic front door glass. Tempered glass on rear doors • 18” wheel size (321 miles range). 19” wheels ($1,500 option) give 303 miles of range. 18" wheel cover completely covers the wheel, similar to Cybertruck. wheel covers. • HW4. Same FSD performance as all other trims. • No multi-color ambient lights. Footwell and door pocket lights. • Model 3 Standard still comes with a mobile charger • 15.4” front touchscreen (same as before) • Rear passenger screen has been removed • Peak charging speed: 225kW (Up to 165 miles in 15 mins) • Manual second row air vents • Manual-folding mirrors • Standard center console, uncovered cupholders • Black Tesla logo on hood and trunk (vs chrome) • LED Headlights with Auto Adaptive High Beams; One-piece Taillights on Liftgate. No matrix LEDs. • Tesla expects to have the same safety ratings as their other Model 3 trims • Curb weight: 3,759 lbs (132 lbs lighter than Model 3 Premium RWD) • Ground clearance: 5.4” • Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWD and AWD have been renamed to Model 3 Premium RWD and AWD. The full lineup (in US): • Model Y Standard RWD: $39,990 • Model Y Premium RWD: $44,990 • Model Y Premium AWD: $48,990 • Model Y Performance: $57,490 • Model 3 Standard RWD: $36,990 • Model 3 Premium RWD: $42,490 • Model 3 Premium AWD: $47,490 • Model 3 Performance: $54,990 Deliveries of the Model 3 Standard and Model Y Standard begin in the U.S. in the coming weeks. More photo of both cars in the thread below:
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James retweeted
FSD 14.1, the first in the v14 series, has officially started rolling out to customers! Many follow up releases, with significant improvements, are in the works. These should ship through the rest of this year. Enjoy, and looking forward to your feedback!
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James retweeted
BMW is recalling nearly 200,000 cars from 2019-2022 due to a faulty engine starter relay, potentially causing a fire. People FREAK OUT over Tesla having a simple OTA fix, but this..
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The Tesla screen is great for watching some Blue Jays baseball while sitting in a parking garage.
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25 Sep 2025
Elon has shared that Full Self-Driving V14 (for AI4 vehicles) is tentatively releasing next week.
25 Sep 2025
Replying to @Jason
Version 14.0 goes into early wide release next week, then 14.1 about 2 weeks later and finally 14.2. The car will feel almost like it is sentient being by 14.2.
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