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When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

When will you buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

  • Already Own One

    Votes: 70 8.0%

  • In the next year

    Votes: 7 0.8%

  • Between 1-5 years

    Votes: 161 18.3%

  • 6-10 years

    Votes: 189 21.5%

  • 10+ years or never

    Votes: 452 51.4%
  • Total voters
    879
dmclone said:
I don't mind driving, but you know how if you drive up to Minneapolis, you're tired from driving. When I've used the latest FSD, it makes you a lot less tired when you get there.
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How long did it take you to feel confident with FSD? I see they are doing away with the one time purchase in feb and going with month to month which probably better for most people who want to dabble. I am inching closer to a Y. Starting to feel it the pull.
 
bos said:
How long did it take you to feel confident with FSD? I see they are doing away with the one time purchase in feb and going with month to month which probably better for most people who want to dabble. I am inching closer to a Y. Starting to feel it the pull.
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I've used it for 3 months over the last couple of years.

18 months ago, it was like riding with a 14 year old. Most of the time it was fine, but it would just randomly do something dumb.

Like 4 months ago (the only month I paid), we signed up because we had a bunch of long trips. I think this was v13.9? It was really good. The only problem I ever had was that I felt like it didn't give enough time to switch lanes before exiting. One thing I liked about this mode, was that you could set your maximum speed. So even if I had it on the most aggressive mode, I could have it limited to 80mph. That is no longer available.

Dec 2025-It was about perfect, it even parked for me. Unlike before, you can now control the aggressiveness on the steering wheel, while you're driving. The modes are sloth, chill, standard, hurry, and Mad Max. Hurry is good on the interstate, and standard is good for me in town. It's at the point now where I'd say it's safer than the average driver. But then you have little things that happen like driving along on 235 and you see a monster pothole. I'm going to swerve a little to avoid that pothole, the Tesla will not. I have seen it swerve(safely) to miss a bunny, that no human would have noticed in time. I'm sure this last bit is going to be the hardest to perfect, and there are a lot of things each driver does that they think is right, but is different than FSD would handle.

I can tell you that when it comes time for me to trade in my Kia in a couple of years, I won't buy anything that doesn't have the ability for FSD. Right now, Tesla is the best at FSD (among car makers), and it's not really close. I've heard that Nvidia has some plans to make something to compete, but I think that's just talk. Tesla has billions of miles traveled to learn from.
 
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dmclone said:
I've used it for 3 months over the last couple of years.

18 months ago, it was like riding with a 14 year old. Most of the time it was fine, but it would just randomly do something dumb.

Like 4 months ago (the only month I paid), we signed up because we had a bunch of long trips. I think this was v13.9? It was really good. The only problem I ever had was that I felt like it didn't give enough time to switch lanes before exiting. One thing I liked about this mode, was that you could set your maximum speed. So even if I had it on the most aggressive mode, I could have it limited to 80mph. That is no longer available.

Dec 2025-It was about perfect, it even parked for me. Unlike before, you can now control the aggressiveness on the steering wheel, while you're driving. The modes are sloth, chill, standard, hurry, and Mad Max. Hurry is good on the interstate, and standard is good for me in town. It's at the point now where I'd say it's safer than the average driver. But then you have little things that happen like driving along on 235 and you see a monster pothole. I'm going to swerve a little to avoid that pothole, the Tesla will not. I have seen it swerve(safely) to miss a bunny, that no human would have noticed in time. I'm sure this last bit is going to be the hardest to perfect, and there are a lot of things each driver does that they think is right, but is different than FSD would handle.

I can tell you that when it comes time for me to trade in my Kia in a couple of years, I won't buy anything that doesn't have the ability for FSD. Right now, Tesla is the best at FSD (among car makers), and it's not really close. I've heard that Nvidia has some plans to make something to compete, but I think that's just talk. Tesla has billions of miles traveled to learn from.
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Thank you, thats what I wanted to know. I have watched WAY too many youtube vids on it and I was always curious about random things in the road that it might or might not see. Im not looking to rely on it heavily for a long while, but I think on our longer interstate road trips Id be more prone to use it. The high speeds through SD might give me caution at first.
 
HFCS said:
The gas car that exploded into a massive fireball on my block last week...my first thought after seeing the maniac driver footage going 80 in a 25 down my street was that this probably doesn't happen if that irresponsible person is just sitting back zoning out watching a rerun of Friends or filing her nails letting FSD take her to her destination.
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ahh so it was an accident. Would you expect the EV to be any different? https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/los-gatos-driver-killed-after-tesla-crashes-21252388.php
 
NorthCyd said:
I can't wait until I have fully automated driving. I love driving cars with adaptive cruise and lane assist. Even though you still have to be engaged driving it makes for a much more relaxing driving experience. I'm totally ready to be completely hands off. On the other hand my wife is terrified of all of it and I doubt she will ever use the technology even when it is commonly available.
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we have adaptive cruise and "lane assist" lane assist is turned off in both cars but the adaptive cruise is pretty decent in both (2017 Buick and a 2025 Honda). though both are useless in weather. which I doubt FSD will ever handle though either.
 
motorcy90 said:
we have adaptive cruise and "lane assist" lane assist is turned off in both cars but the adaptive cruise is pretty decent in both (2017 Buick and a 2025 Honda). though both are useless in weather. which I doubt FSD will ever handle though either.
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I have used lane assist and adaptive cruise in my wife’s 2023 telluride in all kinds of weather with no issues.
 
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BryceC said:
I have used lane assist and adaptive cruise in my wife’s 2023 telluride in all kinds of weather with no issues.
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and does ok in rain, but how often do you drive in the winter? ours stop working completely with snow build up, including on our previous Palisade (same as the Telluride (watch the oil burn) the Honda replaced.
 
motorcy90 said:
considering his claim is because a gas car crashed yet the same happens for EVs. pretty relevant.
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Yes he mentioned someone would have been better off zoned out not paying any attention while using FSD. Which is a little different than someone driving their Tesla off the road not using FSD lol
 
motorcy90 said:
we have adaptive cruise and "lane assist" lane assist is turned off in both cars but the adaptive cruise is pretty decent in both (2017 Buick and a 2025 Honda). though both are useless in weather. which I doubt FSD will ever handle though either.
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When I say lane assist I mean center lane assist which keeps the car in the middle of the lane and drives itself. I've only driven a rental that had it but it was really slick and with adaptive cruise the car pretty much drives itself on the interstate if you're just hanging out behind someone. It probably doesn’t work in snow if it can't see the lanes, but I don't use cruise or anything in those conditions anyways.
 
Cyclonefan710 said:
Yes he mentioned someone would have been better off zoned out not paying any attention while using FSD. Which is a little different than someone driving their Tesla off the road not using FSD lol
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I mean if you think FSD is fool proof.
electrek.co

Tesla driver crashes during livestream desmonstrating 'Full Self-Driving' features

A Tesla drove in the wrong direction, resulting in a head-on collision with another vehicle, during a livestream, demonstrating Tesla’s...
electrek.co electrek.co

www.pbs.org

U.S. opens Tesla probe after more crashes involving its so-called full self-driving technology

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a filing dated Tuesday that it has 58 incident reports of Tesla vehicles violating traffic safety laws while operating in full self-driving mode.
www.pbs.org www.pbs.org
 
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motorcy90 said:
I mean if you think FSD is fool proof.
electrek.co

Tesla driver crashes during livestream desmonstrating 'Full Self-Driving' features

A Tesla drove in the wrong direction, resulting in a head-on collision with another vehicle, during a livestream, demonstrating Tesla’s...
electrek.co electrek.co
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Never said it was, the article you initially posted made no sense in response to that other post. Also Tesla’s latest FSD is absolutely safer than a distracted/reckless driver which was the initial point
 
Cyclonefan710 said:
Never said it was, the article you initially posted made no sense in response to that other post. Also Tesla’s latest FSD is absolutely safer than a distracted/reckless driver which was the initial point
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and his initial post about it was just that a gas car caused a huge fire leaving out the fact it crashed, which again is a cause of fire even in EVs.
 
motorcy90 said:
and his initial post about it was just that a gas car caused a huge fire leaving out the fact it crashed, which again is a cause of fire even in EVs.
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I mean he didn’t say crash or accident but that definitely was implied by the “maniac driver going 80 in a 25”.
 
IcSyU said:
BlueCruise yells at me if it doesn't sense my eyes on the road. Does FSD not do that?
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I feel like it varies but I would say it’s a healthy 10 seconds of looking away before you get any nudge on the screen
 
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