Tesla FSD V12 First Drives (Highlights)

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00:00 - Parking Lots
07:15 - New Abilities
09:58 - Highway
11:02 - Regressions
14:54 - Summary

[@joelmulder]

Just, wow. The parking lot performance is amazing! It truly feels like it's actually "considering" things now, rather than just reacting.

[@David-wc5zl]

LOL A 2016 F-150 has self parking. Aren't you MuskCult members embarrassed by now?

[@joelmulder]

@@David-wc5zl This isn't self parking. Did you even watch the video?

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

@@David-wc5zl If it didn't happen on a Tesla, it didn't happen at all. All the oohs and ahs over the Cyber Truck had me gasping at just how technically out of touch the Teslarazzi are. They have no idea whatsoever.

[@The1QwertySky]

first of all this isnt self parking, did you watch the video, and secondly the f150s self parl´king isnt even good, ive seen it in action it needed driver input@@David-wc5zl

[@NaxmarsVideos]

@@davidbrayshaw3529 I mean cybertruck is packed with a technology noone else on this planet uses, that alone is pretty impressive. Good thing some companies are not afraid of taking a different path than everybody else. Also, there is nothing even remotely close to Tesla FSD. Prove me wrong please, I am not a Tesla fan, I am a self driving fan, and Tesla seems to be the only one who has a good chance of having milions of self driving cars on the road in the very near future.

[@Austin_H7]

The attention to detail and the observational competence is what makes you such a great, non-biased member of the Tesla community. Nice work as always, man.

[@wile123456]

It is biased though cause he is never very critical. His standards is very low and he gives endless praise, when doing the bare minimum isn't impressive. It needs to be better than a human or its a useless technology. Currently it thinks too slow and doesn't have enough sensors nor compute power to handle the data without delay

[@jkj420]

You are missing the point of these videos. You could make videos of human drivers and complain endlessly at how bad they are. We know. There is no need to talk about it here. We need his thoughts on how it is performing in real life. @@wile123456

[@kafiluz4317]

@@wile123456 it is already safer than human, because it doesnt get distracted. This thing could fly and you would be complaining. People that don't want to see how good this system with very little video training already is, are biased as well. Just the other way.

[@darrylnix2582]

Why are you on the post Negative Nancy

[@reply_off]

​@@wile123456it seems like he gives praise when something is done right and gives constructive feedback when there's room for improvement. Technology isn't developed over night, great things take time

[@farzyness]

I CANNOT wait to get my hands on this version. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@Fissan_Poulsen]

Yooo Farzad!

[@farzyness]

@@Fissan_Poulsen It's Farvae.

[@farzyness]

@@AgentSmith-16384 10/10

[@Fissan_Poulsen]

@@anna-fk8ql Im pretty sure you'll get the answer if you click on his name ^^

[@Fissan_Poulsen]

@@anna-fk8ql Farzad is THE shareholder of Tesla ^^

[@davidsongood2627]

5:47 Jesus. I’m an OG 2021 tester so I’ve seen it all. This is single handedly the most impressive move I’ve ever seen by the car. This is general autonomy. The car legitimately looks to have a brain. Insane. I think they could actually do this.

[@grlldfsh123]

It reminds me of Waymo! We watched a Waymo car navigate a busy mall parking lot like a champ. Glad to see FSD finally make it there with way less sensors and no HD maps!

[@AlexanderBrueck]

I think they did it. Now it’s just a matter of training it. Parking and reversing are the only outstanding issues, and they’re only required for full robotaxi.

[@alexp.6406]

6:55 though! The car is hallucinating, dreaming up a pedestrian and ignores it at the same time, what the heck?

[@user-rl8to5nc2q]

@@alexp.6406 and the safety of a U-turn? Needs to be red team tested on test roads

[@theSleepyLamp]

idk, is it really that impressive? it saw a car incoming and still crept forward. It might be the perspective, but it looked like the car passing had very little room to get through. Smaller than what most people are comfortable with.

[@TheKevlar]

Beta 12 passed the Costco parking lot "Turning Test" on this run. The stack switching for highway driving will take time to resolve. This is the best performance and commentary to date of any FSD channel on KZbin...

[@itsprochy]

Props for the Turning Test, you just gave me a good laugh, kind sir

[@cameron1100]

Great video. The Costco parking lot has to be the most incredible FSD segment I have ever seen. I can’t believe it could navigate that so human like.

[@jaredmwright]

Antioch Costco, I recognize the area. Oakley and Brentwood also. I have FSD 11.x and it definitely isn’t as smooth as this on my HW3. Good sign for what’s to come!

[@AnthonyWilsonOlympian]

I avoid Costco because it is too congested for the human driver.

[@MarcFireHart]

Absolutely!

[@CYBRLFT]

Oh boy… that dip control is far more valuable than some may realize. This emergent behavior will give v12 the chance to successfully complete a good chunk of customer trips that were fails up till this.

[@AIDRIVR]

A chance for a true completion too, with the car automatically pulling over for pickup / drop off

[@neilmurphy7594]

Really looking forward to seeing you take v12 through the Gauntlet!

[@CYBRLFT]

@@neilmurphy7594 I’m pumped too. I cannot wait to get to work on 12 🥵

[@CYBRLFT]

@@AIDRIVR That’s so true. It’ll allow me to level up the playing field that much more… I’m thinking of two new categories that’ll go on the report videos: - Route Competency - Arrival/Delivery Competency

[@alexp.6406]

@@CYBRLFT two weeks ~Elon 😂

[@mdcruz88]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...THE BEST FSD REVIEWER OUT THERE BAR NONE!!!!!!! Thank you for the awesome video.

[@SaadmanSaif]

Your videos are actually so entertaining! I love your narration because it's always on point. Keep it up!

[@Vastfill]

One step closer to a fully auto driving system

[@cannonwills]

I think, they are moved pass that.

[@Vastfill]

@@cannonwills Key word "fully", as in you get in the car, tell it to take you somewhere and there are 0 interfere from the operator. "Fully" as in there is no driving wheel and the buyer doesn't need a driver's license. We are not there yet. Close, but not there. Maybe in 5 or less years.

[@cannonwills]

@Vastfill ok you have a good point there from this perspective.

[@cannonwills]

What do you have to say about the telsa stocks or shares??

[@Vastfill]

@@cannonwills I'm not sure about Tesla stock or shares, but I believe that it's products will only get better from here on out in terms of self driving, especially with how V12 can learn infinitely. Personally I would buy and hold for the years to come.

[@JeroenReumkens]

Only 6 minutes into the video, but WHAT an improvement. This is really looking so good! The fact that it moved into the curb is amazing. Hoping that one day I'll get to try this in The Netherlands, can't wait!

[@justinmallaiz4549]

Wow, just wow. The parking lot performance was next level. V12 delivers as hoped! Actual smart summon and auto park will be worth every penny I paid for fsd alone.

[@garretthoneycutt3432]

Would be cool if Tesla could somehow track exterior honks per miles driven. Nonetheless, V12 appears to be a step change improvement. You have the best FSD videos on the internet. Keep up the good work and Thank you!

[@Zecr]

Still the best channel for FSD updates that actually gives concise and useful information.

[@rickkay9548]

This is absolutely phenomenal performance!! Attaching summon has to be the next move to this. It still needs to be able to reverse for sure

[@cupcakeapplesauce]

Something poetic about an AI circling around a parking lot forever

[@Thafts]

Its crazy to think that 99% of the population doesn't know about this...

[@unclejam1]

The inconsistency of speed is mainly due to the sensitive analysis of the road condition. I sometimes feel v11 robotically goes to fast on some bad roads.

[@skane3109]

Kudos on posting this brilliant FSD V12 video! From busy Costco parking lot to the excellent narration to the balanced presentation of pros/cons - it’s stellar.

[@chrvids5846]

Your reviews have always been the first one I go to to evaluate a new version. You are truthful and have a tremendous amount of insight about the intricacies of each new release. And your summary at the end is always top-notch and informative. I know exactly what to look for in the next version just by watching your review. Thank you so much for doing what you do for Tesla, Tesla owners, and potential Tesla owners.

[@srirammanian536]

This is mind blowing. Wow. What a step level improvement.

[@XiallaLife]

Your perfect narration finally adds all the context we were waiting for. By far the best and most useful demos. Keep them coming please.

[@whowhy9023]

Still the best FSD content, no contest.

[@frankjoosten465]

Honestly I think your reviews are the best. Well done and keep going !

[@will_benson]

Brilliant video, yours are the best I have come across. Thanks for making them.

[@neilmurphy7594]

@3:55 "The car just looked at his tires to see which way he was going." I think this will be another emergent property (like U-turns, dips/bump handling, etc.) of using a single model... far more accurate detection of the intentions of other drivers, by using details like changes in tire direction that are typically below the threshold of our consciousness. Thanks for posting, really excited about this version.

[@jooptablet1727]

Also head and hand movements of drivers and pedestrians

[@HenryLoenwind]

Yes. It can now use the information it sees directly instead of having to put it into a human-defined data format for another part of the system to react to.

[@RobertLoPinto]

I consciously look at the direction of tires to inform my decisions.

[@KenWerkSolar]

Great! Thanks for getting the first video out so fast. Now I look forward to 12.3.

[@benjaminwinrow9620]

Where have all the trolls gone? Under their bridge of denial? Amazing performance. Amazing video. Thank you.

[@NaxmarsVideos]

No they are still here. But it's good someone is questioning the capabilities. There is a room for discussion this way.

[@IntegerOfDoom]

It's scary to realize these are on the road.

[@The1QwertySky]

@@IntegerOfDoom why?

[@Nadzap]

It is very impressive, but there is still a ton of work to do.

[@The1QwertySky]

@@Nadzap the car is allrewdy perfect, the autopilot is just a cool extra feature you get from it, the only thing Tesla can improve is their build quality, but that just comes with the low price

[@dekepgreen]

Well done.. By breaking down and calling out specifics, this video very nicely shows and evaluates the new features.This is probably the best with consumable and digestible info. Thanks for this. I know this must have taken you some time to compile. Can wait to get the download now myself.

[@habenet]

Great video. Makes me excited about what comes in future versions. Keep up the good work!

[@GregoryMooreMD]

Really nice overlay! Thanks for great video and commentary.

[@KarmaKemitiscool]

I noticed in the video that there seems to be some kind of replacement to the occupancy network on the screen. For example, at 2:02 if you watch the pedestrians on screen you can see some blobs around them. again at 3:18 the mobility scooter was being showed on screen as a blob.

[@thewaxlab]

We’ve had a few days of heavy rain and in a 45min drive all over Orange County FSD V12 never turned on the wiper blades. I noticed then when the rain is heavy, it didn’t turn them on. But when the rain is light and “misty”, turns them on. Fascinating

[@Aarav_Vispute]

Damn tesla FSD beta is the best This is the best I have seen a full self-driving car do! The fact how it was in the parking and the u-turn is AMAZING!

[@AnthonyWilsonOlympian]

Been waiting for you to get V12, impressive 🔥

[@l0v3nul]

Really enjoyed the first review. Many many thx and will be waiting for the next one 😊

[@epcalderhead]

Proving once again the best FSD Beta videos anywhere online. Calling balls and strikes.

[@stevenakelly]

Thank you so much. As always, the best FSD videos out there!

[@petefraser3013]

Wow, very impressive and thanks for the upload

[@ankursadhoo]

Very balanced thorough review as always! Thanks for posting! PS: as an aside, I'm feeling kinda proud I got v12 the same time as you did (assuming you got it on 19th) :D haha! We navigated to a restaurant and I expect it to pull up by the side (based on the whole mars blog review), but it went into the parking. From your review I now realize that's a feature :) So exciting!

[@Hallowcore]

Outstanding coverage!

[@justinmallaiz4549]

Thanks, great overview, and totally agree with your assessment. The new and remaining issues seem very addressable.

[@harryhahne]

Very helpful video. I sppreciate your honest, balanced assessment of current FSD capabilities

[@donjuan7595]

Thank you very much for the speed bump update

[@mrparanoid9698]

As always, great content and quality!🤩

[@helloryantanaka]

Great coverage. Crazy to see these improvements. I have V12 and am gonna take it for a longer spin today. Hoping to experience more smooth straightaways!

[@Tesla-Red]

Awesome video mate, can't wait to try this in Australia!

[@Michael-ul7kv]

mind blown on the extremely variable situations being handled so well.

[@benediktfreude]

Thanks for getting this episode out soo qulickly!

[@RipleySawzen]

That Costco parking lot was a nightmare for any driver. It's amazing that it can handle it so well now. I'd say it's as good as a good student driver. Some iffy decisions. I would have backed up for the cop (if there was room behind me). And not gone by vehicles backing up (I have been hit by them before when I was STOPPED).

[@CURZONDAVID]

Very impressive. I hadn’t realised, but being in the UK and in Europe, we know the roads here are significantly more challenging than most of the US. So I’ve long thought that the FSD we see navigating US junctions that look like airfield runways to us… well, that there’s no chance of it working here in the UK. But seeing that car deal with Costco and just how complex that real world situation example was, how must crap it had to deal with … I’m now much more convinced one day FSD could cope with some of our high streets with all the random goings on and tight gaps that we need to squeeze through at times. Seriously impressive.

[@whowhy9023]

In a year FSD will be driving with 1-5 cm tolerance. Better than 95% of humans. Tight streets will be fine very soon.

[@timothyi6492]

It fails to spot the speed humps, and the trolleys (2:28), and this is only going slowly. It also misses the mobility scooter with a trolley at 3:18, a pedestrian at 3:27. I stopped watching at this point, but they definitely have a lot of work to do. This is where the competition were last year. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXy8gpegl9eNn5Y

[@loonatic90]

Thank you for sharing your experience in great video form ☺️!

[@N3wtt1]

Wow I was skeptical of V12, this is a great step forward

[@RaoulTeeuwen]

More, give us more .... :-). Thank you again for a great video. This FSD version performs incredible

[@user-tz5nu1ws2j]

Excellent video, great summary!

[@wizard-469]

THANK YOU for the U-turn test. I've been asking Omar for this test for quite some time now.

[@OveToranger]

Quite interesting to see. Also, the double overlay - *chefs kiss* - makes it SO MUCH easier to see how visualization and realworld works together

[@pepstein]

Super informative. Thank you!

[@alexohrmund3457]

Fantastic demonstration! This video blew me away. 👏👏👏 great job Tesla team.

[@Hiux4bcs]

Very impressive and clearly explained

[@SinergiaAlUnisono]

Spot on comments as always. Awesome edition. Thank you buddy

[@MoosesValley]

Thanks for the update / video.

[@jonbecherer5103]

excellent work, and im very glad you have the software.

[@DirtyTesla]

Jelly

[@AIDRIVR]

I think it’s insane that it hasn’t been sent to the original early access testers. Hopefully you get it soon man

[@Dubitz]

One of us! One of us!

[@MarkShihadeh]

Appreciate this video, thanks!

[@davidkendall2272]

Thanks for awesome video of your first experiences with V-12. Can't wait to get OTA to my MS.

[@Intentente]

Those part when its passing the semi and goes to the curb is UNREAL

[@Bgaffn8502]

Great video and testing, got more out of the first 5 minutes than I have from others just driving to restaurants over the past few weeks.

[@greenearth9945]

Another outstanding video. Thanks 🙏

[@AIDRIVR]

Thanks for watching!

[@CouchInvestor]

New to your channel and I'm mindblown. How did I not find this before!

[@johndallara3257]

This was an amazing drive, very impressive.

[@TheWdupp]

This is really impressive

[@sab0nes]

I will never use autopilot but this is really cool how far Tesla is ahead of everybody

[@NaxmarsVideos]

You would rather drive drunk or take a taxi rather than having your car drive you home from a pub?

[@sab0nes]

@@NaxmarsVideos what

[@vladimirputin4157]

You shouldn't even be near the drivers seat while drunk​@@NaxmarsVideos

[@damianwong7503]

Such as well presented and narrated video!

[@manfreddieterle1563]

Best FSD Videos on the Net ❤

[@glowcube]

Great video, as always! :) Also, and I mean no offense by this, but I was happy to see a retuen to the old format, where it was all driving video with no face time :) At least to me, that format feels much more immersive.

[@tecwzrd]

As much as I appreciate Mars videos of FSD 12 over the last few weeks I'm incredibly happy to see other's perspectives/views of how FSD 12 handles roads outside of SF. Granted SF is one of the more complicated cities to drive in with so many hills and pedestrians, however there are tons of other scenarios that it doesn't have. Would love to see how FSD 12 handles NY city, downtown D.C., or snow for example.

[@nickfosterxx]

The one we've all been waiting for. And yet, as ever, my main reaction is to ask how fast it will improve. Though there's a definite extra piquancy to that question now : )

[@Mrbfgray]

Again--this is what I was waiting for.

[@4olovik]

very good overview, it is actually detailed inspection

[@AlexanderHuzar]

Amazing summary! Jam-packed, just the way I like it - considerate of my time (the viewer).

[@coreycoddington8132]

Great video! Yes that was one of the first things I noticed in the V12 release notes.. "FSD V12 has upgraded the City Street Stack" and I was like huh they must not be comfortable with the single stack on the highways yet kind of like they did when they first released FSD city streets only

[@cuppajoe2]

Another great video. Its so cool to see the progression of FSD even without having it! Although, what happened to the 3rd person camera you used to have? I loved that thing!

[@HydroTECGaming]

Mind blown officially 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@Singularitarian]

You make the best FSD videos by far. Not surprising that a simple situation -- driving straight -- is the one situation where hard-coded heuristics can perform better than human style driving. I can't imagine that they moved away from single stack in this version. Surely not.

[@Julian-yy3sj]

Very good explanation !!

[@kapto2636]

Amazing stuff

[@olyalphy]

Looks really good on the whole! I guess it all comes down to how quickly the Tesla AI team can iterate and improve the FSD NNs and fix these small issues. I agree with you that the occupancy network or what is visualized on the screen is legacy code for us humans to get a glimpse of what is going on inside the NN, but it isn't actually what the NN is using for control. It is basically end to end, photons in, control out via a sequence of NNs (not sure if in parallel, series or some other arrangement). Also heard it confirmed elsewhere that highway is the old V11 stack. Although Omar seems to believe it is V12. I agree with you. Looks like the old stack.

[@cameron1100]

Omar did say that in one of his most recent videos. But after seeing this I definitely think it’s a different stack

[@6681096]

​@@cameron1100 The FSD notes say the update is for city streets. Some people were assuming the notes were sloppy or incorrect, but it looks like they thought freeway is already good so focus on City

[@SyntheticSpy]

I think that it may be a somewhat tweaked version of V11 for highway. It seems to behave at least slightly different from the old V11, which is at least partly contributing to the confusion

[@busog97641]

I love this channel.

[@I_dont_want_an_at]

a lot of talent on display. Keep up the good work Tesla

[@macros4129]

mind blowing. Thanks.

[@CloitSirron]

Wow, what an improvement!

[@dr.lazysloth3415]

Thanks for the video

[@teslafsdhoustontx1121]

Great video!!

[@SirIsaacMewtonIII]

wow. this video.. of all the videos i've seen of impressive self-driving, i think the car handling the parking lot in general was probably the most impressive thing i've seen. how natural and humanlike it is is insane, and it threading the needle when some cars are parked but wanting to move out is basically just casually confident driving imo. it handles the parking lot better than i would have. if we see several more months of this level of improvement we might see real self-driving, at a level far far improved to waymo

[@MarceloTezza]

This is amazing!

[@DanielPierce]

I don’t own a Tesla but love watching the progression to fully autonomous vehicles in real time with these updates! The confidence in V12 is so much better than V11, it is making much more human decisions!

[@AMPed.]

This is awesome.. really like how it just creeps smoothly through the aisle with lots of things going on. just like I would do. no jerk of car and nocrazy steering wheel movements. Keep going through parking lots and feed the lion. v12.69 is going to be lit!!!

[@cowswearbras]

most concise and informative fsd video as usual! may i also suggest perhaps you could make some clips/highlights from these videos? so that i can share them with people around me. as i think most of the people in my circle probably aren’t gonna watch a 15+ min video on something they know nothing about.

[@harishyala]

He has a shorts channel, hopefully he uploads

[@MrDuncanBooth]

Brilliant thanks.