An FSD First-Timer Takes the Wheel in Downtown LA. Tesla's Vision-Only System Passes Its Toughest Test Yet.

Motor Trend's Edward Loh hands the keys to Jonny Lieberman, who has never used Tesla FSD, and sends him through one of the most punishing test routes they could design. The 2023 Model Y running FSD v14.2.2 navigates downtown LA traffic, merges onto the world's oldest freeway with about 15 feet of acceleration lane, and climbs the narrow, line-free, storm-damaged back roads of Mount Washington on garbage day. It handles unprotected lefts, pedestrians around blind corners, a pile of rocks, and opposing traffic on a one-lane road. It also hallucinates a ghost and executes three unnecessary three-point turns before recovering. By the Rose Bowl, Jonny has barely touched the steering wheel.