An impressive video demonstrates how a Tesla Model 3 Performance is able to travel the entire route from Los Angeles to San Jose (in the heart of Silicon Valley), equal to 600 kilometers, without any intervention by the driver. It is just one of the many videos published on social networks since the new beta version of the software was released. assisted driving Full Self-Driving .

Actually , as you can read in the description on YouTube, the trip was not perfect. The vehicle required a stop to recharge the battery, where human intervention was required for one minute and fifteen seconds. A portion, however, minimal compared to the total trip, which lasted 6 hours.

Video highlights system improvements Autopilot since the last version was introduced. Whole Mars Catalog , further confirming the difficulties that the autonomous driving system encounters in completing such a journey without ever requiring the intervention of the driver, he had tried the feat even a few days earlier, with a less brilliant outcome. There had been two stops for reloading and the vehicle had requested an intervention to avoid a large pile of debris that suddenly appeared. In addition, he had performed an unnecessary lane change.

In the last attempt, however, Autopilot marvels at the ability to manage all lane changes completely autonomously, in Los Angeles as well as on the highway, modulating speed and steering wheel interventions in a completely natural way.