Pete Bannon

Can Tesla Pull Ahead Of The Industry And Deliver Full Self-Driving Cars Next Year?

In this article, I will examine the claims that Tesla made at its Tesla Autonomy Day on April 22. Although I’m a small investor in Tesla and undoubtedly a fan of the company and its cars, I’ll try to be as objective as I can be and show where Tesla’s claims are proven or undisputed and where they are unproven and require a leap of faith. In order to have a robotaxi, Tesla has to have the following pieces of the puzzle:

Tesla Autopilot Improvements Are *Insane* — Technically Speaking

Editor’s note: Paul Fosse is the kind gentleman who eagerly drove his brand new Tesla Model 3 from Tampa to Sarasota, Florida, to let me test drive it. I later found out he was a software engineer and today realized he could provide great context and insight into software and hardware matters related to Tesla, Waymo, and others. His debut article is below, covering the insane Tesla Autopilot news coming out of Tesla’s quarterly conference call. Enjoy!