Full self-driving (FSD) 13.2.8 perfect drive w/ comments by Elon from the Tesla 2025 Q1 call, WOW! 👏

In this video, Tesla full self-driving (FSD) 13.2.8 starts from our driveway in San Mateo, California, and drives itself for 18 minutes all the way to our destination in Burlingame, California, with ZERO safety interventions.

Listen to Elon Musk and the Tesla team as our robot car takes us around the Silicon Valley - they cover Tesla's upcoming Robotaxi network, Tesla full self-driving (FSD) supervised and unsupervised, Tesla energy hyper growth and Megapacks, the upcoming Optimus humanoid robots, and a new mission of sustainable abundance for all.

A jam-packed video with:

✅ An 18 minute FSD drive with ZERO interventions from our driveway to self-parking, I didn't touch the steering wheel or brakes once.
✅ The Tesla 2025 Q1 quarterly call from April 23rd 2025, with opening remarks by Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, and answers to retail shareholder questions by Elon Musk and Ashok Elluswamy, the head of the Tesla AI team.
✅ Captions in English 🇺🇸, French 🇫🇷, Portuguese 🇧🇷, or Hebrew 🇮🇱 (YouTube)
✅ Dozens of additional in-screen text popups providing context and timestamps.  The video description also has additional links to dig in deeper and view sources.
✅ A demo on how to drop a pin and send a destination from your phone to your Tesla and how to start the Tesla full self-driving with the tap of a button.

4k with captions https://youtu.be/suBQAv1lm4g

On Facebook or YouTube, use "cc" to turn on captions, then use "Settings" ⛭  to set the title captions to French 🇫🇷, Portuguese 🇧🇷, or Hebrew 🇮🇱.

Here's some more info and timestamps -

(00:01) You can send a destination from Google Maps or Apple Maps from your phone to your Tesla, cool! 😎
(00:39) This is our 2024 Tesla Model Y and the car is driving itself
(00:51) These are comments made by Elon Musk at the Tesla 2025 Q1 quarterly call
(00:59) Tesla is launching a Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in June 2025
(01:25) The majority of the Tesla fleet (currently 7 million vehicles) is capable of being a Robotaxi, without a driver
(01:40) Once a Tesla Robotaxi service works in one city, it will also work in whatever jurisdiction it is allowed to operate
(02:09) For example, if a Tesla Robotaxi service works in a few cities in the USA, it will work anywhere in America 🇺🇸
(02:31) A general solution to solve full self-driving is better than a specific solution with expensive sensors (and high precision maps)
(02:50) Tesla expects to have thousands of its Optimus robots working at its factories this year (2025)
(03:11) Tesla feels confident it will scale the production of Optimus humanoid robots to a million units per year by 2030
(03:36) Tesla energy is doing very well and Megapacks enables utilities to double the output of their energy plants per year
(04:07) Utilities can do this by buffering the energy and charging the battery packs at night, to be used during the day
(04:39) Orders by utility companies of a gigawatt-hour (GWh) Tesla battery is now a common thing

To understand what is 1 GWh, see https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/how-much-power-1-gigawatt

A Terawatt (TW) is a unit of power equal to one trillion watts (1,000,000,000,000 watts) or 10^12 watts. It measures the rate of energy transfer or consumption, commonly used to quantify large-scale energy production or usage, such as in national electricity grids or renewable energy projects. For context, a terawatt is a million times larger than a megawatt (MW) and a billion times larger than a kilowatt (kW).

(05:02) The first quarter of the year is always tricky, because people don't want to buy a car during a blizzard
(05:17) The Tesla Model Y was the best selling vehicle of any kind in the world in 2023 and 2024, with over 1 million units sold per year
(05:32) In Q1 the Tesla team updated its assembly lines on 4 factories in multiple continents to support the new Model Y, congrats! 👏

Tesla chose to upgrade its Model Y assembly lines on purpose in Q1, knowing it's a slow quarter and that it would lead to a loss of production. The factory updates for the new Model Y in Q1 2025 involved all four of Tesla's major production facilities, leading to several weeks of lost production for the Model Y, the best selling vehicle in the world.

If you produce less vehicles, you sell less vehicles.

For more information, see this report by Grok -

Q: In the first quarter of 2025, Tesla updated its assembly lines in its factories in multiple continents to support the new Model Y.  Can you provide some information on these factories, how long the assembly lines were shutdown or partially used and how that affected the results of Model Y sales in this quarter?  Summarize with bullets points and provide links to sources.
A: https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1915239533198938590

The legacy advertising media and Tesla's foes will spin this in whatever way they want, don't be fooled by their Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD).  Production of the new Model Y is ramping up and Tesla and Elon Musk do not see any slowdown in sales in the forthcoming quarters, pending any macro events.  "Brand Damage" does not seem to be an issue.

(05:46) The future for Tesla is brighter than ever, with a mission of sustainable abundance for all through its affordable AI powered robots
(06:29) End of Elon Musk's opening remarks, next are questions from retail investors

The questions are voted in by Tesla retail investors, see https://app.saytechnologies.com/tesla-2025-q1

(06:51) Question 1: What are the highest risk items on the critical path to robotaxi launch and scaling?
(07:10) This is called Tesla full self-driving (FSD) supervised, an artificial intelligence model drives the car, using only cameras and a computer
(07:25) Look at the screen and you can see what the Tesla computer has identified. Cars, trucks, lanes, stop signs, red lights, pedestrians and more.
(07:40) Notice that I am not touching the steering wheel, brakes, or accelerator pedal
(07:52) Elon Musk mentions Tesla Robotaxis will be in many cities in the US by the end of 2025
(08:15) Tesla vehicles are widely regarded for their safety, backed by strong performance in various global safety assessments

Tesla vehicles have consistently achieved high safety ratings across multiple regions, reflecting their advanced design and safety features. See the ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in North America, the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) in Europe, and the China context, including the China-New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP), see:

  https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1910823822112256310

(08:41) Elon Musk estimates that  there will be millions of Tesla Robotaxis operating fully autonomously in the second half of 2026
(09:03) Over 40,000 people die in traffic accidents and over 1 million are injured each year, in the United States alone.  In the world, over 1 million people die in car accidents EVERY YEAR
(09:22) Tesla full self-driving (FSD) does not drink & drive, does not text & get distracted, & does not freak out in road rage incidents
(09:33) A Tesla vehicle with Autopilot technology engaged is already 8 times safer and can already go 8 times farther than the US average vehicle without getting into a crash

For more information see:
 https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1907465083430813865
and
 https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport

(10:43) Help spread the word, and like, comment, share, and subscribe 🙏
(12:04) Ashok Elluswamy, head of the Tesla AI team, mentions that validation is critical to get right before the launch of the Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in June 2025
(12:51) Elon Musk mentions that if there's an FSD intervention every 10,000 miles, then you have to drive 10,000 miles to validate it
(13:09) Elon Musk mentions that there are currently convoys of Tesla vehicles in Austin, Texas, being tested for its upcoming Robotaxi network
(13:38) Tesla does not pay me to make these videos, I do it because full self-driving saves lives and I'm getting the word out
(14:59) Lars Moravy (?) mentions that Tesla is currently in B sample validation of the Cybercab, its Robotaxi vehicle without a steering wheel

Lars Moravy is the VP of Vehicle Engineering at @Tesla, for more information on B sample validation in manufacturing see https://grok.com/chat/57d515b9-3964-4c2f-bd51-0b745826f801

(15:35) Ashok Elluswamy mentions that the Cybercab will be built in the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, and no new buildings need to the built
(15:51) Elon Musk mentions that the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, is three times the size of the Pentagon
(16:10) Question 2: When will FSD unsupervised be available for personal use on personally-owned cars?
(16:52) In the USA 🇺🇸 a new Tesla starts at $32,000 dollars and a used one can be found for as low as $12,000 dollars
(17:08) Tesla full self-driving (FSD) costs $99 dollars per month or a one time purchase of $8000 dollars
(17:21) Tesla in the future may increase the cost of full self-driving (FSD) as it becomes unsupervised
(17:33) Musk mentions that with unsupervised Tesla full self-driving, you'll be able to go to sleep and wake up at your destination
(17:43) Elon Musk mentions that unsupervised Tesla full self-driving (FSD), will be available in multiple cities in the USA by the end of 2025
(18:02) Schedule a free demo drive and get $1000 dollars off a new Tesla using https://bit.ly/hitesla

Note: at (17:45) I do press the accelerator for our Tesla to park itself at the curb.  Parking at the destination is a feature the Tesla AI team is working on, it will be ready soon, but that was already pretty impressive!

Original audio with additional questions and answers can be found at -

@elonmusk @aelluswamy
Tesla Q1 2025 Financial Results and Q&A Webcast (1h 33 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4cfyyMWhQ

Original audio also from (Elon's opening remarks) -

@farzad
Elon Musk Makes Huge [...] Tesla Updates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq0ksMUFPRY

This perfect Tesla full self-driving (FSD) drive happened from San Mateo to Burlingame, California, on a 2024 Tesla Model Y on artificial intelligence version 4 (AI4) on FSD version 13.2.8.  The background music is "Platinum" by Mike Oldfield.

I'm building a library of FSD maneuvers and drives, see dozens of additional Tesla full self-driving videos at -
HD https://x.com/ehuna/highlights
4K https://www.youtube.com/@ehuna

Some chose to downvote and add negative comments on a simple video of Tesla full self-driving without interventions, if you'd like to understand why see this post
https://x.com/ehuna/status/1911088768079282576

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Good times!

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