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A Cybertruck Drove 2,187 Miles on Tesla FSD for a Family Emergency: Taha Abbasi's Unplanned Cross-Country Run | Taha Abbasi
When a family emergency turned a 5-day road trip into a 44-hour cannonball run, Tesla FSD v14.2.2.3 drove nearly every mile. Here’s the full story of how Taha Abbasi completed the first autonomous Cybertruck cross-country drive across America.
It Was Supposed to Be a Steady Drive
When Taha Abbasi learned his uncle was gravely ill in Delaware, the math was simple but the logistics were not. Utah to Delaware — 2,187 miles. Flying meant one-way tickets, rental cars with no return date, and the inflexibility of being stranded thousands of miles from home with no exit strategy.
So Taha Abbasi and his wife Nichell loaded up their Cybertruck — nicknamed Kemosabe — and pointed it east. The plan: drive 10-12 hours a day with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) v14.2.2.3, rest when needed, and get there as fast as possible.
The Cybertruck offered freedom — the ability to stay as long as needed and drive home whenever the time was right.
Then, two hours into the drive, everything changed.
The Text That Changed Everything
At 17:40 Mountain Time on a Thursday evening, Taha Abbasi’s uncle passed away. But the family in Delaware didn’t reach Taha until 20:40 — by which point he and Nichell were already two hours into the drive, somewhere in the darkness of Wyoming.
The funeral was scheduled for Saturday. 13:30 Eastern Time. They had left Thursday evening.
The math shifted instantly. This was no longer a cross-country road trip with rest stops and hotels. It was a 2,187-mile race against the clock — and the only driver capable of making it non-stop was already behind the wheel: the Cybertruck.
Taha Abbasi and Nichell looked at each other, and they both realized what they needed to do. The only way to make it was if they didn’t stop for anything but chargers. That meant 44+ straight hours of travel, likely 52 hours without a bed to sleep in. And still a chance they might not make it to the burial.
Why the Cybertruck Instead of Flying
When Taha Abbasi planned this trip, he didn’t know if they were going to be in Delaware for a day, a week, or a month. His uncle’s condition wasn’t clear. Flying and renting would not be an ideal option — they’d have to keep changing return flights, extending rental periods, and the costs would continue to make an already difficult trip unaffordable.
Taking the Cybertruck meant flexibility. They could stay as long as their family needed them and drive home whenever the time was right.
How Tesla FSD v14.2.2.3 Handled 2,187 Miles
What followed was 44 hours and 31 minutes of continuous driving across nine states: Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Tesla FSD v14.2.2.3 drove literally every single mile of a 2,187-mile cross-country trip.
The terrain was relentless. Rocky Mountain passes with significant elevation changes. Wyoming crosswinds that push even a 6,800-pound Cybertruck. The frozen plains of Nebraska in February. Ice-covered roads in Iowa. Indiana highways at midnight. Ohio toll roads. And finally, the winding Appalachian passes of Pennsylvania before the descent into Delaware.
FSD handled all of it. Lane changes, on-ramps, off-ramps, construction zones, and Supercharger parking lots.
It had its share of troubles — those are documented and will be covered in the full video coming soon. However, even with those hiccups, FSD flawlessly served the function of autonomously transporting Taha Abbasi and Nichell to be with family in a moment of need.
Taha Abbasi and Nichell developed a relay system: one supervised FSD with hands ready and eyes on the road, while the other rested in the passenger seat. They swapped throughout the night, through state after state, Supercharger after Supercharger.
The Single Disengagement
The one disengagement happened at a toll booth in Montpelier, Ohio, at mile 1,610. Nichell was supervising at the time. FSD was coming in a bit too hot for her comfort — it likely would have stopped on its own, but it was slowing down too late for what she was comfortable with. She intervened for safety, braking to a stop, then re-engaged FSD to proceed through the toll. That was it — the only disengagement in 2,187 miles.
The final numbers: 2,186.9 miles on FSD out of 2,187 total. That’s 100% of the trip on FSD except for 0.1 miles at the very end, where Taha Abbasi manually parked off-road at the cemetery for the funeral service.
The Numbers
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total distance | 2,187 miles |
| FSD miles | 2,186.9 |
| Disengagements | 1 (toll booth, Montpelier, OH — mile 1,610) |
| Supercharger stops | 16 |
| Total charging cost | $0.00 |
| Total time | 44 hours, 31 minutes |
| States crossed | 9 (UT, WY, NE, IA, IL, IN, OH, PA, DE) |
| FSD version | v14.2.2.3 |
| Vehicle | Cybertruck “Kemosabe” |
$0.00 in Charging for 2,187 Miles
Kemosabe came with free Supercharging through September 2026. Every one of the 16 Supercharger stops along I-80 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike was free. Each charging session doubled as a break — time to stretch, use the restroom, and swap supervisory roles.
Total fuel cost for a 2,187-mile emergency cross-country drive: $0.00. In a gas vehicle, that same trip would have cost approximately $300-400 in fuel.
AI-Powered Trip Documentation
While FSD drove and the couple took turns supervising, a third team member was at work. Benny J Walker — Taha Abbasi’s AI assistant — built a real-time trip tracker during the drive itself.
Every Supercharger stop was logged with arrival times, departure times, and charge levels. A live route map tracked the Cybertruck’s position across America. Cumulative statistics updated as they drove. The full trip tracker is publicly available at tahaabbasi.com/cybertruck-first-autonomous-cross-country-drive.
That’s what autonomy actually enables. It’s not just about the driving — it’s about what becomes possible when the machine handles the road. A robot drove the car. Another AI documented the journey. And the humans in between could focus on what mattered: getting to family.
The Fourth Vehicle, the First Cybertruck
Taha Abbasi’s run makes the Cybertruck the fourth Tesla to complete a fully autonomous cross-country drive, joining a small but growing list of pioneers:
- David Moss — Model 3, Los Angeles to Myrtle Beach, 2,732 miles, zero disengagements (December 2025)
- Alex Roy — Model S, Los Angeles to New York, 3,081 miles, zero interventions, through winter storms (January 2026)
- Bearded Tesla Guy + JoshWest247 — Model Y, coast-to-coast, zero takeovers (January 2026)
- Taha Abbasi — Cybertruck, South Jordan UT to Newark DE, 2,187 miles, 1 disengagement (February 2026)
Their runs proved that FSD was capable of coast-to-coast autonomous driving. They put in the work, took the risks, and showed the world what was possible. Without them pushing the boundaries, Taha Abbasi wouldn’t have had the confidence to rely on FSD the way he did during this emergency drive.
Eight Minutes to Spare
After 44 hours and 31 minutes of continuous driving, 16 Supercharger stops, and 2,187 miles across nine states, Kemosabe pulled into As-Salaam Garden Cemetery.
The funeral service was scheduled for 13:30. They arrived at 13:22.
Eight minutes. That’s the margin a Cybertruck running Tesla FSD v14.2.2.3 gave a family trying to say goodbye.
What Comes Next
Taha Abbasi has announced plans for a dedicated coast-to-coast attempt targeting zero disengagements — a clean run with an EZ Pass to eliminate the toll booth issue that caused the single intervention on this trip.
The full video of the 2,187-mile drive, captured on an Insta360 X5, is currently in post-production:
The complete trip data — including the live route map, leg-by-leg breakdown, and verification checksums — is available at tahaabbasi.com/cybertruck-first-autonomous-cross-country-drive.
Taha Abbasi is a software architect, Cybertruck owner, and content creator focused on applied frontier technology. Follow him on X @TheBrownCowboy and on YouTube.
Taha Salahuddin Abbasi
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