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296 articles in Autonomy & FSD

Waymo Under NHTSA Investigation: What the Santa Monica Incident Reveals About Robotaxi Safety | Taha Abbasi
·4 min read
Autonomy & FSD

Waymo Under NHTSA Investigation: What the Santa Monica Incident Reveals About Robotaxi Safety | Taha Abbasi

Taha Abbasi examines the NHTSA investigation into Waymo after an autonomous vehicle struck a child near an elementary school—and what it…

Waymo vs Tesla: Why Tesla's Approach to Autonomous Driving Will Win | Taha Abbasi
·3 min read
Autonomy & FSD

Waymo vs Tesla: Why Tesla's Approach to Autonomous Driving Will Win | Taha Abbasi

Taha Abbasi compares two fundamentally different approaches to autonomous driving—Waymo's sensor-heavy strategy versus Tesla's vision-only…

Tesla FSD Subscription Drops to $49/Month: A Cost Analysis for Enhanced Autopilot Owners | Taha Abbasi
·3 min read
Autonomy & FSD

Tesla FSD Subscription Drops to $49/Month: A Cost Analysis for Enhanced Autopilot Owners | Taha Abbasi

Taha Abbasi breaks down Tesla's latest FSD pricing change—and why it matters specifically for a subset of Tesla owners.

Tesla's Hidden FSD Feature: Taha Abbasi Explains the Dashcam User Input Overlay
·5 min read
Autonomy & FSD

Tesla's Hidden FSD Feature: Taha Abbasi Explains the Dashcam User Input Overlay

A Cybertruck owner's close call reveals a crucial FSD supervision lesson — and a dashcam feature every Tesla driver should know about.

Tesla FSD Dashcam Pedal Input Display: Taha Abbasi on Why This Changes Accountability
·4 min read
Autonomy & FSD

Tesla FSD Dashcam Pedal Input Display: Taha Abbasi on Why This Changes Accountability

Tesla's FSD dashcam now displays driver pedal inputs, bringing unprecedented transparency to autonomous driving incidents.

Taha Abbasi testing Tesla FSD with bike rack mounted - real-world autonomous driving test
·4 min read
Autonomy & FSD

Tesla FSD V14 Bike Rack Test: Does It Actually Work? | Taha Abbasi

The V13 Nightmare: Why I Stopped Using FSD with a Bike Rack When my wife Nichell and I got our mountain bikes this summer, we quickly…

Taha Abbasi comparing Tesla FSD Standard vs Mad Max mode - Cybertruck autonomous driving profiles
·4 min read
Autonomy & FSD

Tesla FSD Standard vs Mad Max Mode: Which Setting Actually Works Better?

If you've got Tesla FSD, you've probably noticed the driving profile options. In V13, we had three profiles: Chill, Standard, and Hurry.

Taha Abbasi comparing Tesla FSD Standard vs Mad Max mode - Cybertruck autonomous driving profiles
·6 min read
Autonomy & FSD

Tesla FSD Profiles Explained: Sloth, Chill, Standard, Hurry & Mad Max — Which One Should You Use? | Taha Abbasi

By Taha Abbasi Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised offers five distinct driving profiles: Sloth, Chill, Standard, Hurry, and Mad…

Taha Salahuddin Abbasi
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