Episode Details

Is Tesla’s Elon Musk akin to a snake oil salesman when it comes to promoting Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) efforts? I investigate and discuss the detailed article recently posted on Elon Musk’s X platform by Dan O’Dowd alleging just that: “The Snake Oil Salesman’s Promises for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving AI.” 

Timestamps:

01:03 Elon Musk Snake Oil Salesman: Dan O'Dowd's article

02:48 Tesla "on the verge of solving autonomy"

04:26 Disastrous FSD Version 11: 2023

05:39 Dangerous on-road, live safety testing

08:41 Version 12: "an almost total rewrite" pivot to AI

11:45 Claim Tesla could leapfrog Waymo within a year

13:56 Buying time with impatient Tesla investors

15:23 Baseless claims of rapid FSD V12 improvements 

17:00 Actually Smart Summon (ASS) not coast-to-coast

18:31 V12.4 multiple safety issues (example video clips)

20:41 Elon claimed V12.5 a "whole other level"

22:02 Elon doubles down on miles between interventions

24:29 Elon: "it will take over a year of driving to get even one intervention"!

25:43 Tesla's robotaxi business dead on arrival?

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Thanks to Thunderf00t YouTube channel for some of the historical Tesla and Elon Musk clips in this video.

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