Tesla Cybertruck Driving On FSD Fails To Detect Mannequin
At least one independent test suggests the Cybertruck may fail to identify several large and small objects on the road with its cameras and sensors, including humans in some cases.
Chris, the host of the YouTube channel Dirty Tesla, tested the Cybertruck's Full-Self Driving (FSD) system on a dirt road and the results were alarming. With FSD engaged and the truck traveling between 20-30 miles per hour, Chris placed various objects in its path. The Cybertruck failed to detect most of these items, drove uncomfortably close to others and even displayed a ghost-like figure instead of a mannequin.
How does Tesla expect to get a robotaxi licence like that, even with lax regulations? Doesn't even meet safety standards.
Despite its misleading label, FSD is not a certified self-driving system. It's a Level 2 advanced driver assistance system that requires full supervision.
Initial tests of the Cybertruck's FSD revealed troubling inconsistencies when small objects were placed in its path. The stainless steel pickup ran over items like an exercise ball, a small Amazon-style delivery box and a white bucket without even detecting them. When larger objects were placed, the results varied. In both stationary and moving tests, the truck detected and stopped for a kid's bike, thanks to Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB).
However, the test showed FSD's drawbacks when a human-sized mannequin was placed in its path. Instead of recognizing the figure, the Cybertruck displayed an amorphous, almost invisible shape on its screen. The driver had to intervene to navigate around it manually. Even when the mannequin's arms were raised to improve visibility, FSD failed to detect it.
When Chris himself stood directly in front of the truck, FSD reacted inconsistently. In one instance, the Cybertruck dangerously maneuvered around him with an uncomfortably close distance. In the following test run, it stopped correctly when Chris stood squarely in its path, again relying on AEB.
FSD has been linked to dozens of deaths and hundreds of crashes and is under multiple federal investigations.
This is the same tech that will underpin the Tesla Robotaxi. Scientists in AI and automation, including several interviewed by InsideEVs, have raised red flags about the system's reliability.
Now, Musk is leading a new Department of Government Efficiency under the Trump administration. Dubbed the DOGE, it is aimed at streamlining regulations for FSD and Tesla's Robotaxi business. We'll have to wait and see if FSD sees any safety improvements before Tesla gets approval for and releases its unsupervised version. But at this point, Tesla is nowhere near ready for robotaxi and its safety is very much an open - and urgent - question.
I can't imagine if Tesla gets past lax regulations and have robotaxis on the roads. Then accidents happen.
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Berry Strawberry : It's blatantly clear that Tesla is nowhere near ready to put fully autonomous vehicles on the roads. The issue is not about having to apply for state licences individually, or a single federal license.
bullrider_21 OP Berry Strawberry : To Musk, getting the robotaxi licence is more important than safety. He stubbornly sticks with cameras only, when lidars may help him solve the problems.