Manan

Alex Rampell Verified account @arampell · Sep 13

I just bought a new Model Y and can confidently say cars and Teslas are no longer the same product.

A car is like a pony or horse. I still like driving a stick shift, it’s fun!

Tesla with FSD is a transportation robot.

I had one of the first Model 3s in 2017. FSD was basically slightly better cruise control. Great on the highway. But honestly felt oversold.

So I have been driving a BMW for the past 3 years. Great horse, fun to drive.

But tried FSD recently and holy shit — it’s a personal Waymo. Works perfectly. I just went to the Fremont factory to get my new car, entered my address 30+ mins away, pushed a button, and got home without doing a thing.

I don’t think most people realize how good this is, probably because they only experienced an early version previously. This is 1000x better. Metaphor for AI writ large. Like trying GPT 3.5 and thinking it’s cute and hallucinates, and dismissing it…while Astra launches in 2026 and is orders of magnitude more capable.

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