Tesla Driver Asks For Relaxed FSD Mode, So Elon Musk Promises ‘Hurry’ Mode

Lately, social media is the de facto manner for purchasers to offer direct suggestions to companies. The easiest way to get a response is to air your grievances in a public discussion board. Or for purchasers who’ve had a constructive expertise, your put up might get a wider attain if the corporate’s social media workforce retweets your glowing overview.

So with Elon Musk being the CEO of Tesla, there isn’t a greater place to register a criticism than on the Musk-owned social media platform X. Self-described “$TSLA nerd” Gali tweeted at Tesla and Musk to request further choices for Full Self-Driving (FSD) customers.

In his private opinion, the present implementation of FSD is just too aggressive, with fast acceleration, sudden lane modifications and jerky turns. Whereas he doesn’t essentially imagine the automobile is driving in an unsafe method, it’s too aggressive for his private style even within the least aggressive drive mode. So he asks {that a} new “Turtle” mode be applied for cautious drivers like himself. 

The present iteration of FSD has three driving profiles: Chill, Common and Assertive. In principle, these ought to signify a broad spectrum of driving types. However Gali feels that Chill shouldn’t be practically chill sufficient for him to really feel snug. 

A number of X customers have commented on his tweet in settlement, saying there isn’t a lot distinction between Chill and Assertive. Many say the Chill mode’s driving fashion is inconsistent. Someday it’s a relaxed and even overly cautious driver. The subsequent day it’s aggressively accelerating, darting between lanes on busy metropolis streets.

Not each consumer shares this opinion in fact. Many need the automobile to be extra aggressive. Some customers ridiculed the very thought of something slower or much less aggressive by calling it “Grandma mode” or “everybody else is honking since you’re in the way in which” mode.

Elon Musk appears to fall into the latter camp. In his response to Gali’s authentic tweet, he didn’t acknowledge the request for a slower mode in any respect. As an alternative, he appears to have introduced a brand new mode referred to as Hurry.

Although Gali didn’t get the reply he wished, he saluted Elon for his response and dedicated to relax mode.

It’s unclear what precisely the distinction could be between the present Assertive mode and a possible Hurry mode. It’s doable that that is only a rebranding of essentially the most aggressive driving mode. Musk has a historical past of adjusting humdrum product names into ones he finds extra amusing. Simply have a look at his current plans to rebrand Good Summon (SS) as Truly Good Summon (ASS). 

We are going to simply should see if something really comes of this new FSD profile. You probably have entry to the present iteration of FSD, what are your ideas on the present drive modes? When you could personally need one thing extra aggressive, do you suppose there’s room for an much more cautious driver profile? Tell us within the feedback under.