Guys doing coast-to-coast Tesla self-driving test with Model Y and it fails after just 60 miles

These guys headed out on a coast-to-coast trip to test out the self-driving on their Tesla Model Y – and it failed after a mere 60 miles.

The plan was to drive from Los Angeles out to Jacksonville, Florida.

That’s a journey of approximately 2,400 miles, and the hope was to complete it with minimal human interaction.

However, things didn’t go off without a hitch – and that’s seriously understating the matter.

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This cross-country was meant to test the self-driving mode on a Tesla Model Y, but things didn’t work out

YouTuber The Bearded Tesla Guy and his buddy were certainly ambitious in what they had set out to do.

To travel 2,400 miles with minimal human interaction is a big ask for any vehicle.

Nobody was expecting perfection; there were bound to be some hiccups along the way.

But few could have predicted that it would have panned out like this.

The Model Y was driving along at 76mph when it encountered a mystery object in the middle of the highway.

It turned out to be a large steel ramp that had presumably fallen off another vehicle.

Now, a human driver would take this into account and switch lanes.

But the Model Y ploughed straight into it at great force, causing the vehicle to briefly lift off the ground.

The occupants of the car pulled over to assess the damage.

Deciding that things didn’t look so bad, they decided to keep going for another several hundred miles.

However, when it came time to get it looked over by a mechanic, the full extent of the damage became clear.

Up on a ramp, they could see that the sway bar had been badly damaged, and the bracket was ruined.

That’s in addition to several suspension components that had been affected.

It’s worth repeating that Tesla’s Full Self-Driving mode still requires a human to look after it.

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This feature has been a point of contention for a while

Many people have sung the praises of FSD, including one Georgia man who credited it with saving his life during a heart attack.

There was also a man who claimed his life was saved when his Cybertruck swerved out of the way of an illegal overtake.

But let’s face it – Tesla has an air of controversy around it, and this feature is no different.

Just have a look at the dispute with California’s DMV for proof of that.

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