'Fundamentally wrong': Self-driving Tesla steers Calif. tech founder onto train tracks

Jesse Lyu trusts his Tesla’s “self-driving” technology; he’s taken it to work, and he’s gone on 45-minute drives without ever needing to intervene. He’s a “happy customer,” he told SFGATE. But on Thursday, his Tesla scared him, badly.

Lyu, the founder and CEO of artificial intelligence gadget startup Rabbit, was on the 15-minute drive from his apartment to his office in downtown Santa Monica. He’d turned on  his car’s self-driving features, called Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (Supervised), after pulling out of his parking garage. The pay-to-add features are meant to drive the Tesla with “minimal driver intervention,” steering, stopping and accelerating on highways and even in city traffic, according to Tesla’s website. Lyu was cruising along, resting his arms on the steering wheel but letting the car direct itself, he said in a video interview Friday. ---More...

hi @elonmusk - FSD v13.2.2 just drove me to a train line here in Santa Monica. sending this video clips and hopefully you guys can fix it fast. (i was shaking and i had to ran a red light to save my life). pic.twitter.com/GOERJSEcTq

— Jesse Lyu (@jessechenglyu) January 2, 2025