My Tesla FSD diary: 5 months of curiosity, amazement, shock, and embarrassment

Alistair Barr, author of Business Insider's Tech Memo newsletter, stands beside his red Tesla Model 3 Performance.

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• Regularly using Tesla's Full Self-Driving software revealed highs and lows.
• The software is an advanced driver-assistance system, not fully autonomous technology.
• Tesla plans a robotaxi service in Austin with fully autonomous software in June.

When I picked up my new Tesla Model 3 Performance in December, it came...