Ludicrous Feed | EV Adoption in Australia
Jun 24, 2026 · 59 min · 18 segments
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Let's start with the first one, and of course, uh, the news this week that, um, Joy and I were able to test out was, of course, um, full self-driving.
Um, unfortunately there was a bit of a delay still for-- It says here in this, um, in this email that a lot of you might have got as well that it's limited to Model YL, but I think someone did say to us it's actually been halted full stop, version 14.
Uh, so let us know if you've got a Y or a 3 with Hardware 4 that, um, and you managed to get FSD before this happened, before this, uh, email.
Uh, but nonetheless, we have had a bit of fun just trying it out, uh, on the roads here in Sydney.
Uh, some interesting scenarios, some potentially critical ones, but, uh, most of all, what do you reckon, Joy? It's been working pretty well so far.
I mean, I think the fact that it now has the option of hurry mode, um, does sort of change the stakes, I think, because it does act quite aggressively in some situations.
So I don't know whether that's the reason that they've, um, you know, maybe they're sort of ironing it out, ironing out those, you know, more of those edge cases before they release it to more people.
Probably some conflict with, um, some old map data, uh, especially on the Warringah Freeway there, Roland, you know, the approach to the harbor with all that roadwork going on, I reckon.
But I mean, it needs to be able to deal with stuff that's not on the maps, right? Like, what if they just suddenly have temporary roadwork and then they move everything around? So-
Let's start with the first one, and of course, uh, the news this week that, um, Joy and I were able to test out was, of course, um, full self-driving.
Um, unfortunately there was a bit of a delay still for-- It says here in this, um, in this email that a lot of you might have got as well that it's limited to Model YL, but I think someone did say to us it's actually been halted full stop, version 14.
Uh, so let us know if you've got a Y or a 3 with Hardware 4 that, um, and you managed to get FSD before this happened, before this, uh, email.
Uh, but nonetheless, we have had a bit of fun just trying it out, uh, on the roads here in Sydney.
Uh, some interesting scenarios, some potentially critical ones, but, uh, most of all, what do you reckon, Joy? It's been working pretty well so far.
I mean, I think the fact that it now has the option of hurry mode, um, does sort of change the stakes, I think, because it does act quite aggressively in some situations.
So I don't know whether that's the reason that they've, um, you know, maybe they're sort of ironing it out, ironing out those, you know, more of those edge cases before they release it to more people.
Probably some conflict with, um, some old map data, uh, especially on the Warringah Freeway there, Roland, you know, the approach to the harbor with all that roadwork going on, I reckon.
But I mean, it needs to be able to deal with stuff that's not on the maps, right? Like, what if they just suddenly have temporary roadwork and then they move everything around? So-
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