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Tesla Roll Outs FSD V14.2.2.2: A Look at the Improvements
Polished Intuition
The standout characteristic of this latest version, which is now rolling out to the fleet at larger after being with early-access testers for less than 48 hours, is the elimination of hesitation. In complex environments where v14.2.2 or v14.2.2.1 would hesitate or stutter, the new build exhibits more confidence.
That confidence likely comes from the additional polish that Tesla’s AI team has placed on this build, working over the holiday season. It also applies to some improvements to Speed Profiles and how they handle traffic around them, as well as improvements to highway exits.
Better Perception
Perhaps the most compelling argument for this stopgap release is the refinement of the perception stack. Tesla has focused on improving the stack to better find and predict what vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists will do next.
Early access user testing in parking garages noted that the car was preparing for pedestrian traffic behind blind corners - essentially moving from a reactive posture (slamming the brakes) to a predictive one (slowing down smoothly ahead of time).
Nag Fixed - Again
One of the biggest positives of this update has been reducing the false positives in the Driver Monitoring System, which FSD v14.2.2.1 had dialed up to the max. The previous iteration was nagging drivers for every little head movement or hands not being completely visible or free.
Now, that appears to be gone, allowing for the same smooth, hands-free operation that V14.2 originally debuted with.
The Takeaway
While FSD v14.2.2.2 isn’t the massive reasoning upgrade and sentience we were looking for with FSD v14.3, it is still an extremely polished build that has come a long way from the initial releases of FSD v14.
It also represents something else that is more important than a big tech leap over the holidays: stability. Tesla has ironed out many of the erratic behaviors in previous builds to give everyone a much smoother and more stable build of FSD.
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