Tesla Model 3 racks 12k FSD miles
A Tesla Model 3 reportedly completed over 12,000 miles across the U.S. on Full Self‑Driving with zero interventions, marking a long verified streak that proponents say signals improving autonomy reliability. Skeptics still point to edge cases and regulatory gaps, but the streak fuels debates on real‑world validation metrics. (x.com)
David Moss — a U.S. Tesla owner — logged an intervention‑free streak of 12,961 miles between late November 2025 and mid‑January 2026, according to community posts and reporting that tracked his X updates. (notateslaapp.com (notateslaapp.com)) Tesla published a customer story on March 25, 2026 highlighting Moss’s coast‑to‑coast leg and calling it a verified cross‑country run using FSD (Supervised). (tesla.com (tesla.com)) Moss’s single coast‑to‑coast segment measured 2,732.4 miles and took 2 days and 20 hours, a figure he and Tesla community write‑ups reported after the drive. (teslanorth.com (teslanorth.com)) Community tracking and Tesla’s materials say the streak ran on FSD (Supervised) v14 — with several reports specifying builds in the v14.2 family while Moss used a 2025 Model 3 during the period. (tesla.com (tesla.com)) (teslanorth.com (teslanorth.com)) Moss’s run ended in rural Wisconsin in January after snow‑covered lanes and sub‑freezing temperatures required a human takeover; he posted video of the conditions on Jan. 17, 2026 and announced the streak’s end on Jan. 18, 2026 at 12,961 miles. (notateslaapp.com (notateslaapp.com)) Tesla amplified the episode — posting Moss’s story, hosting him at Giga Texas, and relying on new telemetry and the Self‑Driving Stats features introduced with FSD v14.x that community members used to corroborate continuous FSD engagement. (teslanorth.com (teslanorth.com)) (teslanorth.com (teslanorth.com)) Federal regulators have concurrently stepped up scrutiny: on Mar. 19, 2026 NHTSA converted its FSD preliminary review into an engineering analysis covering roughly 3.2 million vehicles to examine how FSD performs in degraded‑visibility conditions. (static.nhtsa.gov (static.nhtsa.gov)) (cnbc.com (cnbc.com))
