According to Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt), a Tesla owner has successfully driven over 30,000 miles using Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) without touching the steering wheel, as reported by Business Insider (businessinsider.com/tesla-owner-fsd-miles-without-touching-steering-wheel-2026-1). This milestone demonstrates the practical reliability and maturity of Tesla’s AI-powered autonomous driving technology. The achievement highlights significant progress in computer vision, neural networks, and machine learning, which are the core AI technologies powering FSD. For the AI industry, this real-world validation supports accelerated adoption in the autonomous vehicle sector and signals new business opportunities in AI-driven mobility services, fleet management, and safety solutions. Leading analysts note that such large-scale, real-life data collected from FSD users is a valuable asset for further model training and regulatory approval, positioning Tesla and similar AI companies to capitalize on the expanding self-driving market (Business Insider, 2026).

According to Sawyer Merritt, The Boring Company has announced a detailed multi-phase expansion plan for its Las Vegas tunnel system, leveraging AI-powered Tesla vehicles for urban transportation. Phase 1 involves limited airport rides using existing Loop stations, with about 50 rides per day already underway after 100 Teslas were equipped with airport-required transponders. Phase 2 will add a 2.2-mile dual-direction tunnel to reduce surface travel, while Phase 3 will bring the tunnel closer to Terminal 1 and expand the AI-managed Tesla fleet to 250-300 vehicles. The ultimate goal in Phase 4 is an underground airport station directly serving terminals. The company is also working on streamlining its permitting process to accelerate deployment. This phased approach demonstrates significant business opportunities for AI-enabled smart mobility solutions and sets a precedent for scalable, automated urban transportation infrastructure (source: Sawyer Merritt, Twitter).

According to Sawyer Merritt on Twitter, a Tesla equipped with Full Self-Driving (FSD) V14 completed 3,000 miles with zero miles driven by a human and no interventions, across 78 navigation destinations—10% city and 90% highway. This performance demonstrates significant advancements in AI-powered autonomous driving, highlighting the reliability of Tesla's latest AI software in real-world mixed traffic scenarios. Such results reinforce the growing business opportunities in autonomous vehicle deployment and AI-driven mobility solutions, particularly for ride-hailing, logistics, and fleet management sectors (source: Sawyer Merritt, Twitter).

According to Sawyer Merritt, the majority of voters in his recent poll have not yet experienced the significant advancements introduced in Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 14 over version 13. This upgrade leverages enhanced artificial intelligence models for improved real-time decision making, object detection, and safer autonomous navigation, marking a major leap in practical AI applications within the automotive sector (source: Sawyer Merritt on Twitter). The business opportunity lies in early adoption and integration of advanced AI-powered autonomous systems into commercial fleets, ride-hailing, and logistics, offering competitive advantages as Tesla continues to advance AI-driven mobility.

According to Sawyer Merritt, Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 14.2 marks a significant leap in autonomous vehicle AI performance, with zero hesitation or braking issues and no driver interventions during an 85-mile test drive (source: Sawyer Merritt on Twitter). This update introduces a new self-driving statistics section, customizable speed and parking preferences, and a major upgrade to the neural network vision encoder—now leveraging higher-resolution features for improved detection of emergency vehicles, obstacles, and human gestures. These enhancements not only boost everyday driving comfort but also reduce overly strict driver attention monitoring. The improvements in AI-powered perception and user customization present substantial business opportunities for Tesla in expanding FSD adoption, especially in markets where autonomous driving is legal.