Back in 2016, Elon Musk promised a Tesla would drive itself from LA to New York by 2017. It’s 2026, and Tesla still hasn’t done it officially. But its customers have.
Multiple Tesla owners have now completed coast-to-coast drives across the United States using the Full Self-Driving Supervised software, version 14.x, with zero driver disengagements. The distances range from 2,700 to over 3,000 miles, spanning highways, city streets, construction zones, and winter weather. Tesla’s own social media accounts have been amplifying these achievements, which is telling in itself.
The numbers behind the drives
The most documented journey belongs to David Moss, who drove 2,732 miles from Los Angeles to Myrtle Beach on FSD v14.2 without touching the wheel for a single intervention. That trip included roughly 30 Supercharger stops and brought his cumulative intervention-free FSD mileage past the 10,000-mile mark.
Then there’s a team in a 2024 Model S that covered 3,081 miles from LA to New York in 58 hours and 22 minutes, charging stops included, also with zero interventions. They did it in winter conditions, which adds a layer of complexity that anyone who’s driven through a Midwest snowstorm can appreciate.
