Mike Hollinger ⚡

Philly
Equity Trading & Risk Management
API Architecture - Boomi, Oracle, MuleSoft
Skiing, Golf, Fishing & Flying
EV, CT enthusiast
Here We Go Steelers!

[Chuck Cook @ChuckCook]

I like to try and make a post like this every time it moves me. Follow me along on this short story..

I just got off a three day trip with my airline. For those of you that don't know me I am an Airbus Captain for a US east coast airline. I experienced many long delays getting home due to many constraints that really don't matter to this story, but what does matter is I landed in Orlando at 145am, almost 5 hours late. My drive home to Jacksonville is another 2.5 hours.

This late arrival creates a decision point. Both for driving safety, life management for appointments the next day, and general work life balance.

Having FSD on your vehicle changes the math on this decision. Before FSD it would have been an automatic choice to either sleep in the parking lot, or try and find a hotel room to rest until I was ready for the drive home. With FSD the decision matrix changes. Get a cup of coffee, enable FSD, and do the drive.

This is what I did last night, not arriving home until close to 445am. It wasn't scary, it wasn't dangerous, but I would never have done it if FSD didn't have my back.

There were several scenarios on my drive home last night where Semi Trucks were swerving into my lane, and FSD safely avoided any close calls.

I hope people that don't understand this technology can see through the popular rhetoric. This is not only life changing for safety, its also life changing for giving you options. It really feels like I am supervising a train. I just sit there watching it drive. My reaction time in the WOCL (Window of Circadian Low) is definitely lower, but with FSD its not unsafe.

If you don't own a Tesla and your life has a similar use case, you need to think about looking into this technology further, or talking to someone that uses it every day.

If you own a Tesla and don't own or subscribe to FSD for your commutes or longer drives .. you are wasting your investment in the platform that is capable of this level of automation.

It is a game changer.
@Tesla @Tesla_AI

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@KevinAdams26 Yes

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@wholemars What speed profile do you use? Curious if the studdering happens more under MM.

[Justin Strafuss @MstrHappyJustin]

When I was a baby I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy (right hemiplegia). At 15 I had to get a left-foot accelerator because my right foot couldn��t press the gas. I also have no peripheral vision on my right side and was in accidents that weren’t my fault because of it.
In 2023 my dad researched Tesla and was blown away by FSD’s safety. We bought a 2023 Model Y Performance and I joined the FSD Beta on v10. Being part of testing every update since has been unbelievable.
FSD didn’t just make driving easier. It gave me back the freedom to go wherever I want, whenever I want, without the constant mental stress of worrying about other drivers or my own limitations. Multi-stop trips, rain, busy roads, parking lots with Summon… things that used to drain me now feel normal.
Now in my 2026 Model X Plaid “Ghost,” that independence is even stronger… especially now with FSD 14.3.6.
Thank you Tesla for building the safest vehicles on the road and completely changing my life. I’ll never take it for granted. Keep changing the world.

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@rhensing @jaminwestby You got a Graphic Content warning!

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@DevinOlsenn @DirtyTesLa I wish I had it, but completely understand the explanation that they have a baseline requirement that input from the "driver" is not necessary. That is their focus.

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@NotATeslaApp Thanks for your work on this!

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@QTRResearch @Anneonz1 Dude, it's a trim piece

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@cybertruck @ChuckCook @Tesla

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@rhensing SUV would be amazing
I bought the CT for how cool of a vehicle it is, but an actual 3 row Expedition-like truck would be an instant purchase...

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@DevinOlsenn Do you think this would work on the CT?

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

Hey @XMoney! I'm interested (and Premium+).
How do I get signed up?

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@ChuckCook @Tesla @elonmusk Not radar. I took it to mean he would upgrade the HW on older models that had the sufficient cameras in place. Sounds like oldest Model S did not.

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@ChuckCook Preferred Routes will be very useful for me...

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@itskyleconner FSD FTW

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@wholemars He needs to charge his phone

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@grok @SawyerMerritt Great! Now zoom out and make it a sunset beach scene

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@grok @SawyerMerritt That's not a Topolino EV. Put this car in the back of a Cybertruck:
https://t.co/obkoXd4Fls

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Fiat has officially opened orders in the U.S. for its Topolino EV.

• Starting price: $13,995
• Range: 46 miles
• 5-kWh battery
• Top speed: 25 mph
• 8 HP motor
• 99.6" long
• Weight: 1,073 lbs
• Peak charging speak: 2.3kW. Takes 4 hours to recharge
• Digital gauge cluster
• Phone holder
• USB-C charge port
• Deliveries start in the coming months

The Topolino won't be street legal initially, but a conversion kit is coming later this year that will classify it as a "Low Speed Vehicle" and allow it to be driven on public roads.

More photos in thread below:

[Mike Hollinger ⚡ @Mike_H]

@Jason