In February, I'm going to Zagreb to test Tesla's FSD (Full Self-Driving) - what I've been waiting for since the legendary Knight Rider series. A car that finally drives itself. Remember when I wrote a few days ago that Porsche is dead? Many of you jumped into the air, saying that I have no idea about "driving pleasure" and "the smell of gasoline". Let me explain why the reason for the death of this icon is not that they don't know how to build a good chassis. The reason is that their business model has become irrelevant - completely overrun. Porsche sells you the illusion that you are a racer. Tesla sells you the truth: that you are completely unnecessary as a driver. Let me explain. Why your grandchildren will view driving as horse riding.
Cars will no longer be cars. This product category has changed. They are becoming the first real robots that we will let into our households. And not like the robot vacuum cleaner that gets stuck under the sofa and makes a sad squeak there. Your grandchildren looked at driving like they were riding horses
Let's face it: you are a security threat. Yes, you, reading this. You are a biological machine that gets distracted by the sun, gets sleepy after a big lunch, texts while driving, and reacts emotionally when someone forces you to. Your "biological processor" has latency, is full of bugs, and slows down with age.
Meanwhile in "stupid" America? Some driver Tesla with FSD v14 has just passed 10,600 miles (approx. 17,000 km). Without. One. Single. Touch. of the steering wheel. He drove the distance that the average Slovenian needs a year and a half to drive to work and back. The car navigated itself through intersections, construction sites, among pedestrians and idiots on the road. Without coffee. Without nervousness. With a brutal, cold, 360-degree attention that a person simply cannot handle.
This is the revolution I'm talking about. It's not about electricity. Electricity is just propulsion. It's about Elon Musk, while European CEOs are worrying about what color the stitching on the steering wheel will be and how piston engines will be sold after 2035, KITT from the 80s. A car that you talk to like a friend because it has integrated Grok – Musk's artificial intelligence – and that takes you to your destination, including parking. At the mall, you call it with your smartwatch to pick you up at the entrance. In the meantime, it entertains you with tasteless jokes and provocations. Tesla FSD v14 Drives better, according to thousands of content creators from 95 % people. It drives more smoothly, more predictably and above all – it doesn't prove itself. It has no ego. It also drives in the EU. Test drives in Munich, Milan and other cities confirm this. From start to finish.
Slovenia and the "manual transmission" syndrome. Of course, the analyst on duty behind the bar will come up to us again and say: "I'm not giving up my steering wheel! The electronics are dying!" My dears, this is the same as if in 2007 we had said: "I'm not giving up my Nokia keyboard, because I won't be typing on the glass." Today, those same people are scrolling through screens and no longer remember how to write a letter by hand.
The future is binary. On one side we will have robots on wheels (Tesla, Chinese), which will operate as a mobility service. On the other hand, there will be European “premium” manufacturers who will become boutique makers of weekend ride toys – a kind of riding horse makers in the age of steam and diesel engines. The difference is exactly the same as between a classic wristwatch that shows the time and the phases of the moon and a smartwatch that tells you exactly when you ate too many poticas during the holidays.
FSD v14 is proof that the game is over. As drivers, we humans are a deprecated feature. We are the weakest link in road safety. And the only way to get to Vision Zero is not by teaching us how to drive better. It's by taking the wheel out of our hands.
Porsche is dead because it sells the past. The robots are here. And honestly? I can't wait for one to drive me home while I can troll X in peace, stress-free.
Happy journey into the past to all those who still "feel the road". The rest of us move on, even if we still have one in the garage, which will be divided into "dinosaurs" and we will pay for it three times the liability insurance premium.
