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Real-world FSD and AV coverage from Greater Boston, MA. If it works here, it works anywhere. Daily Model Y driver. Massachusetts policy tracker. Not a tech blog.
Rotaries. Nor'easters. The Ted Williams Tunnel. Nova handles it all.
All four AV bills on Beacon Hill were sent to study. Massachusetts still has no AV law, and the next window is January 2027. See how each bill died →
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What's happening now
FSD testing on Boston's worst roads, Waymo sightings, and the legislation that will determine whether driverless cars can legally operate in Massachusetts.
Does Tesla FSD Work in Snow? What a New England Winter Actually Does to It.
FSD locks out Standard, Hurry and Mad Max in bad conditions and leaves you Sloth or Chill. Tesla says that restriction is about hydroplaning. I keep triggering it in snow. Plus the one question my own driving cannot answer.
Every Massachusetts AV Bill Died This Session. Nobody Had to Vote on Any of Them.
All four autonomous vehicle bills in the 194th General Court were sent to study. What a study order actually does, why the House cleared its docket four months before the Senate, and why the ballot question is not on your November ballot.
The Cybercab Is Taking Paying Passengers. NHTSA Wants to Know How Tesla Certified It.
Tesla began charging for Cybercab rides in Austin on September 3. Hours later NHTSA opened Audit Query AQ26002. What the audit actually asks, the Zoox precedent behind it, and why none of it changes anything in Massachusetts yet.
Legacy Automakers Are Fighting the Safety Technology That Works
Ford and GM exited robotaxis, which was defensible. Then the industry sued to repeal NHTSA's automatic emergency braking rule. What legacy auto actually owes the road, and why its silence on Beacon Hill matters.
Tesla Published Its FSD Safety Numbers. Here's How They Match Up With What I've Actually Seen on the Road.
Tesla's FSD Evidence Dashboard claims big reductions in collisions, AEB events, and lane change incidents. I checked the numbers against a year of my own FSD footage in Boston.
FSD Got Noticeably More Polite This Week — and Massachusetts Still Can't Decide What to Do About It
A rotary yield in Cambridge, a Boston rush-hour highlight reel, and what Tesla's FSD v14.3.8 update actually changed — plus where Massachusetts' stalled AV legislation stands.
The challenge series
Boston's worst roads.
Nova vs all of them.
Storrow Drive. The Callahan Tunnel. Every rotary on the Route 9 corridor. If FSD can handle Greater Boston, it can handle anywhere.
See the challenge series→Waymo Boston
The robotaxi is coming. Massachusetts law isn't ready.
Waymo is actively testing on Boston streets and lobbying Beacon Hill. We're tracking every development.
Waymo vs Tesla FSD
Two completely different approaches to the same problem. Which one survives a Boston winter?
Street Sightings
Spotted a Waymo in Boston? We're mapping every confirmed sighting across the metro area.
The Legal Battle
Waymo hired two MA lobbying firms. Labor pushed back with bills of its own. All four died in committee. The full autopsy.
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MA Policy & FSD Updates
New Waymo legislation, FSD releases, and Boston AV news — straight to your inbox.
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Meet Nova
2026 Tesla Model Y Long Range. Based in Boston. Every FSD test, every snow run, every rotary challenge runs through her.