u/LeonChanges

This recent test drive write-up on VLA 2.0, the takeaway was basically that Tesla might not be the only one at this level anymore.

The reporter did a ~40 min drive in Beijing traffic without intervention and compared it pretty directly to FSD.

What stood out was this part:

“In my short drive, VLA 2.0 felt like driving my Tesla on FSD v14.”

There’s also video clips from the drive in the article.

What’s interesting is the reactions, especially on X, where Tesla fans and others are going back and forth quite a bit over it: https://x.com/ElectrekCo/status/2049486138679718360

XPENG recently wrapped up their VLA 2.0 tour around Auto China — test drives, factory visits, the whole thing.

Saw that both Dick and Hugo were there as well.

After actually riding in the car, Dick said something that stuck with me:

“If Tesla’s FSD is even half as good as this (VLA), it must already be very, very impressive.”

What makes that interesting is it came from being in the car, not just watching a demo.

From what XPENG shared, it also seems like people are reacting pretty strongly once they try it - nearly 100k test drives so far, and the time from test drive to order has dropped a lot.

Feels like the shift might be less about “what features it has” and more about how natural the whole experience feels when you’re actually in it.