First Fully Autonomous Cybertruck Cross Country Drive — Zero Disengagement Attempt

[browncowboy]

The Pioneers
David Moss drove a Model 3 coast to coast on FSD with zero disengagements. Bearded Tesla Guy and JoshWest247 did it in a Model Y. Alex Roy took the Model S from LA to New York — zero disengagements, dead of winter.

But nobody's done it in a Cybertruck. Until now.

This Wasn't Planned
I got a call that my uncle doesn't have much time. He's in Delaware — I'm in Utah. 2,162 miles away.

I could fly, but with no return date that means rental cars, rebooking flights, and losing flexibility when family needs come first. So we decided to drive.

I've done this exact route twice before — once in a Lexus ES 350 with just adaptive cruise, once in a Subaru Forester with steer assist. Both times were absolutely grueling. Told myself never again.

But FSD turns this into something completely different. It's like having your own personal chauffeur. I can handle work calls, manage urgent things, and still be there for family when it matters most.

Then everything changed. Mid-drive, I got the call. He passed. What started as "get there when you can" became a cannonball run. My wife and I are taking turns — one drives, one rests, one works. We need to make it to Delaware for the funeral.

I never imagined a robot would be driving us to a funeral — but honestly, we'd be too exhausted to do this safely without it. FSD isn't a gimmick right now. It's the reason we can make this work.

The Intro Video


The Data
I'm currently ranked #7 on the FSDDB highest FSD percentage leaderboard — 99.8% FSD rate on v14.2.

As of Stop #11 (Elkhart, Indiana):

• 1,538 miles driven
• 0 disengagements
• $0.00 in charging costs (free Supercharging until Sept 2026)
• 16-mile gap unchanged — our checksum proving every trip mile was self-driven
• States crossed: UT → WY → NE → IA → IL → IN (OH → PA → DE remaining)

How we verify zero disengagements: Since FSD v14.2, Tesla tracks total miles driven and self-driven miles separately. Before this trip, there was a 16-mile gap between them from everyday driving prior to departure. If that gap stays at ~16 miles throughout a 2,162-mile drive, it means every single mile was driven by FSD. As of Elkhart: gap is exactly 16.0 miles.

This data is also independently tracked on FSDDB.com, created by Whole Mars Catalog.

Why Cybertruck?
Every previous fully autonomous cross-country attempt used a Model 3, Model Y, or Model S. No one has done it in a Cybertruck — the heaviest, most aerodynamically unique vehicle in Tesla's lineup. Different weight distribution, different charging characteristics, different FSD behavior. This isn't just a repeat. It's new data.

Follow Along
Live Trip Tracker (real-time stats, route map, per-leg FSD breakdown):
tahaabbasi.com/cybertruck-first-autonomous-cross-country-drive

Livestream (raw dashcam):
youtube.com/@TheBrownCowboy-TahaAbbasi/live

FSDDB Leaderboard:
fsddb.com/leaderboard#highest-fsd-percentage

X Post + Article:
x.com/thebrowncowboy — Full X Article

Closest Call So Far
Leaving the Elkhart Supercharger, the Cybertruck started heading what looked like the wrong way toward the highway. We genuinely thought we'd need to disengage for safety. But instead it took a turn on its own — it was intending to loop through the service center parking lot. Sorted itself out and merged back onto the highway like nothing happened. We've got Insta360 rolling the entire drive — once we're past the funeral we'll pull the footage.

Full documentary coming when the drive is complete. If you pray, we'd appreciate prayers for a safe and timely journey.

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[Griswold]

Cool! Any chance you'll overshoot Utah on the way back for a coast to coast?

Sorry for your loss.

Looks like a disengagement for a toll booth. Interested to hear what happened there.

 

[ChiTownCT]

Sorry about your loss OP, you had to disengage for the toll booths on 90, IN OH border?

Much praise to night time "driving" as well, I would pass out just from boredom.. How do you stay engaged during the night?

 

[browncowboy]

Cool! Any chance you'll overshoot Utah on the way back for a coast to coast?

Sorry for your loss.

Looks like a disengagement for a toll booth. Interested to hear what happened there.

Thanks for your kind words.

We are actually starting a coast to coast now from Atlantic City to Tesla Diner in LA in a few hours.

Figured we are out here, might as well see if we can do a coast to coast.

We've also got an EZ Pass now to hopefully avoid the random toll booth disengagement situation sorted. Details of what happened can also be found in the report here:



Basically it wasn't slowing down quidkly enough and my wife who was helping to supervise disengaged with brake for safety then re-engaged. It was maybe 20 ish feet of disengaged travel.

 

[browncowboy]

Sorry about your loss OP, you had to disengage for the toll booths on 90, IN OH border?

Much praise to night time "driving" as well, I would pass out just from boredom.. How do you stay engaged during the night?

Thanks for the kind words.

Disengaged only at the Montpelier, Ohio toll booth, the rest worked smoothly.

 

[browncowboy]

The Pioneers
David Moss drove a Model 3 coast to coast on FSD with zero disengagements. Bearded Tesla Guy and JoshWest247 did it in a Model Y. Alex Roy took the Model S from LA to New York — zero disengagements, dead of winter.

But nobody's done it in a Cybertruck. Until now.

This Wasn't Planned
I got a call that my uncle doesn't have much time. He's in Delaware — I'm in Utah. 2,162 miles away.

I could fly, but with no return date that means rental cars, rebooking flights, and losing flexibility when family needs come first. So we decided to drive.

I've done this exact route twice before — once in a Lexus ES 350 with just adaptive cruise, once in a Subaru Forester with steer assist. Both times were absolutely grueling. Told myself never again.

But FSD turns this into something completely different. It's like having your own personal chauffeur. I can handle work calls, manage urgent things, and still be there for family when it matters most.

Then everything changed. Mid-drive, I got the call. He passed. What started as "get there when you can" became a cannonball run. My wife and I are taking turns — one drives, one rests, one works. We need to make it to Delaware for the funeral.

I never imagined a robot would be driving us to a funeral — but honestly, we'd be too exhausted to do this safely without it. FSD isn't a gimmick right now. It's the reason we can make this work.

The Intro Video


The Data
I'm currently ranked #7 on the FSDDB highest FSD percentage leaderboard — 99.8% FSD rate on v14.2.

As of Stop #11 (Elkhart, Indiana):

• 1,538 miles driven
• 0 disengagements
• $0.00 in charging costs (free Supercharging until Sept 2026)
• 16-mile gap unchanged — our checksum proving every trip mile was self-driven
• States crossed: UT → WY → NE → IA → IL → IN (OH → PA → DE remaining)

How we verify zero disengagements: Since FSD v14.2, Tesla tracks total miles driven and self-driven miles separately. Before this trip, there was a 16-mile gap between them from everyday driving prior to departure. If that gap stays at ~16 miles throughout a 2,162-mile drive, it means every single mile was driven by FSD. As of Elkhart: gap is exactly 16.0 miles.

This data is also independently tracked on FSDDB.com, created by Whole Mars Catalog.

Why Cybertruck?
Every previous fully autonomous cross-country attempt used a Model 3, Model Y, or Model S. No one has done it in a Cybertruck — the heaviest, most aerodynamically unique vehicle in Tesla's lineup. Different weight distribution, different charging characteristics, different FSD behavior. This isn't just a repeat. It's new data.

Follow Along
Live Trip Tracker (real-time stats, route map, per-leg FSD breakdown):
tahaabbasi.com/cybertruck-first-autonomous-cross-country-drive

Livestream (raw dashcam):
youtube.com/@TheBrownCowboy-TahaAbbasi/live

FSDDB Leaderboard:
fsddb.com/leaderboard#highest-fsd-percentage

X Post + Article:
x.com/thebrowncowboy — Full X Article

Closest Call So Far
Leaving the Elkhart Supercharger, the Cybertruck started heading what looked like the wrong way toward the highway. We genuinely thought we'd need to disengage for safety. But instead it took a turn on its own — it was intending to loop through the service center parking lot. Sorted itself out and merged back onto the highway like nothing happened. We've got Insta360 rolling the entire drive — once we're past the funeral we'll pull the footage.

Full documentary coming when the drive is complete. If you pray, we'd appreciate prayers for a safe and timely journey.

Update: Trip 1 Complete. Trip 2 is LIVE.

The Final Numbers (Trip 1: Utah → Delaware)

Stat	Value
Total Miles	2,186.9
FSD Miles	2,186.8
Disengagements	1 (toll booth, Montpelier OH)
Charging Cost	$0.00
Total Time	44h 31m
Margin to Funeral	8 minutes

The Full Story
Two hours into the drive, I got a text. My uncle had actually passed before we even left Utah — we just didn't know yet. What started as "get there when you can" became a cannonball run.

Nichell and I took turns — one supervises FSD, one rests. 44 hours, 2,187 miles, through the night, across 9 states.

The funeral was Saturday at 13:30 ET. We pulled into Newark, Delaware at 13:22. Eight minutes to spare.

I never imagined a robot would drive us to a funeral. But honestly? We couldn't have made it without FSD. Not safely. I've done this exact route twice before in other vehicles — a Lexus ES 350 and a Subaru Forester. Never again without FSD.

The One Disengagement
Toll booth near Montpelier, Ohio. My wife was supervising — FSD wasn't slowing down fast enough for the stop, so she braked for safety and re-engaged immediately. Maybe 20 feet of manual travel. The gap only increased 0.1 mi by end of trip due to manually parking at the cemetery for the funeral service.

Links
Full story (X article): x.com/thebrowncowboy — Article
X thread with all data: x.com/thebrowncowboy — Thread
Trip 1 tracker: tahaabbasi.com/cybertruck-first-autonomous-cross-country-drive

Trip 2 is LIVE — Going for ZERO
@Griswold — you called it. We're overshooting Utah. Way past it.

Atlantic City, NJ → Tesla Diner, Santa Monica, CA. ~3,000 miles. Going for ZERO disengagements this time.

We left Atlantic City at noon today. Currently passing through Pennsylvania — FSD slayed Philadelphia traffic like it was nothing. EZ Pass loaded this time — no toll booth surprises.

The route avoids all immigration checkpoints (I-70 corridor, stays north of all Border Patrol interior checkpoints) and hits some incredible stops along the way — including the venue where Nichell and I got married in Pennsylvania.

Follow Trip 2
Live tracker: tahaabbasi.com/cybertruck-zero-disengagement-coast-to-coast
Livestream: youtube.com/@TheBrownCowboy-TahaAbbasi/live

@ChiTownCT — great question about staying engaged at night. Honestly? We stay busy. Coffee and conversation, sure — but we also work on projects while FSD drives. During Trip 1, my AI partner Benny and I built and launched the entire live trip tracker from the passenger seat. For Trip 2, we're going even bigger — we're going to attempt to build and launch an entire business during the drive. ~3,000 miles of FSD driving time is a LOT of productive hours when you're not the one driving. FSD doesn't get tired, which is the whole point — but the supervisor still needs to be alert. When one of us can't keep eyes on the road, we switch. We'll post more about our workflow during Trip 2 updates.

Let's see if Kemosabe can go coast to coast to coast with zero disengagements.

 

[CyberTrk]

The route avoids all immigration checkpoints
(I-70 corridor, stays north of all Border Patrol interior checkpoints)

Just curious, how did you get informed of the immigration checkpoints locations?
- Waze, local YouTube followers, TV news...

 

[browncowboy]

Just curious, how did you get informed of the immigration checkpoints locations?
- Waze, local YouTube followers, TV news...

Saw Bearded Tesla & Josh West do this same attempt with the Model Y twice. They were most concerned about the immigration checkpoints in the southern route. These checkpoints are interesting as they don’t have a typical stop indication barrier. There is a person in their videos who waves you down and talks then waves you ahead.

So I asked Grok to create a route that avoids those for now.

 

[JDin NFLA]

I have to disengage every day when it passes my house. Not sure how anyone gets 100%. I’m at 97% because the mapping is terrible.

 

[browncowboy]

I have to disengage every day when it passes my house. Not sure how anyone gets 100%. I’m at 97% because the mapping is terrible.

I find that there is a way to add precise location if it keeps missing your house. Let me know if you’d like to explore that and I can share a video.

 

[JDin NFLA]

I find that there is a way to add precise location if it keeps missing your house. Let me know if you’d like to explore that and I can share a video.

Thank you. I am aware you can manually add a pin. My point is that should not be necessary. And it does find and back in as expected sometimes. Very inconsistent.

 

[Gigahorse]

The Pioneers
David Moss drove a Model 3 coast to coast on FSD with zero disengagements. Bearded Tesla Guy and JoshWest247 did it in a Model Y. Alex Roy took the Model S from LA to New York — zero disengagements, dead of winter.

But nobody's done it in a Cybertruck. Until now.

This Wasn't Planned
I got a call that my uncle doesn't have much time. He's in Delaware — I'm in Utah. 2,162 miles away.

I could fly, but with no return date that means rental cars, rebooking flights, and losing flexibility when family needs come first. So we decided to drive.

I've done this exact route twice before — once in a Lexus ES 350 with just adaptive cruise, once in a Subaru Forester with steer assist. Both times were absolutely grueling. Told myself never again.

But FSD turns this into something completely different. It's like having your own personal chauffeur. I can handle work calls, manage urgent things, and still be there for family when it matters most.

Then everything changed. Mid-drive, I got the call. He passed. What started as "get there when you can" became a cannonball run. My wife and I are taking turns — one drives, one rests, one works. We need to make it to Delaware for the funeral.

I never imagined a robot would be driving us to a funeral — but honestly, we'd be too exhausted to do this safely without it. FSD isn't a gimmick right now. It's the reason we can make this work.

The Intro Video


The Data
I'm currently ranked #7 on the FSDDB highest FSD percentage leaderboard — 99.8% FSD rate on v14.2.

As of Stop #11 (Elkhart, Indiana):

• 1,538 miles driven
• 0 disengagements
• $0.00 in charging costs (free Supercharging until Sept 2026)
• 16-mile gap unchanged — our checksum proving every trip mile was self-driven
• States crossed: UT → WY → NE → IA → IL → IN (OH → PA → DE remaining)

How we verify zero disengagements: Since FSD v14.2, Tesla tracks total miles driven and self-driven miles separately. Before this trip, there was a 16-mile gap between them from everyday driving prior to departure. If that gap stays at ~16 miles throughout a 2,162-mile drive, it means every single mile was driven by FSD. As of Elkhart: gap is exactly 16.0 miles.

This data is also independently tracked on FSDDB.com, created by Whole Mars Catalog.

Why Cybertruck?
Every previous fully autonomous cross-country attempt used a Model 3, Model Y, or Model S. No one has done it in a Cybertruck — the heaviest, most aerodynamically unique vehicle in Tesla's lineup. Different weight distribution, different charging characteristics, different FSD behavior. This isn't just a repeat. It's new data.

Follow Along
Live Trip Tracker (real-time stats, route map, per-leg FSD breakdown):
tahaabbasi.com/cybertruck-first-autonomous-cross-country-drive

Livestream (raw dashcam):
youtube.com/@TheBrownCowboy-TahaAbbasi/live

FSDDB Leaderboard:
fsddb.com/leaderboard#highest-fsd-percentage

X Post + Article:
x.com/thebrowncowboy — Full X Article

Closest Call So Far
Leaving the Elkhart Supercharger, the Cybertruck started heading what looked like the wrong way toward the highway. We genuinely thought we'd need to disengage for safety. But instead it took a turn on its own — it was intending to loop through the service center parking lot. Sorted itself out and merged back onto the highway like nothing happened. We've got Insta360 rolling the entire drive — once we're past the funeral we'll pull the footage.

Full documentary coming when the drive is complete. If you pray, we'd appreciate prayers for a safe and timely journey.

So love the post, watched a good chunk of the live stream (including getting pulled over
Any chance you can pull your cellphone screen time data from any of those drive segments.
Eyeballing some of those stretches I would guess your active screen time on your phone was close to the % of FSD use! Which is really a testament to how good the system is getting.

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