Inside Tesla's Berlin Factory: FSD-Driven Cars Log 93,000 Miles Autonomously

At Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin, an unusual phenomenon has emerged: cars coming off the assembly line have already accumulated around 93,000 miles (roughly 150,000 km) of mileage in FSD mode—all while moving fully autonomously on the factory premises.

This isn't about public roads. In Germany, full self-driving isn't legal on streets yet. But inside the factory, Tesla operates FSD in a closed environment with wide lanes, fixed routes, and minimal obstacles.

Each new Tesla Model Y drives itself from the assembly line to the parking lot without any human input. The system kicks in automatically, following a preprogrammed route to the finished-vehicle lot.

This internal setup has become a convenient testing ground for racking up autonomous miles. The process requires no manual steering, and factory workers are taken out of the loop for moving completed cars. That saves time and eases logistics inside the Gigafactory.

In effect, the factory floor serves as a closed test track for Full Self-Driving, where algorithms learn and refine their behavior in real-world but controlled conditions. While it might look like simple internal logistics, Tesla is actually using every one of these trips to gather massive amounts of data on how the autonomous system behaves in the real world.