Speaking at the Tesla Michigan Summer Meetup 2026
I joined a live panel at the Tesla Owners Club of Michigan Summer Meetup in Muskegon on June 6, 2026. We talked through Full Self-Driving, hardware, and where Tesla's AI stack is headed.
On June 6, I spoke at the Tesla Owners Club of Michigan Summer Meetup in Muskegon.
The event ran two days at Heritage Landing. Friday, June 5, was the Tesla light show. Saturday, June 6, was Expo and Tech Day, with speakers on stage. That is the day I was on the panel, alongside people I have been in conversation with for a while now: Dirty Tesla, Iowa Tesla Guy, TechGeek Tesla, and FutureAzA. The crowd was Tesla owners who actually live this technology every day. That changes the conversation. You are not explaining Full Self-Driving to people who have only watched YouTube clips. You are talking with people who have HW3 cars, HW4 cars, and strong opinions about what the software is doing on their commute.
What we talked about
A lot of the discussion came back to what FSD actually feels like in the real world, not the demo route, not the highlight reel. Highway behavior, city streets, the confidence that builds after thousands of miles, and the remaining edge cases that still demand attention. That is the part I care about. The data is moving fast, but the lived experience is how you tell whether the stack is actually getting better.
We also spent time on hardware. HW3 versus HW4 is not an abstract spec-sheet debate for this audience. It is the computer sitting in their car, and it is the question of whether Tesla's promises to those owners still have a path. I have been in the middle of that question for a while, tearing down the computers, building the hardware display, writing about v14 Lite, and it was useful to talk through it live with people who are tracking the same details.
Why this meetup mattered
Meetups like this are where the Tesla community is at its best. Not comments. Not quote-tweets. People in the same place who care enough to show up, ask hard questions, and stay for the answers. Speaking at Michigan was a reminder that this work, the driving, the hardware, the writing, is more useful when it is in conversation with the people living it.
If you missed it, a recording of the conversation is above.
Panel
- Chris (Dirty Tesla)
- Jim Spencer (Iowa Tesla Guy)
- Jon Herrity (TechGeek Tesla)
- Brian White (FutureAzA)
- Koby Pierce