Overview
- Nvidia unveiled its Alpamayo autonomous driving stack at CES 2026, pairing new AI models with Vera Rubin automotive chipsets.
- Elon Musk said Alpamayo could create competitive pressure on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving in about five to six years, and possibly longer.
- Musk cautioned that reaching near‑human performance is relatively straightforward but mastering the long tail of rare scenarios will take several years.
- He described broad distribution as “super hard” and estimated roughly nine months before Nvidia’s stack could be operational at scale.
- Tesla community posts compared Alpamayo to FSD’s approach, Ashok Elluswamy echoed Musk’s remarks, and Mercedes-Benz plans to ship vehicles using Nvidia driver‑assist technology this year.