I'm sure Tesla would love to throw away the old AP stack and focus only on FSD, with functionality just unlocked depending on the subscription/purchase.
It occurs to me however that this is not as straightforward as it might sound. Imagine they push a new production build in a month or so that includes FSD Beta (can be turned on if paid for), *and* every existing Tesla driver with base AP or EAP is suddenly using the new stack/visualizations.
No doubt it's a huge improvement - the visualizations alone are light years ahead of the existing AP stack. But the question is how non-FSD packages would behave.
AP: When you enable AP today you get the two blue lane lines, and the car simply does lane keeping. AFAIK it does *not* stop at stop signs or red lights. How would they recreate this experience on the FSD stack? Replace the tentacle with the same blue lane lines? Run red lights and stop signs? That seems incredibly risky. I can imagine an owner with two cars, one with FSD and one with AP. Everything looks identical about the experience, except one of them will happily run a red light with no warning.
EAP/NoAP: This one is a little more straightforward - existing owners would just have to get used to the new visualizations and driving style, but the general capabilities are the same. One difference though - when the car exits the highway, the FSD stack would need to slow down and stop and require the driver to take over, just like EAP does.
These aren't huge changes for the FSD stack, so Tesla might just implement them. They may also decide to rethink their packages as part of a full rollout. Like maybe base AP obeys traffic signals. And/or maybe they remove EAP entirely.....
It occurs to me however that this is not as straightforward as it might sound. Imagine they push a new production build in a month or so that includes FSD Beta (can be turned on if paid for), *and* every existing Tesla driver with base AP or EAP is suddenly using the new stack/visualizations.
No doubt it's a huge improvement - the visualizations alone are light years ahead of the existing AP stack. But the question is how non-FSD packages would behave.
AP: When you enable AP today you get the two blue lane lines, and the car simply does lane keeping. AFAIK it does *not* stop at stop signs or red lights. How would they recreate this experience on the FSD stack? Replace the tentacle with the same blue lane lines? Run red lights and stop signs? That seems incredibly risky. I can imagine an owner with two cars, one with FSD and one with AP. Everything looks identical about the experience, except one of them will happily run a red light with no warning.
EAP/NoAP: This one is a little more straightforward - existing owners would just have to get used to the new visualizations and driving style, but the general capabilities are the same. One difference though - when the car exits the highway, the FSD stack would need to slow down and stop and require the driver to take over, just like EAP does.
These aren't huge changes for the FSD stack, so Tesla might just implement them. They may also decide to rethink their packages as part of a full rollout. Like maybe base AP obeys traffic signals. And/or maybe they remove EAP entirely.....