Tesla’s latest update to its Full Self Driving software started rolling out to owners over the weekend.
In the last update, Tesla gave owners the opportunity to request access to the beta version of the software. The latest version – FSD Beta 10.3 – was pushed to owners who allowed Tesla to monitor their driving to produce a “Safety Score.” Owners with a near-perfect score are the first to receive the update.
Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Twitter that there was a slight delay in the release, but the team had identified the problem and intended to continue delivering the software.
The 10.3 release included quite a few release notes:
Added FSD Profiles that allow drivers to control behaviors like rolling stops, exiting passing lanes, speed-based lane changes, following distance and yellow light headway.Added planning capability to drive along oncoming lanes to maneuver around path blockage.Improved creeping speed by linking speed to visibility network estimation and distance to encroachment point of crossing lanes.Improved crossing object velocity estimation by 20% and yaw estimation by 25% by upreving surround video vehicle network with more data. Also increased system frame rate by +1.7 frames per second.Improved vehicle semantic detections (e.g. brake lights, turn indicators, hazards) by adding +25k video clips to the training data set.Improved static obstacle control by upreving the generalized static object network with 6k more video clips (+5.6% precision, +2.5% recall).Allowed more acceleration when merging from on-ramps onto major roads and when lane changing from slow to fast lanes.Reduced false slowdowns and improved offsetting for pedestrians by improving the model of interaction between pedestrians and the static world.Improved turning profile for unprotected turns by allowing ego to lane lines more naturally, when safe to do so.Improved speed profile for boosting onto high-speed roads by enforcing stricter longitudinal and lateral acceleration limits required to beat the crossing objects.
Tesla’s self-driving software is currently receiving quite a bit of scrutiny from regulators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is currently investigating incidents where Tesla’s with Autopilot engaged crashed into emergency vehicles parked on the side of the road.
