Blog Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Software Deployed to ‘Careful Drivers’

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta rolled out Tuesday night, according to a tweet form Chief Executive Elon Musk.

The new software is a substantial re-write of the automakers self-driving technology. Musk has been testing the update, calling the improvements “profound.” 

“I think we’ll hopefully release a private beta of Autopilot, of the full self-driving version of Autopilot in, I think, a month or so, and then people will really understand just the magnitude of the change,” Musk said at Tesla’s recent Battery Day event. “It’s profound…you’ll see it. It’s just like a hell of a step change.”

Musk teased the Oct. 20 rollout earlier in the month, saying FSD would be released to a limited number of people identified as “expert and careful drivers.”

He reiterated that caution Tuesday, highlighting that the FSD beta is being released in an “extremely slow and cautious” manner.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1318678258339221505

FSD has been a long wait for many who purchased the pricey option. Tesla hoped to release a feature-complete version of FSD update by the end of last year, but didn’t achieve that goal. It seems the company is finally taking that next step toward the fully autonomous car it promised.

Did you receive the update?

 

[jrielley]

It's my understanding that Early Access Program folks are specifically prohibited by non-disclosure agreeement from having things like TeslaFi installed. I don't think you're going to see 2020.44 pop up there. And when it does, it won't be 2020.44, that versions will be updated again before going live.

 

[Aussie M3]

I thought I'd gotten the new software but then I remembered that my mother-in-law was in the back seat barking orders.

 

[HenryFarkas]

When I purchased my m3p

Was excited when my car said there was an pending update !
It downloaded 2020.40.4

2020.40.4 isn't the update you're looking for. I have that update, and my car still can't make 90-degree turns by itself, and it still needs permission to go through green lights unless there's a car in front of me that's going through the green light. Frankly, when true FSD arrives, I think they're going to have to use some other method of figuring out whether the driver is paying attention rather than exerting force on the steering wheel. When the car is making a 90-degree turn, the steering wheel has to turn a lot. Having the driver hold the steering wheel during a 90-degree turn seems difficult.

 

[Tforee]

I'm Old and Careful ... and have been using the current FSD software.
Having seen my father become an unsafe driver, I'm interested in FSD to safely extend my driving life.
Already it, and FP, are helpful at night, since my Night Vision has started to decrease.

Pick Me to Beta Test it ...

 

[Tforee]

Exactly why I considering the Tesla and add to that carbon print.

 

[vitormadruga]

https://twitter.com/brandonee916/status/1319116201742618627

 

[Actaeon]

hahahahahahahahahahhaha whew!

Pavlovian dogs are smarter



I mean, Reeaaalllyyy????

 

[Stites_jx]

So good and safe drivers do not have to drive anymore, but bad drivers still do? Seems backwards.

 

[Stites_jx]

Great insight and logic! I love it.

 

[mhan00]

Holy crap, the vids showing up on Twitter look exactly like the images Karpathy has been showing. I’m insanely excited and also terrified.

 

[dgatwood]

Should really be attentive drivers with fast reflexes who can take over quickly when FSD decides to make a right turn a couple feet early and into a curb.

LOL. I'm hoping they go by the maximum number of manual disconnects in a single one-hour period over the lifetime of the vehicle. I'm pretty sure my record on CA-17 was triple digits in those 26 miles.

In all seriousness, though, I'd kill to be able to try this out in a few weeks. I'm going on a long road trip, and could really put it through the paces.

 

[ModalYYJ]

Omg elon just said $2k usd price increase on monday Tesla Full Self-Driving Price Increasing $2,000 on Oct. 26 Says Elon Musk - TeslaNorth.com

 

[whitex]

Omg elon just said $2k usd price increase on monday Tesla Full Self-Driving Price Increasing $2,000 on Oct. 26 Says Elon Musk - TeslaNorth.com

It will be worth even more once it's our of Beta and is actual FSD (i.e. no driver required, Tesla responsible for damage caused by FSD mistakes, summon up to range of the car). Until then, it's still just a toy, not worth the money, at least to me. I do hope that all this progress fixes the phantom braking and speed sign recognition for EAP, so it brings highway lane keeping and sign recognition on part with AP1. I use AP1 on highways, but in AP2 car phantom braking makes it unusable to me.

 

[dukedarkside]

It will be worth even more once it's our of Beta and is actual FSD (i.e. no driver required, Tesla responsible for damage caused by FSD mistakes, summon up to range of the car). Until then, it's still just a toy, not worth the money, at least to me. I do hope that all this ptogress fixes the phantom braking and speed sign recognition for EAP, so it brings highway lane keeping and sign recognition on part with AP1. I use AP1 on highways, but in AP2 car phantom braking makes it unusable to me.

Interesting perspective, highway autopilot is a total game changer for me currently and I suppose that the supervised city streets version will also be a game changer for my commute. Better buy it now than pay more later. I also locked in some more FSD options for future car reservations, might be better than stock options at this point ;-)

 

[Marks321]

Wow I was hoping for more than a weekends notice of the price change,
Bought a model Y one month ago without FSD as the price needed to be below 55k to get an NJ state $5,000 rebate. I told the wife we have plenty of time, and they usually give you a month warning before the price changes. Little nervous now ... Hoping we can make it happen before the price goes up 25% from 8,000 to 10,000 wow

 

[bdub85]

Tesla totally sandbagged this tech. So great. This is what happens. Something seems impossible until it’s suddenly possible.

 

[mmcmonster]

I'll believe it when I drive it. (Hopefully before Christmas in my Y. )

 

[mejojo]

So good and safe drivers do not have to drive anymore, but bad drivers still do? Seems backwards.

Seems bad drivers are also quite impatient!

 

[dazedNconfuzed]

So good and safe drivers do not have to drive anymore, but bad drivers still do? Seems backwards.

It's a beta, so they want users who are extra attentive and can recover from FSD mistakes better than most. FSD system is probably also learning from drivers, so wants better examples to mimic.

 

[dazedNconfuzed]

can autonomously navigate across the whole of London via the centre without incident

Patience.
Let's start with long-haul boredom-inducing trips. Each year I make a 3000 mile round trip to Canada - 90% of the trip is desperately trying to stay awake/focused on well-defined long [mostly] straight roads with a few easy transitions. I'll handle the complex sections myself fine, it's the stark raging dull stretches that I really want FSD for.
Once enough people start using FSD, traffic patterns should start shifting & improving enough to actually facilitate extended use of FSD (along with the tech just plain smarter) - more vehicles behaving in a more mechanically predictable manner will make traversing London etc much more practical ... at which point public sentiment shifts, and human-driven cars are prohibited save for special-training licenses.