Since its introduction in October 2020, Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” program has remained stuck in beta, but Elon Musk’s company intends to launch a stable version very soon.
On Twitter, Elon Musk announced good news for all Tesla electric car owners. The CEO claims that the Full Self-Driving of Tesla will exit the “beta” phase with the upcoming version 12 update.
Tesla’s software had been considered beta for almost 3 years, which drew a lot of criticism from detractors claiming that the manufacturer was unable to fix all these flaws. By releasing a “stable” V12 version, Tesla will mark the transition from a development phase to a full version, indicating that the company is very confident in the capabilities of its driver assistance feature.
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The FSD will leave the beta program with version 12
This isn’t the first time Musk has hinted at the release of the beta program for his full self-driving software. Last May, he explained that version 11.4.1 had ” major architectural improvements » and that she « should probably be v12.0 “. At the time, he said that version 12 was reserved for when ” the FSD would be fully automated, from video input to control output “.
Elon Musk has not yet shared any specific deployment schedule, but it is likely that this version 12 will not arrive before next year. We imagine that Tesla will want to make sure that the deployment goes as planned, without a major bug leading to accidents appearing.
As a reminder, curious drivers can already afford FSD functionality for $15,000, or purchase a monthly subscription ranging from $99 to $199. The latter also seems to be a hit, since it had several hundred thousand users at the end of last year. Elon Musk had also already said that his fully autonomous driving software would see its price increase once deployed for all. (Xanax) Version 12 could therefore be accompanied by a significant price increase.
