Tesla: Full Self Driving limited beta to be rolled out next week to careful drivers

Tesla boss Elon Musk announced the long-awaited Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature will hit beta phase next week. It will be a limited beta, which will exclusively be rolled out to a small number of people who are "expert & careful drivers."

FSD doesn't make a Tesla an autonomous car but rather works with Autopilot to enable particular tasks, such as automatic lane changes on highways, parking assist, the summon feature for parking lots, highway driving assistance, and assisted stops at traffic lights and signed intersections.

Later this year, FSD will gain auto-steer on city streets. The FSD add-on currently costs $8,000 but Musk has indicated that the price will rise further as new features are enabled. As Tesla notes on its website, FSD features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous.

According to CleanTechnica, Tesla's current goal is to roll out a public beta later this month or in November, and deliver it to all US Tesla owners in mid-December.

Limited FSD beta releasing on Tuesday next week, as promised. This will, at first, be limited to a small number of people who are expert & careful drivers.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 12, 2020

Via: ZD Net