Tesla has recently rolled out its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta v11 software update, but the release of this highly anticipated update is moving at a sluggish pace. The FSD Beta v11 is a thrilling but daunting development as it aims to integrate Tesla’s FSD and Autopilot highway stacks.
With the FSD Beta, Tesla’s vehicles can drive independently to a specified destination entered in the car’s navigation system. Nevertheless, the driver must stay vigilant and ready to take control at any time as the responsibility still lies with the driver, not Tesla’s system. Despite its name, the FSD Beta remains a level-two driver-assist system.
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While Tesla has been frequently releasing new software updates to the FSD Beta program and adding more owners to it, some updates have led to regressions in terms of driving capabilities. The FSD Beta update has been somewhat of a “two steps forward, one step back” program.
Currently, there are over 400,000 Tesla owners in the program in North America who purchased the FSD package on their vehicles. However, most of these owners are yet to receive significant FSD Beta updates as Tesla was supposed to release v11 to the fleet in November 2022, but it has been stuck in testing within Tesla’s closed fleet since then.
The update is critical as it includes many new neural networks, as stated by Elon Musk. From a consumer standpoint, it’s essential as it is anticipated to combine Tesla’s FSD Beta software stack primarily used on roads and city streets with Tesla’s Autopilot software stack, which functions as a level-two driver assist system on highways.
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Although the update has faced multiple delays, it has finally undergone a closed beta release. Tesla is gradually releasing it to more beta testers, but a broader release is still pending.
Tesla has now initiated the rollout of a new FSD Beta v11.3.1 (2022.45.10) software update to a slightly larger group of beta testers. This update features several improvements to the new single stack, along with new visualizations that provide drivers with more insights into what FSD Beta is doing.
