Tesla has started pushing the silent version of Full Self-Driving (FSD) v13 to some foreign customers in an effort to keep the timeline from slipping for two months in a row.
For the past few months, Tesla has started sending out monthly “AI roadmap updates” for owners to follow their goal of delivering unsupervised self-driving by the end of Q2 2025.
The much-anticipated FSD v13 update was a big target for October before it slipped onto the November roadmap.
With hours left until November, Tesla started pushing v13.2 to some early adopters in the US last night.
However, according to the release, Tesla is pushing a silent version of v13. Here are the release notes:
Includes:
- 36 Hz, full-resolution AI4 video input
- Native AI4 input and neural network architecture
- 4.2x data scaling
- 5x computer training to scale (powered by the Cortex collection)
- Photon-to-control delay reduced by 2x
- Speed Profiles for both City Streets and Highways
- Start FSD (Guarded) from Park with the touch of a button
- Combined no-park, reverse, and park capabilities
- Improved reward predictions for collision avoidance
- Improved camera cleaning
- Redesigned controller for smoother, more accurate tracking
- A powerful route around road closures, which shows on the affected route when a ship is detected.
Future Developments:
- 3x the size of the scale model
- The average length of the core of the model is 3x
- Audio input for better management of emergency vehicles
- Improved navigation reward predictions
- Improved false braking and slow driving in parking lots
- Support for location options including towing, on-site parking, driveway, or garage
- Functional representation of maps and navigation inputs
- Improved camera shutdown management
Many of the features listed in the “future development”, especially the threefold increase in the model's size and measuring the length of the model's core, were in the notes about the v13 that Tesla was supposed to release in November.
However, the most important factor that has the greatest impact on the improvement of mileage between non-contacts is: the ability to park, reverse, and park.
Electrek's Take
I wouldn't be surprised if Tesla stopped sending these monthly updates. At the time of writing, we don't have an update for December, and the last one came on October 31.
All FSD owners were expecting v13 in October, then all HW4 owners were expecting v13 in November, and now only some HW4 owners are getting the dumb version of v13 in November and there is no clear path towards unattended driving.
The goal of unsupervised self-driving by Q2 2025 has been teased, but it's not surprising because Tesla has been wrong about self-driving times for years. Now, the fact that it also falls short of short-term goals is not good for building confidence.
That being said, I'm still expecting a big increase in mileage between idles from the v13 due to no-park, reverse, and park, but again, that's just a general feature.
Next, Tesla requires 2,000x miles between non-engagements. In 6 months? Please.
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