Tesla has launched a brand new model of its (supervised) Full Self-Driving FSD v12.5 on automobiles outfitted with the older HW3 laptop.
In 2016, Musk introduced that each one Tesla automobiles constructed going ahead have “all of the {hardware} to allow self-driving”. At one level, he even specified “degree 5 self-driving”, which is the very best degree and means able to driving anyplace, anytime, underneath any situation.
Shortly after this declare, the CEO signaled that Tesla was probably incorrect because it may need extra computing energy onboard the car to run the self-driving system.
That’s when Tesla launched {Hardware} 3 (HW3).
Musk claimed that this laptop would allow self-driving and everybody who purchased the Full Self-Driving (FSD) package deal on prior automobiles, would get a pc retrofit at no cost (or reasonably included within the worth they paid for FSD).
Since then, Tesla has launched HW4, a extra highly effective onboard laptop for its automobiles.
Tesla shouldn’t be providing prior automobiles a retrofit with this new laptop because it insists that HW3 is succesful to realize self-driving by way of future software program replace.
Final yr, Musk went so far as claiming that FSD will get higher on HW3 first as Tesla’s “focus must be on getting FSD on HW3 working tremendous effectively and offered internationally”. He went as fas as claiming that FSD efficiency on “HW4 will lag a minimum of 6 months behind HW3” due to this.
Tesla shortly reversed this technique. With the discharge of FSD v12.5, Tesla deployed the software program first to the newer HW4 car, and Musk mentioned that Tesla would want extra time to optimize the code to work on the older HW3.
As we beforehand reported, this signaled that Telsa is getting nearer to reaching the bounds of HW3 whereas FSD v12.5 is nowhere close to prepared for the unsupervised self-driving functionality that Tesla has been promising to these HW3 homeowners since 2016.
Now, Tesla has began to push a brand new software program replace (2024.26.15) that reportedly brings FSd v12.5 to Tesla automobiles outfitted with the HW3.
The replace comes 23 days after Musk claimed it could take 10 days to adapt the code for HW3.
Musk additionally claimed that 12.4 and 12.5 will come with out steering wheel nag and it is going to be in a position to drive “5 to 10x extra miles per intervention“.
As we beforehand reported, crowdsource information exhibits a lower than 2x enchancment in miles between interventions.
Electrek’s Take
Once more, I’m beginning to have very severe doubts that Tesla will ever have the ability to ship its FSd guarantees on HW3.
To ship an unsupervised self-driving system, we’d like a 50X to 100X enchancment in miles between interventions from v12.5.
Whether it is now taking a month to optimize a code that’s nowhere close to unsupervised self-driving, I concern it can worsen as Tesla provides extra parameters to FSD.
Whereas that is taking place, we now have Elon’s sycophants beginning to push the false narrative that an unsupervised self-driving system was by no means promised to folks with HW3:
That’s a whole lie and it appears to be like to set the stage for Tesla navigating the announcement that HW3 received’t assist unsupervised degree 4 or 5 autonomy.
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