Tesla starts pushing Full-Self Driving access for some Cybertrucks
Some Tesla Cybertruck owners are starting to get Full-Self Driving (FSD) access on their vehicles. The company’s polarizing electric pickup truck has lacked the driver assistant software feature since its launch last November. Now, members of the Cybertruck Owners Club (as reported by Electrek) are reporting that the update has been installed on their vehicles.
Tesla had promised that FSD would come to the Cybertruck in September after the launch of the Autopark feature — and with today’s news it would appear that it just hit that deadline. It’s the latest version of FSD (12.5.5) and it’s coming to Cybertrucks set up for the early access program to start. The update includes a promised vision-based attention monitoring system for drivers who are wearing sunglasses.
The first early access build of Cybertruck FSD is out! I went for a drive from Beverly Hills to Santa Monica with @BLKMDL3 and @___alexys___ to see how it performs.
Watch in 4K: https://t.co/AB9zGX9y3H pic.twitter.com/Y7Rs0XpvZe
— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) September 30, 2024
Whole Mars Catalog, a Tesla fan account on X, posted over 20 minutes of footage testing the new update in a Cybertruck, and it mainly operated as it does in other Teslas. At about the 6:20 mark in the video, the driver needed to intervene as the Cybertruck almost drove into a median after making an automatic left turn at an intersection.
FSD v12 is supposed to feature “end-to-end neural nets” that use just AI and cameras without relying on any additional sensors. Tesla also plans a more robust v13 FSD release for its vehicles in October.