Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk on Monday hinted that Florida may be the first state in the U.S. where the company introduces driverless FSD, given the state’s relatively easier laws regulating autonomous vehicles.
What Happened: “Maybe,” Musk wrote. He was responding to an X user who predicted that Florida might be among the first U.S. states where Tesla introduced driverless or unsupervised FSD. The user also predicted that FSD would get to the point where it enables autonomous driving by the end of the year.
It was not clear if Musk was hinting that driverless FSD would be deployed in Florida or if he was hinting at FSD enabling autonomous driving by the end of the year.
In another post, Musk said the company knows what the software will be capable of in 3 to 6 months.
“When a more advanced AI model is trained, it will have several breakthroughs, but also dozens of bugs where it performs much worse. Takes a few months to fix those bugs and complete safety tests,” the CEO said without giving firmer timelines.
Why It Matters: As of March, Tesla's FSD was reportedly deployed on about 2 million vehicles in the U.S. The software, whose name stands for Full Self-Driving, is aimed at enabling fully autonomous driving in due time.
It currently requires active driver supervision but is expected to “be really shining bright” by late April or May, Musk stated in March.
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