This may be your chance to join Tesla’s Beta for complete self-driving. Elon Musk het revealed that Tesla’s new 8.2 software will “double” the size of the beta test program, and 8.3 “probably” increase the size of the program ten times. You will want to make contact if you are interested, Musk said.
The head of the company warned that you still need to be careful with these newer betas, but that the code is ‘maturing’.
Tesla first released the Full Self-Driving beta in October last year and has made regular improvements since then. It is already capable of making long journeys without significant intervention. With that said, it’s not a fully autonomous system – you still need your hands on the wheel, and it’s primarily intended to reduce the amount of input required compared to standard Autopilot.
The expansion shows that Tesla is becoming confident about the capabilities of Full Self-Driving, and that it can accelerate its development as testers reveal more real flaws. The company definitely has motivation to hurry. Managers are still waiting for a planned FSD enrollment service that would appear in early 2021 (we would not count on it at this stage). The offer may not roll out realistically until the feature is considered ready, and more testing may accelerate launch.
Let us know if you would like to have the Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta loaded to your car. Now double the beta program size by 8.2 and probably 10X by 8.3. Still be careful, but it’s getting mature.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 6 March 2021