Elon Musk Confirms With Version 12 Tesla Plans to Move FSD Software Out of Beta

Tesla has been working hard for the past 3 years to improve the functionality of the company's FSD Beta software. And now, Elon Musk says the software will no longer be in the beta phase after the next major FSD update (FSD v12).

Tesla is making great strides in the full self-driving front. The EV maker first released the current iteration of the company’s FSD software back in 2020. In the past 3 years, Tesla has been working on FSD Beta and has released several iterations that improved the capabilities of the software.

Currently, Tesla is on FSD Beta v11.4. FSD Beta v11 is the first full-stack iteration of the software where the entire driving process uses all eight cameras and neural nets to make decisions.

Previous to version 11, Tesla used manually written codes and only a single camera when driving on the highway. Although V11 was a major upgrade, Elon Musk has recently revealed that some driving maneuvers on the version 11 software still rely on manually written codes as opposed to AI.

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Despite this fact, FSD Beta v11 is nonetheless very good and has given us the first sign that Tesla might actually pull off level 5 autonomy in the not-too-distant future.

Currently, it has become commonplace to witness zero intervention FSD Beta v11 drives in complex driving situations. This has been certainly exhilarating, however, to add to the excitement, today, Elon Musk has revealed that FSD Beta will no longer be in “beta” after the release of v12.

Tesla added “beta” to the FSD software’s name to emphasize the fact that the software is still in a testing phase and that owners should not trust it. However, if Tesla indeed removes the “beta” moniker from the FSD software then it would suggest that the company believes the software is good enough for people to at least partially trust it.

This would not necessarily mean that after FSD Beta v12, people will no longer need to monitor the software and can, for example, sleep in their car while they get chaffered by the FSD software or do their work during their commute.

This will require true level 5 autonomy. And Musk has previously stated that in order to reach level 5 autonomy, Tesla needs to show that the FSD software is an order of magnitude safer than a human driver or in other words 10 times less likely to get into an accident than an average human driver.

Having said that, even though FSD v12 might not be a level 5 autonomous software it is still nonetheless exciting to see FSD v12 become the first iteration of FSD software that Tesla doesn’t consider to be a beta program.

Currently, Tesla is working in full force on improving the FSD software and we will be sure to keep you posted as the EV maker releases updated functionality. Until then, make sure to visit our site torquenews.com/Tesla regularly for the latest updates.

So what do you think? Excited to learn that FSD v12 will no longer be a beta software? Also, how long do you think it will take Tesla to reach level 5 autonomy? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and The evolution of the EV space on a daily basis for several years. He covers everything about Tesla from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.