Posted on 09 Sep 2024
US electric vehicle company Tesla says it plans to launch its full self-driving (FSD) service in China and Europe in the first quarter of 2025, Kallanish reports.
In a social media post on X, the Tesla AI team released their roadmap, which includes Cybertruck autopark and FSD.
Implementation of FSD technology and services in China and Europe continues to be subject to regulatory approval. In July, Tesla ceo Elon Musk said regulatory clearance in both regions was expected by year-end.
“Hopefully, RHD [right hand drive] markets in late Q1/early Q2,” Musk commented on the post on 5 September, still noting the need for regulatory approvals.
In September, the team will focus on improving the 12.5.2 version by tripling the miles between necessary interventions, and unifying models for AI3 and AI4, among other tasks.
For October, it will further upgrade the tech to version 13, which will increase the miles between necessary interventions by six times (doubling that of version 12.5.2) and include unparking, parking and reversing in full self-driving mode.
Tesla was reportedly planning to collect data in China, building a local data centre to process the data and train algorithms for autonomous driving technology.
The EV maker’s safety report for Q1 2024 shows that its vehicles using Autopilot have a driving safety that is 11.4 times the average level – a historic global moment.
In recent months, several Chinese local governments announced that Tesla vehicles entered their procurement lists.
According to China Industry Information Network’s forecast, the market space for intelligent driving in China is expected to reach CNY 400 billion ($56 billion) by 2025.
Tesla’s shares rose 4.9% on Thursday following the announcement.
Source:Kallanish
