This Week in Tesla: Full Self-Driving Beta Has Arrived, Cybertruck Design Improvements Coming

Full Self-Driving Beta Has Arrived -

This week, Tesla finally released the Full Self-Driving beta, which shows how the full rewrite of the system will help Tesla reach the next level of autonomous driving. As can be seen by the photos above, the new visualization is much more detailed and as can be seen by the photo on the left, the car identified everything surrounding the roundabout that it was approaching. To go over every new feature of Full Self-Driving would take a long time so simply, it can (try to) do everything, in every driving situation. Tesla says, “When Full Self-Driving is enabled your vehicle will make lane changes off highway, select forks to follow your navigation route, navigate around other vehicles and objects, and make left and right turns.” The new system is also based on a much more advanced neural network meaning that as more people begin to use the system, it will improve itself. This video shows the new system stopping at a stop sign, waiting for a car to pass, then making a left turn, something that it has never been able to do before. With the update also comes a $2,000 price increase to the price of the Full Self-Driving feature, from $8,000 to $10,000.

Cybertruck Design Improvements Coming -

Tesla released their Q3 earnings this week, and on the earnings call CEO Elon Musk mentioned that he and Tesla’s head of design, Franz von Holzhausen had been in the Design Studio working on “some improvements to the Cybertruck” and he also mentioned that, “there are a lot of small improvements compared to what was unveiled. I think it’s going to be better than what we showed.” Production of the Cybertruck is expected to begin in 2021 with volume production some time in 2022. The mass production of the ambitious truck relies on two factors. First, Tesla must finish building their upcoming Austin, Texas factory where the Cybertruck will be built. Also, Tesla will likely have some trouble bringing the full steel exoskeleton to production as it has never been done before. Much like all previous Tesla models, the Cybertruck will be a first in many respects so do not be surprised if there is a bit of a delay in bringing the revolutionary vehicle to mass production.

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