Tesla has officially started rolling out its FSD test version in the Canadian market — marking the first international expansion of Tesla’s new assisted driving system.
Tesla FSD (Full Self-Driving) Beta
Since October 2020, Tesla has been gradually rolling out its “Full Self-Driving Beta” (FSD Beta), an early version of its future “Autopilot software,” currently being rolled out stateside by a group of Tesla owners Take the test, and only users who actively apply and pass their “Security Test Score” can try it.
With FSD, you can enter a fix and have the vehicle navigate the road automatically, but the driver needs to be alert and ready to take control at all times.
Since the responsibility rests with the driver and not Tesla’s system, despite the name, it is currently considered a Level 2 assisted driving system, and the owner must always be ready to take over for manual driving.
It is worth mentioning that this is a kind of “two steps forward, one step back” assisted driving program, especially some updates often show a setback in driving ability. Since the beta release, Tesla has been frequently updating the FSD Beta software version and expanding it to more users.
As of the fourth quarter of 2021, Tesla has nearly 60,000 test owners in the FSD Beta program, all of them in the United States of course. But yesterday, Tesla expanded its FSD beta to Canada, and Musk has repeatedly promised to expand the FSD beta in Canada.
Tesla has started rolling out the latest software update (2022.4.5.4) to some car owners in Canada, which enables these vehicles to “apply for the FSD Beta”, and if the owner “requests” the process, Tesla will provide their daily driver The situation is “safety score”.
The owner scores high enough, Tesla may push the latest FSD Beta software to it. Musk recently said that Tesla had previously conducted FSD Beta internal testing of about 60 vehicles in Canada. But now as long as ordinary car owners who buy the FSD package can also test, this will greatly increase the number of test vehicles.