The Holiday Update will also include improvements to Alternate Routes
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Tesla's Holiday Update may have more stocking stuffers than initially reported. A new feature has just been found as part of the 2023.44.25.1 holiday update -- Alternate Routes While Driving.
The new feature will dynamically offer alternate route suggestions while driving, which builds on last year's introduction of alternate routes.
Tesla drivers will now be able to look at alternate routes when encountering traffic or construction. Instead of just having three routes to pick from at the start of the trip, the driver can now view alternate routes at any point in time.
How Does It Work?
Accessing this feature is straightforward. While driving, you can tap the map mode button (route icon) at the top right of the display or tap on the next turn indicator at the top of your turn-by-turn directions. This action will switch the map to an overview and request alternate routes from Tesla based on your current location.
The alternate routes are expected to then be displayed on the map in a similar way that they are displayed at the start of a trip. You can tap on a different route, or continue your existing one.
Limitations
This is a great improvement and should help in situations where the navigation system may not be providing the best route. However, it's important to note that alternate routes won't always be displayed on screen as they are with Google Maps. Google Maps will continuously offer alternate routes as you drive, labeling them as ‘1 minute faster,’ or ‘5 minutes slower,’ so that the driver is always aware of how much faster or slower a different route can take.
In Tesla’s implementation, the driver will need to request alternate routes by switching to the map overview.
Tesla has also been focusing on safety enhancements. Notably, haptic feedback has been recently introduced to forward collision warnings in China. In addition to a vehicle turning red on the screen and an audible noise, haptic feedback will now be provided via the steering wheel.
It’s unclear whether Tesla will roll out this enhancement to other regions, but as NHTSA pressures Tesla to offer more driver feedback and clearer instructions, we may see Tesla add more of these types of features.
Supported Regions
Alternate Routes While Driving will likely be limited to specific regions. However, if you currently have access to alternate routes, there’s a good chance that you’ll receive this enhancement as well.
Tesla said the Holiday Update would start shipping this week, although, with the NHTSA-related changes, it’s possible the release could be pushed back a few days or even a week. Either way, it shouldn’t be long before we know more about Alternate Routes While Driving and the other features in the holiday update, such as High Fidelity Park Assist.
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Tesla’s latest 2024.14.3 update will bring an updated UI and new capabilities to its Auto Shift feature.
Auto Shift, which is available on the 2021+ Model S, Model X, the 2024 Model 3 and the Cybertruck, allows the vehicle to automatically shift into Drive or Reverse when you get into the vehicle. Instead of having to tap on a stalk, you just sit in the vehicle, press the brake pedal, and then the accelerator to start moving in the right direction.
Smart Shift, as it was previously called, needs to be enabled in Controls > Pedals and Steering > Auto Shift Out of Park.
Improved User Interface
With update 2024.14, Tesla is adjusting the Auto Shift user interface to be more compact on the new Model 3.
On the new Model 3, there is now space at the top of the screen to fit in the gear indicator, instead of it having to be pushed off to the right. Auto Shift also no longer goes all the way to the bottom of the screen. It allows the media player to go edge to edge on the left side of the screen, giving Tesla room to add more options to the media player such as shuffle and repeat.
It’s a departure from the previous version where Auto Shift took up the entire left side of the screen, from top to bottom.
Additional Capabilities in Update 2024.14
With update 2024.14, Tesla will also expand the capabilities of Auto shift in the Model S and X to not only shift into the correct gear when coming out of park but also during other maneuvers. For example, during K turns, the vehicle will be capable of automatically shifting from Drive to Reverse and Reverse to Drive.
For now, the feature will be limited to the Model S and Model X, but we've already seen this feature available on development software for the new Model 3 Performance, so we know it'll eventually be available on the new Model 3 and presumably the Cybertruck as well.
Back in 2021, Musk tweeted that Tesla's new Smart Shift feature would eventually become available as an optional feature in all Teslas with FSD. That hasn't happened yet, but it'd be interesting to understand whether this is still Tesla's plan. All Tesla vehicles are technically capable of using Auto Shift since it's completely vision-based.
Newer vehicles do include backup buttons in case the screen fails for some reason in these vehicles, but other vehicles could continue to use the stalks as a backup if it was needed.
Tesla update 2024.14.3 has been tested by Tesla employees and has just started rolling out to customers today. Be sure to check out our release notes to see all the great additions in this spring update.
Less than ten days since the last FSD update, Tesla has started rolling out FSD v12.3.6. Not only does this update include improvements to FSD itself, but it also adds the new Autopark and High Fidelity Park Assist to vehicles with ultrasonic sensors.
As Tesla continues to ramp up its AI training capacity, the average number of miles driven on FSD continues to climb at an increased rate.
Computing Power
Last week, in the earnings call deck, Tesla revealed that it’s set to increase its core AI infrastructure capacity “in the coming months.” Tesla stated it has quadrupled its capacity since September 2023.
To further improve our end-to-end training capability, we will continue to increase our core AI infrastructure capacity in the coming months. - Tesla
Musk said on Sunday that the company will spend “around $10B” throughout 2024 in “combined training and inference AI, the latter being primarily in car”. “Any company not spending at this level, and doing so efficiently, cannot compete,” he added.
Tesla's computing power has drastically increased
Expansion to China
In an unexpected 24-hour trip to China, Elon Musk visited Beijing to meet with Premier Li Qiang to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) software and permission to transfer driving data overseas. Since Tesla uses fleet data to continuously improve FSD, being able to use data gathered in and outside of China will be crucial to its continued improvement.
Elon Musk meeting with Premier Li Qiang today in China.
On the same day, Tesla models produced at Giga Shanghai were listed among the EVs that meet China's data security requirements for smart cars, an important hurdle for Tesla to surpass.
When Musk was asked on X about Tesla releasing FSD in China, Musk simply said “It may be possible very soon.”
Regarding additional markets such as Europe and Australia, Musk said he believes that v12 is “ready for supervised FSD in LHD countries” while RHD like the UK or Australia “will take a bit longer”.
Internal FSD Is 3 to 6 Months Ahead
Earlier this month, Tesla disclosed that the team knows “roughly” how the software will perform in “3 to 6 months”. He added that it takes “a few months to fix those bugs and complete safety tests” before releasing the version to the Tesla employees and then to the general public.
Major FSD Updates Coming
On X, Musk teased that the next major update to FSD will be v12.4, saying “it’s awesome,” and that it’s “another big jump in capabilities.” Musk said that Tesla’s computing constraint has been much improved, and likely may be a factor in this further being another big improvement.
In mid-March, Elon Musk announced that Tesla will reintroduce Smart Summon and Autopark to its vehicles. Tesla has now delivered on the Autopark promise, but we’re still waiting on the improved Smart Summon feature. It’s possible we’ll see in FSD v12.4.
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