New Tesla mobile app leaked. Pictures and video

Tesla has been rumored to be working on an updated Tesla app. The new app has now been leaked online on Tesla Owners Online with pictures and videos.

The new app brings a more modern experience with updated fonts, smoother transitions and car animations as you navigate the app.

The overall layout of the app remains largely the same with the car model sitting at the top of the app , followed by some quick action buttons and a list of categories underneath that.

There are a couple improvements and changes, but the Tesla app’s core functionality appears to be largely identical to the current application, with this serving more of a design update.

One of the changes is that the charge limit, where you pick what percentage you want to charge your car until, has been moved front and center so that it appears right underneath the quick action buttons.

The Upgrades section now also includes car accessories from the Tesla shop in addition to car upgrades.

What do you think of the new redesigned Tesla app launching soon?

I like that they integrated the Tesla shop into the app alongside software upgrades. They should integrate ordering cars as well. $TSLA @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/9uH8nZOb4p

— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) August 1, 2021

The controls section has a brand new look. Instead of showing multiple rows of buttons, it will now display a top-down visualization of the car with buttons to open or close various features like the frunk, charge port and trunk. There is then a single row of buttons at the bottom for additional options such as Start, Honk, Flash and HomeLink.

Some of the features that were previously in the Controls section have been moved over to a brand new section labeled Security. Currently only Valet Mode and Speed Limit Mode appear here, but if Tesla created a whole new section, I would be surprised if these are the only two options they include here.

A lot of owners have been hoping to have sentry mode images or videos appear within the app, so it’s a possibility that those could be added to this section in the future.

One thing I’d like to see here which isn’t clear whether it’s supported is the ability to customize the quick actions buttons. Not everyone will agree which buttons should appear here and being able to customize them would be a nice improvement.

The Tesla app is built using APIs, and although we can only see APIs Tesla is using in production, we haven’t seen any recent changes to them that would hint at upcoming app features. So unless this app is using APIs that are not yet public I wouldn’t expect any new functionality and it’s largely a redesign.

Nonetheless, it’s a great improvement to the app and may just be the first step in a brand new experience.

Update: The updated Tesla app has now been released for iOS and Android. Check out all the new features of version 4.0.

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Tesla Update 2025.20 Tear Down Reveals Grok Personalities and Icons

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While most automakers are adding basic and un-integrated AI assistants to their vehicles, Tesla appears to be working hand-in-hand with xAI to build out an entire cast of characters for in-vehicle Grok. In the latest dive into Tesla’s firmware, Tesla hacker @greentheonly uncovered a few new details about the upcoming Grok feature.

This discovery, part of a larger batch of changes found in Tesla update 2025.20, also offers a hint at the hardware required for the Grok.

A Dozen Groks

While we knew from previous firmware teardowns that Tesla was adding various Grok personalities to the vehicle UI, this update introduces a new one called Language Tutor, which may allow users to learn and practice a new language. 

These are the different personas that will be included in Grok:

• Argumentative

• Assistant

• Conspiracy

• Doctor

• Kids’ Stories

• Kids’ Trivia Games

• Meditation

• Motivation

• Romantic

• Sexy

• Storyteller

• Therapist

• Language Tutor

• and the Grok Classic - Unhinged Mode

Release Date

Icons for these personalities have been added to the firmware for the first time, leading us to think Tesla is getting close to releasing the feature. However, even after the feature is developed and included in vehicle software, Tesla may only enable it selectively — such as for select employees for testing.

Grok is expected to be one of the largest vehicle features added via a software update, so it’ll be a big deal when it’s finally released. While we know more or less what to expect from Grok, what we don’t know is about vehicle requirements or whether it’ll require a subscription beyond Premium Connectivity.

Grok Requirements

While subscriptions required are anyone’s guess, vehicle requirements may be a little clearer now, thanks to Green’s discovery that Grok is only being added to AMD-based vehicle software builds.

Unfortunately, this likely means that older, Intel-based vehicles will not receive Grok support, at least for the time being. When Tesla introduced a voice assistant in China, they also started off with AMD-only support but later added Intel support, so it’s possible that the same could happen with Grok.

Energy Saving

Green also found a new undocumented navigation feature in 2025.20.3. This one focuses on leveraging Tesla’s vast amounts of data in an interesting way and offers drivers proactive advice to save energy on a well-traveled route. 

In the Energy App, your vehicle will display, “This route is typically driven at X mph. Slow down by Y mph to save Z% for the rest of this trip.’ 

As you can see in the photo below, Tesla recognizes that vehicles typically drive at 66 mph on the route being driven and offers the driver the option to go five mph slower to save 1% of range. While this example doesn’t provide much incentive to slow down, it could be useful for someone with a low state of charge or if the savings are more significant.

The new line in the Energy App

Not a Tesla App

In the future, Tesla could even use this, alongside the road surface data they’re gathering, to help plan routes for Robotaxi and Unsupervised FSD.

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NHTSA to Streamline Approvals for Control-Free Vehicles Like Tesla’s Cybercab

Not a Tesla App

In a letter to industry, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that it is overhauling its approvals process for vehicles designed without human controls.

The change addresses a regulatory bottleneck that has slowed down American companies like Tesla from deploying purpose-built Robotaxis, rather than relying on using traditional vehicles with steering wheels and pedals. The policy shift is outlined in a letter posted to the NHTSA’s website, which you can find here.

Reducing Approvals From Years to Months

Under the existing rules today, any vehicle that is built without a steering wheel or brake pedals must receive a special exemption from federal safety standards.

Obtaining exemptions for a particular vehicle was a time-consuming process for both the companies requesting exemptions and the NHTSA. The process was often a black box—nobody knew when an exemption might be granted, and approvals could take years.

The NHTSA, under the new administration’s guidelines for autonomous vehicle development, is now committed to streamlining this process. The agency will be implementing a new, faster approach immediately for receiving exemptions for autonomous vehicles without standard controls. The NHTSA expects decisions on exemption requests to be determined within months rather than years. 

Accelerating the Cybercab

This change has massive implications for Tesla, which is banking on the production of the simplified and easy-to-maintain purpose-built Cybercab. The Cybercab is developed from the ground up as an autonomous Robotaxi and will be one of the key beneficiaries of this move by the NHTSA.

Knowing that a final design won't be caught in a multi-year regulatory limbo provides a level of certainty that has been missing. It allows Tesla to confidently plan the manufacturing, development, and deployment processes without worrying whether the project will get stuck in regulatory approvals.

According to the letter, the agency will publish its improved instructions for the streamlined process "shortly." With Tesla already having begun Cybercab pre-production and the goals for its deployment as soon as late 2026, there’s still a lot to be done to make autonomy a part of Tesla’s new sustainable abundance mission statement.

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