In European countries where FSD isn’t available yet, Enhanced Autopilot is now called Tesla Assisted Driving Basic, a €99 per month subscription. Its feature list on Tesla’s European configurator includes Autosteer, Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, Lane Change, Navigate on Autosteer, Autopark, and Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control. It also lists two kinds of Summon: Dumb Summon and Actually Smart Summon.
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What Is Dumb Summon?
Dumb Summon is the original version of Summon that Tesla introduced years ago. It lets you move your car straight forward or backward without anyone inside, using the Tesla app or your key fob. It’s handy for pulling out of a tight garage or a narrow parking spot, but the car only travels in a straight line.
It has since been superseded by Actually Smart Summon (ASS), which can navigate a parking lot on its own to reach you or a spot you pick. Tesla first launched Actually Smart Summon in Europe in 2024, but it’s heavily restricted there. European regulations require owners to stay within 6 meters (about 19.5 feet) of the vehicle, compared to about 65 meters (213 feet) in North America. A draft change to those rules could raise Smart Summon’s range in Europe to 10 meters, or 15 meters with a direct line of sight.
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Musk and Tesla execs have used “Dumb Summon” to tell the two apart for a while, so it’s good to see Tesla’s official materials catch up. It’s a quirky name, but quirky names are an established pattern at Tesla, and ASS is a case in point.
For now, Tesla’s configurator in the majority of the EU notes that “Tesla Assisted Driving is not yet available but may be in the future.” If the EU vote goes Tesla’s way, more European owners could move from Dumb Summon and the Basic package up to the full Tesla Assisted Driving.
Tesla’s Cybercab fleet in Austin is a lot bigger than anyone was tracking. The official Robotaxi account announced on X that Tesla now has “300+ Cybercabs serving Austin” just one month after launch, calling it “an 8x increase in 30 days.”
Austin won’t be the only city with Cybercab rides for long, either. Tesla VP of AI Ashok Elluswamy marked two years since the WeRobot event where the Cybercab debuted by noting on X that “the cabs are everywhere in Austin now,” before adding: “Dallas soon.”
Austin’s Cybercab Fleet Passes 300
Tesla started with somewhere around 38 Cybercabs when public rides began in Austin last month, so the current fleet of 300 puts it at around an 8x increase since. Independent fleet tracking based on Texas registration data showed around 169 Cybercabs in Austin earlier this month, after Tesla added 111 in just a couple of weeks. Tesla’s own number shows the fleet is much larger than that, and big enough to start looking at other markets.
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Austin is still the only city where riders can hail a steering wheel-less Cybercab, alongside unsupervised Model Y robotaxis across its 246 sq. mile service area.
Dallas Is Next for Cybercab Rides
Elluswamy didn’t share a launch date, only that Dallas is next on Tesla’s list. Dallas is one of Tesla’s seven active Robotaxi markets, with a 31 sq. mile service area centered on Downtown Dallas. It stretches north through Oak Lawn, Highland Park, University Park and Bluffview, bordering Dallas Love Field to the west and Lower Greenville to the east. Tesla already runs fully unsupervised Model Y rides in the city.
The expansion comes while federal regulators are still investigating the Cybercab. Tesla recently got a 30-day extension from NHTSA, giving it until October 30 to answer 21 questions about how it certified the steering wheel-less vehicle and its plans to scale commercial operations. It remains to be seen what bearing the probe will have on Tesla’s plans.
For now, Tesla appears to be moving ahead. With more than 300 Cybercabs in Austin and fleets building up in other Texas cities, Dallas riders could be hailing Cybercabs before the end of the year.
