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As many await the limited beta release of Tesla’s next Full Self-Driving (FSD) version, the automaker’s CEO has provided an update following another round of delays.
Tesla’s FSD beta version 11.3 (single stack) could debut as soon as this week, according to a statement on Sunday from @Elon Musk.
Musk said the single-stack software would be released in “about two weeks” a little over a month ago, so more delays would not be completely unprecedented.
Still, Musk pointed out that the limited beta would “probably” need to reach version 11.3.2 before a wider release in North America.
v11.3 (single stack) goes to limited beta this week. Probably 11.3.2 before wide release in North America.
Then we adapt for EU roads & submit to regulators. 90% of what we’ve done so far for NA applies WW.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 12, 2023
Additionally, Musk noted that Tesla needs to adapt the system for roads in Europe, before submitting them to regulators on the continent. He also added that about 90 percent of the work on the FSD beta still applies worldwide.
The news came on the same day that FSD critic Dan O’Dowd aired a Super Bowl ad claiming the system has “critical safety defects.”
O’Dowd claimed last year in an ad for his California Senate campaign that Tesla’s FSD would “run down a child in a school crosswalk, swerve into oncoming traffic, hit a baby in a stroller,” among other allegations.
He later admitted that he had a “financial interest” in opposing Tesla’s FSD system, through his company The Dawn Project.
Tesla Orders Dan O’Dowd to Take Down FSD Beta Video Hitting Child Dummy https://t.co/qDwT4TdY3R
— TeslaNorth.com (@RealTeslaNorth) August 25, 2022
