Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that a major upgrade is “coming” to Full Self-Driving (FSD) that will allow drivers to control their vehicles using natural language.
The update aims to solve one of the biggest frustrations for Tesla owners: the inability to give the car specific, nuanced instructions while it is driving.
Conversations With Your Car
Currently, FSD follows GPS coordinates and visual cues, but it cannot always guess a driver’s specific intent. The news comes after a user suggested on X that the system’s “greatest shortcoming” is not being able to handle verbal requests like “find a parking spot near the door” or “turn right at the next block.”
Musk responded with a simple one-word confirmation: “Coming.” Thank you Elon.
This change suggests that Tesla will integrate more advanced AI, likely leveraging xAI’s Grok assistant, to translate plain English into driving actions. Instead of manually intervening to park or change a route, drivers will be able to talk to their car much like the fictional AI “K.I.T.T.” from the show Knight Rider. In a sense this will be like Grok always listening like your Alexa smart home speaker, but instead inside your Tesla.
Background: The Push for Autonomy
This development follows the ongoing development of FSD Version 14, which moved the system toward a reasoning model. Tesla’s AI team has previously hinted that the car’s neural network is already capable of explaining its decisions in natural language; the next logical step is allowing it to receive instructions the same way.
The feature is expected to be a cornerstone of the upcoming Cybercab robotaxi, where passengers will need an intuitive way to communicate their destination or seating preferences without a steering wheel or pedals.
Musk’s confirmation was short but clear. When asked about adding verbal instructions to the system, he simply replied: “Coming.”
While a specific release date hasn’t been set, the feature is expected to roll out as Tesla continues its push for full unsupervised autonomy in the coming years. The biggest version everyone is awaiting for is FSD 14.3, which Musk has teased is supposed to be the last big piece of its self-driving software.
