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Tesla Updates Summon Feature to Use Less Power
Tesla is rolling out a small but meaningful update for Summon, aimed at reducing Summon Standby’s unnecessary energy usage when the feature is least likely to be used. First spotted by the folks over at Not a Tesla App, the changes ship with software version 2025.32. Summon Standby keeps a Tesla’s FSD computer partially awake […]
Israel to Approve Driverless Parking, Unlocking Tesla’s Smart Summon
Tesla’s auto-park feature is set to gain approval in another region, as autonomous vehicles begin to make their way into government discussions around the world. Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety is readying to allow driverless parking, according to a report on Monday from Globes. Currently, ministry regulations don’t allow cars to be moving […]
Tesla’s Smart Summon Currently Just a ‘Fun Trick’ Says Elon Musk
Replying to a tweet from someone who recently got Full Self-Driving (FSD) on their Tesla and hadn’t figured out Smart Summon yet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about the feature, which is one of many the EV maker offers under the FSD umbrella (and also as part of the Enhanced Autopilot upgrade it used to […]
Sprinting Woman Saves ‘Runaway Tesla,’ Actually in Summon Mode [VIDEO]
Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) have begun to develop a mind of their own through Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD). The only problem is that humanity is still catching up to the idea, quite literally. In a video uploaded Sunday to YouTube channel Thyhack, we see a very well-meaning citizen sprinting after someone’s Tesla, apparently thinking […]
Full Self-Driving Beta 5: Smart Summon Test [VIDEO]
In a video released Thursday, YouTube host and Tesla owner Chuck Cook shares a sample of the newly-released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 5 and Smart Summon. The video shows a moderately-successful Smart Summon, with some problems showing up more regularly than others. The first couple of tests show the Smart Summon feature making it […]
