‘Full Self-Driving’ Tesla Cybertrucks Are Hitting The Road Soon, Musk Says
The Tesla Cybertruck was designed too look like it’s from the future, but it’s missing a few features from the present.
Despite the first trucks being delivered to customers being fully loaded Foundation Series models priced at $100,000 and above, Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems don’t work in them.
At least not yet.
The features are included in the prices and the trucks are equipped with all of the hardware required to operate them, but the software was still being developed when shipments began.
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However, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has now confirmed on X that the feature will be enabled soon.
“Yes, Cybertruck FSD releases with 12.5, which also finally merges the city and highway code,” Musk wrote in an answer to a question about when the feature was coming from one of his followers. Musk hasn’t elaborated on exactly when the update is coming, but version 12.4.3 was distributed in early July.
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The Cybertruck is particularly well-suited for electronic driver assist features as it uses a steer-by-wire system that has no mechanical connection to the steering wheel.
Of course, even with the feature the Cybertruck and other Teslas will not truly be full self-driving vehicles, as the system has many limitations and requires driver attention to operate.
Tesla says that will Full Self-Driving “your car will be able to drive itself almost anywhere with minimal driver intervention and will continuously improve.”
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Its current capabilities are listed as: Navigate on Autopilot; Auto Lane Change; Autopark; Summon (which can move the vehicle straigth into and out of a parking space with no one on board); Smart Summon (which can maneuver a vehicle through a parking lot); Autosteer on city streets; and Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control.
Tesla’s stated long-term goal with Full Self-Driving is to make it autonomous enough that personally-owned vehicles can be incorporated into a driverless ride share scheme that will also feature Robotaxis specifically designed for this purpose.
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Tesla was supposed to unveil the Robotaxi on August 8, but the event has been postponed indefinitely. Musk said on X that the delay was because he “requested what I think is an important design change to the front, and extra time allows us to show off a few other things.”
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