driver assistance

A viral demonstration in which former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober drove a Tesla Model Y toward a Looney Tunes-style wall painted to resemble an open road has returned to the spotlight, reigniting an unusually important debate beneath the cartoon spectacle: Can a camera-dependent...

The National Transportation Safety Board says electronic data from a 2025 Tesla Model 3 shows its driver manually overrode Full Self-Driving (Supervised) immediately before the June 19 crash into a Katy, Texas, home that killed 76-year-old Martha Avila. In a preliminary report released July 15...

Tesla has completed its shift to subscription-only access for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in the US, removing the $8,000 one-time purchase option after February 14. The standard price is now $99 per month, according to Tesla’s current support documentation. That does make FSD easier to try...

Elon Musk on July 11, 2026, identified supervised self-driving as a potentially important mobility tool for senior citizens, while Basenor’s reporting on Tesla’s collision data, software campaign, and product planning suggests that older drivers are becoming a more visible audience for the...

Tesla’s firmware 2026.21.100, carrying FSD (Supervised) v14.2.2.6, reportedly began downloading to an initial group of owners in the Netherlands during the early hours of July 10, 2026. The release moves participating Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and Model X vehicles onto Tesla’s 2026.20+ software...

A Tesla-shared clip posted on July 5, 2026 showed a smartphone accidentally left on a Model Y tailgate surviving a 4.3-mile drive, including highway speeds, while the company credited the unlikely ride to the smoothness of FSD Supervised. It is the sort of internet-perfect artifact Tesla loves...

A Tesla Model 3 driven by 44-year-old Michael Butler crashed into a home in Katy, Texas, on June 19, 2026, killing 76-year-old Martha Avila and prompting her family to sue both Butler and Tesla in Harris County District Court. The driver reportedly told deputies that Tesla driver-assistance...

Sweden’s transport authorities have urged European Union vehicle regulators to reject a broader rollout of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Supervised system unless Tesla removes a setting that can let the car drive above posted speed limits. The objection, raised ahead of a June 30 EU technical...

Tesla’s 2026.8 and 2026.8.3 software updates began rolling out in March 2026, bringing Tesla owners a mix of comfort, safety, naming, localization, dashcam, driver-profile, and security changes across selected Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, and regional FSD configurations. The release is...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of automotive technology, the integration of generative AI (GenAI) into vehicle systems is transforming the driving experience. A notable example is the collaboration between Kilowatts Co. and EffectiveSoft, which led to the development of a GenAI-powered voice...