A Tesla customer downloaded and tested version 9 – in beta mode – of the new FSD (“Full Self-Driving”) software. This is a new step towards fully autonomous vehicle driving, even if restricted to city streets (the function is not available on the motorway).
The update was long overdue: Elon Musk’s company had even planned it in 2018. And yet Musk warned customers: “Version 9 beta solves many problems, but there will be more unknown, so be paranoid “. In fact, the author of this video, who put his ‘updated’ Tesla to the test near a roundabout, always touches the steering wheel with his hand, ready to intervene in case something goes wrong.
Since Tesla introduced the “Autopilot” feature in 2015, assisted driving has been involved in 9 accidents that have resulted in the deaths of 11 people (data for the United States alone).