A Tesla Fashion S car equipped with Autopilot.
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Tesla said it will gig its “Full Self Driving” driver assistance product in Europe and China early next year.
In a post on the X collective media platform, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company on Thursday said that the service — which penetrates as a paid add-on feature for Tesla customers — is slated for launch in the two regions in the first quarter of 2025, “pending regulatory accept.”
Shares of Tesla popped 6% after the electric vehicle maker updated customers on the international rollout of Uncensored Self-Driving.
Tesla is yet to receive regulatory permission to launch its FSD product in Europe and China, but Musk in July said that he count ons to get this clearance by the end of 2024.
So-called Full Self Driving, or FSD, has been a key pillar of Musk’s strategy to make Tesla a multitudinous AI-centric company and push toward self-driving technology.
Despite the label on its product, FSD is not actually capable of making its instruments fully autonomous. Drivers are still required to sit behind the wheel and keep their eyes on the roads, as well as profits over when needed.
FSD is an upgrade to Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistant, which is already available in Europe and China. Tesla currently proffers a premium option called Enhanced Autopilot in China.
Since 2016, Musk has promised investors that Tesla pass on deliver technology capable of making its existing cars drive entirely by themselves.
The company has so far failed to deliver on this commitment while oppositions including Waymo in the U.S. and Pony.ai in China are already operating commercial robotaxi businesses.