The recently delayed FSD beta v9 looks to finally be making its public debut. We’ve been waiting for a new version of the FSD beta since April and it looks like Tesla is finally ready to show everyone what they’ve been working on.
Version 9 of the FSD beta is said to include huge improvements as Tesla stops using radar and switches to pure vision AI.
Elon Musk has previously said that this beta will be a massive leap over the previous v8 beta which was already performing impressively in most situations on city streets.
A couple of days ago Elon also tweeted that the FSD v9 beta may include the new “mind of the car,” visualizations. It’s not certain yet, but Elon says that they are attempting to include the new visualizations in this release. It’s not yet clear whether this will include any new UI updates besides the new visualizations.
Improved FSD screen. Attempting to show the “mind” of the car.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2021
The FSD beta will be limited to the same 2,000 or so individuals that Tesla has accepted into their closed beta, but Elon hopes to open it up to others soon if testing goes well. He said he could be as soon as a month, but given recent timeline shifts, it could be longer than this time frame. Back in April, Elon Musk talked about adding a button that would let anyone download the FSD beta. As far as we know that is still the plan and we hope Tesla will open up the beta to everyone soon.
Depends on how the limited beta goes. If it goes well, maybe a month or so.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2021
The FSD beta is expected to become available shortly after midnight Pacific Time tomorrow. Elon has never been so specific before when an update is scheduled to be released. Given that we’re less than 48 hours away, I don’t expect much to change in terms of timeline, but it’s always possible it could be pushed back slightly. I think we’ll all have some videos to look forward to watching this weekend.
Beta 9 will start uploading at midnight California time on Friday. Bear in mind, it is still just a beta!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2021
