While Tesla’s futuristic new Cybercab was truly the highlight of its recent ‘We, Robot ‘event, Tesla did have some other tricks up its sleeve—like the Robovan. But even beyond that, they had plenty of other secrets they showed off but didn’t announce during its keynote.
One of the largest unannounced features is Unsupervised FSD and FSD V13. So, let’s look at what Tesla’s AI team has been cooking up in the background.
Unsupervised FSD
Elon Musk confirmed at the We, Robot keynote that Unsupervised FSD was coming. And while we know it’s been the pie in the sky for Tesla to achieve for quite a while, it was something else to see it in action at the event. Musk even provided dates and locations.
The initial locations in which Unsupervised FSD will be available will be Texas and California sometime in 2025. Additionally, that will be initially limited to Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, with it rolling out to Cybertruck and Models S and X shortly afterward. The Cybercab isn’t expected to hit production until late 2026.
Many states follow California, New York, and Texas’ direction on legislation – and for the tech sector – it's primarily focused on following California. Interestingly enough, this also includes Canada, which generally follows along once New York approves something (due to the closeness and population that crosses the border every day).
So, we could be looking at Unsupervised FSD arriving throughout North America faster than most people think. It is conceivable that by the end of 2025, Unsupervised FSD will be available in multiple US States.
FSD V13
If you use FSD or have been following it, you know that it's unable to reverse the vehicle in its current state. Currently, it can only reverse when using Actually Smart Summon, but not when using FSD on regular roads.
One of the goals for Tesla’s AI Roadmap is to bring FSD V13, with Park, Unpark, and Reverse being some of the key features. Apparently, the Robotaxis (and specifically - a Model Y Robotaxi) at We, Robot was capable of reversing and conducting 3-point turns. This video below from AI DRIVR on X shows the vehicle reversing at the event.
FSD V13 three-point turn to get unstuck pic.twitter.com/PJNX8ByoZz
— ΛI DRIVR (@AIDRIVR) October 13, 2024
FSD V13's ability to reverse is an excellent example of the team’s progress on the next batch of features. Tesla also demonstrated the Unpark feature at the event—when the Robotaxi pulled up at the curb, it smoothly shifted out of park and proceeded. We predicted we’d see these features come to life at the Robotaxi event, and apparently, the prediction was right.
We’re excited to see what’s coming next. FSD V12.5.6 has been on early-access tester vehicles for about a week now, and FSD V12.5.5 has already been released to most Cybertrucks on the road.
It seems that the next major version that goes out wide may be FSD V13, with a litany of new features. Of course, the ability to reverse is just one of the biggest features - we’re looking forward to Banish Autopark and Autopark becoming smoothly integrated into FSD as well.
