Tomorrow, August 19th, Tesla will be holding an event dubbed ‘AI Day’. AI Day is expected to be similar to what Tesla showed off at their autonomy event in 2019. On Autonomy Day Tesla showed off their Hardware 3.0 FSD computer.
We know that Tesla will talk about and possibly show off Dojo, their new AI-focused super computer that will be utilized to help accelerate Tesla’s venture into car autonomy.
Tesla Autonomy Day 2019
We also expect Tesla to talk about their recent switch to vision AI and how they’re leveraging cameras to determine object size and distance. Some of what we see tomorrow may be similar to Andrej Karpathy’s keynote that he gave back a couple months ago at the CVPR conference.
It’s rumored that Tesla may be approaching the limits of the compute power in HW3, which comes with all new Teslas today.
We may see Tesla announce a new FSD computer, hardware version 4 tomorrow. If we do, expect it to have many times the commute power of HW3, but it may not be available for some time. If Tesla announces new hardware, it’s unclear whether it could be retrofitted into current vehicles.
Electrek received an invitation that says Elon will be giving a keynote speech as expected and there will be several hardware and software demos.
As Elon often says, these events are used as recruiting tools. Tesla shows everyone what they’re working on and the breakthroughs they’re making in the hope to attract new talent.
Tesla will live stream the event tomorrow at Tesla.com or you can watch it below. We’ll cover any major announcements here. The event is scheduled to start at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET.
Update: AI Day just wrapped up and there were a couple surprises. In addition to talking about Dojo Tesla also announced Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot. Tesla also talked a little bit about their new FSD computer, hardware 4.0.
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It is always nice to get sneak peeks into what Tesla is doing next, so let’s take a look at these two upcoming features and see what’s on the software team’s bucket list.
Tire Fill Assist
The first new feature that’ll be coming soon is simply titled “Tire Fill Assist.” Unfortunately, there isn’t much more to go on for this one, but we have a few ideas of what it could be used for.
Tesla already uses smart TPMS sensors (and also Smart Tire Treat Sensors) to relay information to the vehicle over Bluetooth, which makes it easy to keep track of your tire pressure. However, when you need to inflate one of your tires, you’ll either need a tire pressure gauge or head inside the vehicle to see what the vehicle is reporting.
Tire Fill Assist could be an option available in the vehicle’s Service panel that actively checks the Bluetooth TPMS while you’re filling them. Normally, these readings aren’t reported in real-time, so this feature could increase the rate at which tire pressure data is transmitted for a period of time. It could also give you audible feedback through the vehicle’s internal speakers or outside speaker (PWS) where the tire is approaching the set limit.
This is a feature available on other vehicles, so it isn’t too surprising that Tesla is adding something similar in their own software-focused way.
Routing Option: Lower Price
Another new option, according to Green, is a new routing option built around lower prices. This could consider toll roads, but one thing it’ll focus on is Supercharger pricing. Since stations offer variable pricing that also changes based on the time of day, Tesla could offer drivers different routing options.
Users will be able to tap a “View Lower Cost Charging” option to view cheaper nearby chargers that may be slightly more out of the way. This creates a balance and lets drivers choose whether they want to prioritize speed or savings.
Tesla already warns users when a site has a wait period and will automatically redirect vehicles to nearby alternative Superchargers, so this will be a similar feature, but instead of being based on congestion, it’ll be based on the user’s price preference.
While these are two small additions, they’ll undoubtedly improve the experience when a driver is in one of these circumstances. Green spotted these features in the production build of 2025.8. While they’re not active yet, it seems like it won’t be long before we get to experience these features for ourselves.
Back in 2020, Elon Musk said that Tesla would start rendering other Teslas within the Autopilot/FSD visualization on screen. Almost five years after Musk’s original comment, this idea may finally come to realization — at least partially. Tesla may not add vehicle color renderings like originally planned, but it looks like we may at least be getting the Cybertruck rendered on the screen, along with a few other items.
Will put it on the list. Right after making it recognize trailers instead of looking like a semi truck is trying to mate with Cybertruck
Wes Morrill, Cybertruck’s Lead Engineer, mentioned that displaying Cybertrucks on the in-vehicle visualization will get added to Tesla’s list of upcoming features. However, it looks like Tesla has a few other items to add to visualizations as well.
Another visualization Wes mentions is getting trailers to render on the screen properly instead of being displayed as a truck or semi. For drivers who partially depend on the visualization while driving, this could be a helpful change.
This also means Tesla has the visual bandwidth to identify and categorize vehicles more closely than the generic “car” or “truck” we see today.
Musk’s Original Comment
While Musk’s original comment back in 2020 called for rendering all Teslas in their proper colors on the screen, this is unlikely to be what Tesla is going for here. Tesla’s original plan likely caused too much clutter or distractions in the visualization, preventing drivers from being able to quickly identify critical items. Tesla currently uses colors to categorize different things, such as a light gray vehicle meaning the vehicle is parked, or a dark gray vehicle being a lead vehicle.
Regarding rendering Teslas in the vehicle visualization, Wes’ comment on X leaves a little up to interpretation. It’s not clear whether Tesla is only going to add the Cybertruck or potentially other Teslas as well to the visualization. We don’t believe they’ll add colors for the reasons above, but we’ll have to wait to see what they roll out in the future.
Depending on how far Tesla goes with these visualizations, the type of MCU in your vehicle could play a role in whether they’re included in your car.
How Tesla Identifies Objects
Tesla uses a rather complex system that quickly compares objects on the road to their nearest estimated shapes, and displays that on the visualization, which is why you can get some oddities like people with shopping carts looking like they’re riding motorcycles or bicycles in a parking lot.
Having further optimization on that aspect also means more system accuracy - something Tesla has been striving for, especially to improve Actually Smart Summon and eventually bring Banish to the FSD feature set.
