FSD
FSD Supervised has superhuman reflexes 📹
Tesla posted a short FSD Supervised clip saying the system has "superhuman reflexes" and "eyes everywhere at once," framing multi-camera awareness and quick reactions as key advantages while still keeping the feature supervised.
FSD max speed control is not coming back, AI lead says
Ashok Elluswamy said on August 3 that FSD will not bring back Max Speed control, calling it an "anti pattern" as Tesla keeps v14's Sloth-to-Mad Max Speed Profiles despite owner complaints about speed-zone errors and ticket liability.
FSD Supervised can drive 25,000 miles without wheel input, Tesla says 📹
Tesla posted that FSD Supervised can drive more than 25,000 miles without the driver needing to touch the wheel, a broad intervention-free driving claim while the system remains supervised. Very impressive!
FSD v14.3.7 avoids a Dodge Charger collision 📹
Teslarati’s first 90-mile test of FSD v14.3.7 found fewer v14.3.6 hesitations and credited the system with swerving away from an inattentive Dodge Charger, while still flagging pothole recognition, routing, and auto wipers as weak spots.
Software Updates
Preferred Routes arrives through 2026.26 map update
Tesla's Preferred Routes is appearing for U.S. drivers through North America's 2026.26 map update, not the 2026.26 car update, adding a "Your Route" alternate after the car learns repeated trips with online routing enabled.
App 4.59.5 points to Android Pet Mode live updates
Tesla app 4.59.5 includes references to Android Pet Mode live notifications, Tesla Assist photo and document uploads, and temporary Assist conversation history in Messages, following Dog Mode Live Activity on iOS in the 2025 Holiday Update.
Mobile Connector gets rare firmware update
Tesla is rolling out a rare Mobile Connector firmware update, its first documented since June 2024, delivered through the car after about 10 minutes of charging. Installation takes about three minutes, requires at least 5% battery, and has no release notes.
Future vehicles
Roadster reveal is “very soon,” Franz von Holzhausen says
Franz von Holzhausen told Jay Leno the next-generation Roadster reveal is "very soon," matching reports of an August unveiling after Tesla missed earlier April, May, and June targets for the car first shown in November 2017.
U.S. design patent granted for Robovan exterior 📷
The USPTO granted Tesla U.S. Design Patent No. US D1138869 S on August 4 for the Robovan exterior, protecting the symmetrical, faceless 20-passenger autonomous shuttle design first shown at 2024's We, Robot event.
Robotaxi
Model Y robotaxis appear in Austin after dark 📹
Sawyer Merritt posted a video from about 9 PM local time that appears to show Tesla's Unsupervised Model Y Robotaxis running in Austin after dark, suggesting nighttime service or testing is underway.
🤓 What the acronym
As a Tesla fan, I find myself sometimes having to remember what are all those acronyms, here is a list of the ones you can find in this issue.
FSD: Full Self-Driving
Does ANYBODY know if or when FSD 14 Lite will be coming to our 2022 Model X. Considering that at one time the Model X was one of the most expensive models you could get from Tesla, we owners have been treated pretty poorly by Tesla.