Tesla Autopilot Rewrite Release Delayed

Elon Musk has adjusted the timeline for the release of Tesla’s much anticipated Autopilot rewrite by about a month, possibly more.

Just last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took toTwitter to describe the rewrite as a “quantam leap” for Tesla FSD saying it will be available for limited public release in 6 to 10 weeks. Musk also stated that the “neural net is absorbing more and more of the problem” as part of the rewrite.

The FSD improvement will come as a quantum leap, because it’s a fundamental architectural rewrite, not an incremental tweak. I drive the bleeding edge alpha build in my car personally. Almost at zero interventions between home & work. Limited public release in 6 to 10 weeks.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 14, 2020

Now we are learning that the first public beta is still another 6 to 10 weeks away. Musk commented on Twitter:

Releasing private beta in 2 to 4 weeks, public beta (early access owners who opt in) 4 to 6 weeks after that, then all US Tesla owners mid December. Above schedule is contingent upon not encountering major unexpected setbacks.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 12, 2020

With this statement, early access owners could still wait another 10 weeks to see the public beta, pushing the full public release to December in the U.S. 

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