Musk Pledges To Fix 2019-2023 Teslas That Can't Fully Self Drive

Tesla still doesn’t person a coagulated pathway for really to springiness Hardware 3 cars Full Self-Driving (FSD) capabilities, based connected what Elon Musk said during nan company’s latest net call. The automaker has known for rather a while that its vehicles equipped pinch Hardware 3 aren’t tin of unsupervised FSD, moreover though nan institution built nan strategy specifically to springiness its cars nan ability. Tesla utilized Hardware 3 connected cars manufactured from 2019 until early 2023 earlier Hardware 4 shipped.

During an earlier net telephone backmost successful January 2025, Musk admitted that nan institution was “going to person to upgrade people’s Hardware 3 machine for those that person bought Full Self-Driving.” At Tesla’s latest net call, Musk said that Hardware 3 “simply does not person nan capacity to execute unsupervised FSD.” Tesla thought it would beryllium capable to astatine 1 point, but Hardware 3 apparently has 1/8th nan representation bandwidth of Hardware 4. Musk explained that representation bandwidth is “one of nan cardinal elements” needed for unsupervised FSD.

Tesla will beryllium offering to upgrade and switch nan computers and cameras connected older vehicles, but it doesn’t person a actual scheme successful spot yet. “I do deliberation complete clip it’s going to make consciousness for america to person each Hardware 3 cars to Hardware 4,” he said. To do truthful astatine work centers would beryllium highly slow, Musk has admitted. Around 4 cardinal cars aliases truthful person Hardware 3, though not everyone has paid for FSD. Still, to beryllium capable to switch its vehicles’ hardware efficiently, Musk said Tesla is going to person to group up “microfactories aliases mini factories successful awesome metropolitan areas.” He didn’t springiness immoderate denotation that Tesla has already started building those microfactories, though, aliases moreover that building is already scheduled to begin. He did opportunity that successful nan meantime, nan institution is going to beryllium releasing FSD type 14 for Hardware 3 astir nan extremity of June.

Musk besides said during nan aforesaid net telephone that Tesla’s Fremont mill will commencement manufacturing nan company’s humanoid Optimus robots successful precocious July aliases August. The Tesla CEO is known for announcing highly optimistic and fierce timelines. Tesla made nan determination to kill off its Model X and S cars earlier this year, truthful that it tin person its Fremont installation into an Optimus factory. The past Model S and X vehicles will beryllium rolling disconnected nan accumulation line successful May, which gives nan institution conscionable a fewer months to dismantle nan facility’s existent instrumentality and put caller ones successful place.