FSD (Supervised), Tesla’s suite of advanced driver assistance features, is now available in Australia and New Zealand, the first right-hand drive markets in the world where FSD (Supervised) is being made publicly available.
Following the successful launch and demonstration of FSD (Supervised) in Brisbane, FSD (Supervised) is now available as an upgrade for all Model 3 and Model Y vehicles with HW4.
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Tesla will be releasing FSD (Supervised) to customers with eligible vehicles who have purchased the Full Self-Driving Capability from Thursday morning so that as many customers as possible can wake in the morning, update their vehicles and drive to work with FSD (Supervised) activated.
Eligible customers will be able to upgrade their vehicle to enable FSD (Supervised) by way of an ‘over-the-air’ update from anywhere with a WiFi connection.
FSD (Supervised) is available as an optional package for every new Tesla vehicle purchased in Australia and New Zealand.
Customers who have already taken delivery of an eligible vehicle without purchasing Full Self-Driving Capability can upgrade by purchasing the FSD (Supervised) package. Tesla is also looking to make FSD (Supervised) available soon by way of a subscription model for eligible vehicles.
FSD (Supervised) is a hands-on feature that must be used by a fully attentive driver with additional caution and does not make the vehicle autonomous. Drivers must maintain proper control of the vehicle at all times, pay attention and be prepared to take immediate action at any moment.
FSD (Supervised) does not make the vehicle autonomous. FSD (Supervised) is an advanced driver assistance system that is intended to be used only with a fully attentive driver. It does not turn a Tesla into a fully autonomous vehicle.
Test Drives
Tesla is looking to make test drives of vehicles with FSD (Supervised) activated available to customers at Tesla locations across Australia and New Zealand soon.
Subscriptions Coming Soon
Full Self-Driving (Supervised) will soon be available for eligible vehicles through subscription at NZ$159 per month.
“The Future of Transport”
Tesla says it uses billions of miles of anonymous real-world driving data to train FSD (Supervised) to take care of the most stressful parts of daily driving while helping make the roads safer for vehicle owners and others.
When enabled, under the driver’s active supervision, Tesla vehicles can drive people almost anywhere requiring minimal intervention.
FSD (Supervised) assists the driver
On-board cameras with 360-degree visibility will check blind spots and manoeuvre the vehicle into a neighbouring lane while maintaining speed and avoiding bikes, motorcycles and other cars.
Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built for the Australian & New Zealand market now utilise our camera-based Tesla Vision, which relies on Tesla’s advanced suite of cameras and neural net processing to deliver FSD (Supervised) and related features.
Always Attentive, Never Distracted
Cameras don’t blink, feel tired or get distracted. FSD (Supervised) helps people drive by taking care of the most common and error-prone driving tasks.
Tesla vehicles are equipped with exterior cameras that enable 360-degree visibility, plus safety features powered by the same technology as our FSD software to help reduce the severity of accidents or prevent them altogether.
While Using Full Self-Driving (Supervised)
When engaged, under the active supervision of the driver, FSD (Supervised) attempts to drive to destinations by following curves in the road, stopping at and negotiating intersections, making left and right turns, navigating roundabouts, and entering/exiting highways.
Like Autosteer and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, FSD (Supervised) maintains speed and following distance from the vehicle ahead if there is one.
FSD (Supervised) also slows down and stops at traffic lights and stop signs as necessary, and reacts to pedestrians, cyclists, and other vehicles on the road.
For example, if you are driving on a residential street and another vehicle backs out of a driveway ahead, FSD (Supervised) slows down or stops as appropriate. If the other vehicle stops backing out while partially blocking the driving lane, FSD
(Supervised) slows down and manoeuvres around the other vehicle if the width of the lane allows it.
When the traffic in front a vehicle is slowing down, FSD (Supervised) shows blue arrows in the driving lane and slows down to maintain an appropriate following distance from the vehicle ahead.
When driving on the highway, FSD (Supervised) displays a message on the touchscreen to inform drivers when an action (such as a lane change) is being taken.
Driver attentiveness
FSD (Supervised) requires that the driver pay attention to the road, their surroundings, and other road users.
The cabin camera monitors continued driver attentiveness when FSD (Supervised) is engaged. This system cannot be disabled. The cabin camera does not require full visibility of the driver’s eyes in order to monitor attentiveness. The system is still active, for example, if the driver is wearing sunglasses.
If the cabin camera does not have clear visibility of the driver’s hand and arm locations, the touchscreen periodically displays a message reminding the driver to apply slight force to the steering wheel.
If the driver repeatedly looks away from the road, such as to look at a handheld device, the touchscreen displays a warning. The warning is dismissed once the driver begins paying attention to the road again.
If the driver repeatedly ignores prompts to apply slight force to the steering wheel or to pay attention, a series of escalated warnings is displayed and, if those warnings are ignored, disables for the rest of the drive and displays an alert message that FSD
(Supervised) is unavailable for the current drive.
If the driver does not resume manual steering, the vehicle sounds a continuous chime, turns on the warning flashers, and slows to a complete stop.
FSD (Supervised) Suspension
Use of FSD (Supervised) features will be suspended if improper usage is detected.
Use of FSD (Supervised) is suspended when a driver of the vehicle receives five FSD(Supervised) “strikeouts.”
A strikeout is when the FSD (Supervised) system disengages for the remainder of a trip after the driver receives several audio and visual warnings for inattentiveness.
