On September 6th, Beijing time, Electrek reported that Tesla has revised its definition of 'Full Self-Driving' (FSD), moving away from its original commitment to unsupervised autonomous driving. Since 2016, Tesla has repeatedly asserted that all its produced vehicles would be capable of unsupervised autonomous driving. Furthermore, CEO Elon Musk has, year after year since 2018, promised that this feature would be rolled out within the same calendar year. However, this pledge has yet to materialize.

Tesla has now acknowledged that none of the vehicles manufactured between 2016 and 2023 are outfitted with the essential hardware required for unsupervised autonomous driving. Although Musk has mentioned the possibility of upgrading the computers in these vehicles, a concrete plan for implementation has not been disclosed.

Presently, Tesla is only offering 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised)' to its customers, with clear stipulations that it will not enable vehicles to achieve full autonomous driving capabilities, nor is it marketed as such a feature. Moreover, in the new CEO compensation plan proposed by Tesla's board of directors, the definition of FSD is notably ambiguous, simply describing it as an advanced driving system capable of performing autonomous driving or similar functions under specific driving scenarios.