Musk says Tesla is training an upgraded Full Self-Driving model which could be released next month

Tesla is present grooming a caller Full Self-Driving exemplary boasting "big" video improvements and size upgrades, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday connected societal media.

"Tesla is grooming a caller FSD exemplary with ~10X params and a large betterment to video compression loss. Probably acceptable for nationalist merchandise extremity of adjacent period if investigating goes well," the tech billionaire said successful an update connected the X societal media platform.

FSD is simply a partially automated driving strategy that seeks to alteration Tesla vehicles to navigate and maneuver successful driving situations with minimal operator assistance. Owners indispensable support their hands connected the wheel, and stay acceptable to instrumentality implicit steering oregon braking astatine immoderate time. It besides serves arsenic an upgrade to the company's Autopilot operator assistant, which is already disposable successful Europe and China.

The strategy is based connected an artificial quality exemplary that helps the car's cameras and sensors comprehend the satellite astir it. Musk's remark connected "10X params" refers to a larger parameter size. In the lawsuit of AI models, that usually means it is simply a bigger exemplary that is trained connected much information and is much capable.

FSD has been a cardinal pillar of Musk's strategy for Tesla's gross maturation and tech advancement successful the progressively competitory electrical conveyance market, wherever Chinese automakers person stepped up to the plate.

Tesla bulls expect the company's aboriginal volition beryllium successful autonomy as Musk's automaker focuses connected ramping up its offering of self-driving features.

But close now, the marketplace is focused connected however Tesla's halfway concern of selling cars is doing. And it has been challenging. Tesla most precocious reported a 16% decline successful automotive gross successful the 2nd 4th and has besides been notching steep declines successful its European sales.

The company's banal has taken a bruising this twelvemonth that has been exacerbated by reputational harm from Musk's now-severed narration with the White House administration. Tesla shares were down 23.55% this twelvemonth arsenic of Wednesday morning.