Tesla Expands FSD Beta 10.3 Rollout to Drivers with 99 Safety Score
Tesla officially releases Full Self-Driving Beta 10.3 to vehicles with a Safety Score of 99 and above. The update introduces customizable driving profiles and significant improvements to object detection and maneuvering.
Tesla officially begins the rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta 10.3 to its fleet, expanding access to drivers who achieve a Safety Score of 99 and above. This gradual expansion aligns with previous statements from CEO Elon Musk, who indicates that the advanced driver assist system will slowly reach owners with scores below 100. The release marks another step in Tesla's ongoing efforts to broaden the availability of its controversial beta software.
The update introduces highly requested FSD Profiles that give drivers direct control over specific vehicle behaviors such as rolling stops, passing lane exits, speed-based lane changes, following distance, and yellow light headway. Additionally, the system now features improved planning capabilities that allow the vehicle to temporarily drive along oncoming lanes to safely maneuver around path blockages. Tesla also allows more aggressive acceleration when merging from on-ramps onto major roads and when changing from slow to fast lanes.
Under the hood, FSD Beta 10.3 brings substantial technical enhancements to the vehicle's neural networks. Tesla uprevs its surround video vehicle network with more data, improving crossing object velocity estimation by 20% and yaw estimation by 25%, while also increasing the system frame rate. Furthermore, the company adds 25,000 video clips to improve semantic detections like brake lights and hazards, upgrades the static obstacle network with 6,000 clips for better precision, and refines turning profiles for unprotected left turns.