New Tesla Models No Longer Need Drivers!

At Tesla factories, the vehicles produced are now able to move without drivers for internal trips.

Tesla AI announced on X (formerly Twitter) a new milestone in the development of its advanced autonomous driving system, Full Self-Driving (FSD). Now, the vehicles produced in its California factory move without human supervision from the assembly lines to the loading docks where they are loaded onto trucks for shipment. A series of videos showcases this innovation in action.

On paper, this represents undeniable progress. This automation makes the process more efficient and should reduce internal logistics costs with lower human labor needs. However, what may seem revolutionary needs to be nuanced. These vehicles operate exclusively on private roads owned by Tesla, in a strictly controlled environment. No regulatory approval was necessary, and the trips are made at low speed on a clear and marked route.

A revolution with a delay?

Surely, watching cars move by themselves is impressive. However, one question arises: why didn’t Tesla adopt this method much earlier? The FSD, available since 2019 on models like the Model 3, seemed already technically capable of performing such maneuvers in a closed circuit. It would have only taken drawing the necessary lines to program this route. Innovation could have been implemented much earlier. For a long time, for instance, autonomous forklifts have been used in Amazon warehouses.

That said, this development reflects a continuous refinement of the FSD software, demonstrating its potential in specific conditions. But this progress, as captivating as it is on video, doesn’t really revolutionize the industry.

Ultimately, it is undeniable that Tesla seizes every opportunity, however minimal, to develop and showcase its ambitions regarding autonomous driving. The establishment of these operations, although modest, is further evidence of that. For a car, as for a living organism, the path to total autonomy is long, but Tesla is making progress step by step.

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