In Berlin, Teslas Drive Themselves!

Tesla reaches a new major milestone in the development of its autonomous driving technology.

Tesla has begun using its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Unsupervised system at its European factory, Giga Berlin, marking the third deployment of this technology after Fremont and Giga Texas.

Now, freshly produced Model Y vehicles move on their own, without any human intervention, from the end of the production line to the logistics parking area in preparation for their shipment. On his YouTube page, Tobias Lindh has published videos of vehicles navigating autonomously to their designated shipping lane, without a driver aboard.

The initiative was first launched earlier this year at the Fremont factory. There, vehicles automatically cover a distance of 1.9 km between the assembly line and the logistics area. The system relies on a vision-based neural network trained on real-world driving data, capable of managing an industrial environment with pedestrians, moving equipment, and other vehicles.

Useful and Spectacular

Shortly after, Giga Texas followed suit. In Austin, Model Y vehicles follow a route of 2.25 km, while Cybertrucks take a shorter but more complex path of 1 km, including a 17% incline and a tunnel built by The Boring Company.

Since these deployments in the United States, over 84,600 km have been traveled without a driver, allowing Tesla to refine its FSD software in conditions close to real roads but secured.

Although the exact route at Giga Berlin is not yet revealed, the introduction of FSD in Europe demonstrates Tesla’s ambition to generalize this technology on a global scale.

For now, the use remains limited to internal logistics, but these trials provide a solid foundation for the planned paid robotaxi network in Austin in the coming weeks. The factories serve as controlled yet dynamic testing grounds, ideal for refining the software before its deployment on open roads.

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