Tesla won't be able to advertise its cars as Full Self-Driving starting next year under a new California law. Senate Bill 1398 was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsome and it targets the electric automaker's marketing of software features in some models that imply the cars can fully drive themselves - which they cannot. Elon Musk's company lobbied against the bill, arguing that it already makes customers aware of the technology's limitations. Tesla owners in the U.S. must pay extra $15,000 for full self-driving software and were required to have a safety score of at least 80. However, Musk recently announced that anyone in North America can now request the FSD software. Tesla won't be able to advertise its cars as Full Self-Driving starting next year under a new California law Drivers are also told that regardless of the software's capabilities, they should always pay attention to the road and be prepared to take the wheel at any moment.

Tesla has officially started rolling out its Full Self-Driving Beta in Canada – marking the first official international expansion of the driver-assist system that Tesla taunts as an early version of a true self-driving system. Since October 2020, Tesla has been slowly rolling out what it is calling "Full Self-Driving Beta" (FSD Beta), which is an early version of its self-driving software that is currently being tested by a fleet of Tesla owners selected by the company and through its "safety test score." The software enables the vehicle to drive autonomously to a destination entered in the car's navigation system, but the driver needs to remain vigilant and ready to take control at all times. Since the responsibility lies with the driver and not Tesla's system, it is still considered a level two driver-assist system despite its name. It has been sort of a "two steps forward, one step back" type of program, as some updates have seen regressions in terms of the driving capabilities.

Are you uncomfortable with the idea of Tesla letting owners test Full Self-Driving betas on public streets? Reuters reports the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a driver's complaint that the FSD beta led to a November 3rd collision in Brea, California. The owner alleged that his Model Y entered the wrong lane, leading to impact with another car and serious damage on the left side. The EV offered an alert partway through the turn, according to the driver. However, the FSD software supposedly wouldn't let the driver regain control, forcing the car into the wrong lane.

Now might be your chance to join Tesla's Full Self-Driving beta. Elon Musk has revealed that Tesla's new 8.2 software is "doubling" the size of the beta test program, and 8.3 will "probably" expand the size of the program by ten times. You'll want to get in touch if you're interested, Musk said. The company chief warned that you still had to "be careful" with these newer betas, but that the code was "getting mature." Tesla first released the Full Self-Driving beta in October of last year, and has been making frequent improvements ever since.

Tesla's Full Self-Driving beta is already making some significant (and arguably needed) strides forward. Electrek says the automaker has rolled out an update that, according to Elon Musk, should reduce the need for human intervention by about a third. He didn't elaborate on what led to the improvements besides more real-world use, but that's still a huge leap for an initial update. You can expect more Full Self-Driving updates every five to ten days, Musk added. He further acknowledged that the system would never be perfect, but hoped the likelihood of an error would eventually dip "far lower" than what you'd expect from a human.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter last night that the electric car company's Full Self-Driving beta update is officially being rolled out. "Will be extremely slow and cautious, as it should," Musk added an uncharacteristically serious tone. The update is, according to Musk, a revolutionary rewrite of his car company's controversial self-driving features suite, called Full Self-Driving or FSD. Despite of its name, the $8,000 option hasn't allowed drivers to completely take their hands off the steering wheel -- at least yet. In August, Musk promised that the update will be a "quantum leap, because it's a fundamental architectural rewrite, not an incremental tweak."