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Tesla Australia Exec: No Regulatory Barriers for FSD Release
- On May 21, 2025, Thom Drew, who leads Tesla's operations across Australia and New Zealand, revealed that Full Self-Driving technology is currently undergoing testing in Australia and faces no regulatory obstacles for its potential introduction on local roads.
- Tesla began local FSD testing in January 2023 or earlier, but the technology cannot legally be used publicly until it receives legal approval, causing uncertain timing for release.
- The FSD system, which is semi-autonomous and shown navigating Melbourne traffic in a Tesla Model 3, requires local calibration to Australian city streets before it can be broadly offered.
- Some Australian customers have paid up to $10,100 for FSD Beta access via software updates, with Drew emphasizing strong demand and calling the lack of regulatory blockers "exciting".
- Drew highlighted FSD global expansion as a priority for Tesla, implying that its eventual Australian rollout could support Tesla's rebound after recent sales slumps and ongoing market adjustments.
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Tesla Australia Exec: No regulatory barriers for FSD release
Recent comments from Tesla’s Country Director for Australia and New Zealand Thom Drew have provided an exciting update for Full Self Driving’s upcoming release in Australia. As per the executive, there is currently no regulatory barrier to FSD being rolled out to Australian roads. Drew’s comments came on the heels of a video demonstration featuring FSD Supervised navigating Melbourne’s central business district. Tesla FSD’s Australia Demo Shared…
Samsung Back To Working On Upstreaming Tesla FSD SoC Support In The Linux Kernel
In early 2022 Samsung engineers began working on upstreaming support for the Tesla Full Self-Driving "FSD" SoC to the mainline Linux kernel. Those early patches were mainlined in Linux 5.18 and later in 2022 turned to working on the PCIe support for the Tesla FSD SoC with the mainline kernel, but then work seemingly ceased on this upstreaming effort. More than two years later, the work was restarted today with Samsung posting the latest patches …
Tesla eases driver monitoring system in latest FSD update
Tesla has quietly adjusted its driver monitoring system (DMS) in the latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) software update, making it less sensitive to brief glances away from the road. While not mentioned in the official release […]
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