RELEASE NOTES
2026.38.5
Combines seasonal, interface, and charging updates with major FSD improvements for HW4 and HW3, including new parking flows and driving controls.
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Highlights
Selected feature notesFeatures and changes
In EnglishInterface
Visual Updates
Charging
Emergency Drive Away
In an emergency, the vehicle can shift into Drive while a Supercharger cable remains connected. Activation shares short camera recordings with Tesla.
Region not confirmed
Emergency use only: driving with the cable attached will damage the vehicle and Supercharger, and repair costs may be charged to the owner.
Supercharger Site Maps
Other
Set Arrival Energy
Automatic Collision Evasion
The system may engage FSD (Supervised) when the driver is insufficiently attentive or FSD was unintentionally disengaged, attempting to avoid danger and continue driving.
Region not confirmed
The feature remains driver-supervised; see the Owner’s Manual for full conditions.
Vehicle
Dynamic Headlight Leveling
Speed Profiles
FSD
FSD (Supervised) v14.3.12
Updates reinforcement learning, the vision encoder, and runtime for 20% faster reactions, with better lane choice, parking, traffic-light handling, emergency and rare-object responses, temporary-degradation recovery, driver monitoring, unified FSD/Summon/Robotaxi behavior, and intervention-free trip statistics.
Region not confirmed
FSD remains a driver-assistance system; the driver must stay attentive and be ready to intervene.
Full Self-Driving (Supervised)
Supervised FSD can start from a parked position, change lanes, follow the route, navigate around obstacles, turn, and park at the destination.
Region not confirmed
The system does not make the vehicle autonomous. The driver must remain attentive and ready to take over.
FSD (Supervised) v14.3 Lite
Brings selected HW4 v14 capabilities to HW3, improving navigation, merges, forks, pedestrian, traffic-light and cut-in handling, comfort, parking, unparking, reversing, arrival options, and speed profiles.
Region not confirmed
FSD remains driver-supervised.
Start Self-Driving from Park
FSD can start from a parked position after confirming a seated, buckled driver and an unobstructed cabin camera. Brake Confirm controls whether the brake pedal must first be pressed and released.
Region not confirmed
The feature does not make the vehicle autonomous; an authorized driver must be seated and ready to intervene.
FSD Interface Improvements
UI ImprovementsSafety
Security Improvements
Media
Grok No Longer in Beta
Last checked
Checked 15 October 2026. TeslaFi figures are a stored tracker sample, not a measure of the entire fleet. Confirm availability in your vehicle’s own release notes.
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