Tesla rolls out FSD light for four million older models without latest hardware

Tesla last month started rolling out the latest highly anticipated version of full self-driving (FSD) supervised software version 14 (V14) to the first batch of eligible AI4 hardware-equipped cars in Australia in New Zealand.

Now the company has released a lighter version of FSD supervised based on V14, for older AI3 hardware-equipped vehicles in its fleet, which make up around 4 million cars globally.

In a post on X, the company’s VP of AI, Ashok Elluswamy, announced: “FSD v14 Lite is now rolling out to AI3 early-access customers. Based on the feedback, will roll out to more customers over the next few weeks.”

FSD v14 Lite is now rolling out to AI3 early-access customers. Based on the feedback, will rollout to more customers over the next few weeks.

This build distills the driving behavior from AI4’s v14 series into both the camera and compute config of AI3. It includes destination…

— Ashok Elluswamy (@aelluswamy) June 29, 2026

Key features in this version over what was available to AI3 cars previously include:

• Speed profiles
• Start self-driving from park
• Arrival options around parking 
• Other feature set found on V14

Off the back of this news, multiple readers that received the update, started testing it out with one sharing initial feedback on X: “Really impressive first few drives with FSD v14 lite! Big leap in capability and feature set from v12.6.4, it’s tuned for safety right now so it’s taking things slow and smoothly. Highway performance was notably great.”

Another owner who tried this version compared to the V14 on AI3 equipped car said: “Drove Tesla FSD v14 Lite for an hour tonight on my M3 HW3 Tesla. WAYYY better than v12.6.4.  Tested HWY, residential, and back roads. All great! The parking feature worked exactly the same as using it with the Cybertruck.  This v14 lite, on a HW3, feels as good as v14 to me on an AI4 vehicle!” 

One local owner also replied to Ashok’s post requesting it for owners in ANZ: “Please bring it to Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand for HW3 owners! 🙏*

Last year, Tesla launched the first version of its full self-driving (FSD) supervised software in the Australian market for select hardware-equipped vehicles. That was under version 13 of the software stack and only for AI4 hardware-equipped cars.

Then the major update for owners of AI4 vehicles, which include tens of thousands of Model 3s and Model Ys across the country.

It’s also been a highly anticipated version, as many current users of the software expect major upgrades over the original version launched over nine months ago.

On 18 September 2025, Tesla launched the FSD supervised software to all eligible cars in Australia and New Zealand, making these the first right-hand-drive markets in the world to have it.

At that time, this software was available on all new vehicles as an option for $10,100, and a monthly subscription was launched later in the year and now starts at $149 per month.

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This subscription offering has helped bring thousands of current owners to try FSD Supervised for the first time. The latest update, when launched for AI3 cars, will bring tens of thousands of new subscribers to the software in Australia.

Tesla is looking to improve its FSD Supervised software for our market as competition in the EV sales segment heats up, giving Tesla an edge over competitors who have yet to test their autonomous software in Australia. 

We hope to see a smooth rollout of this software, to try it out on local roads and receive updates on the likely release of FSD Lite for AI3 owners across Australia.