In May, Tesla surprised many by releasing a video of its supervised full-self-driving (FSD), which showed a Tesla Model 3 driving on Australian roads without any driver input on its trip.
That video was filmed in Melbourne, where the car even made the difficult hook turn in the CBD around tram lines.Ā Now, two months later, Tesla has released another video, this time a supervised FSD journey around the streets of Sydney.
In the latest video, a black Model 3 sedan is seen with a driver entering the destination before the car drives to its destination, without any intervention.
On the way, the car is seen going around a roundabout at the start of the trip where the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera house are seen in the background.
It then navigates the narrow streets, allowing pedestrians to cross safely, and then drives through intersections behind a bus, before arriving at its destination.
This is now the second video Tesla has released that shows the software doing a trip in right-hand-drive markets and comes only 2 months after the video from Melbourne.
After this video was shared, some very excited FSD software owners in Australia replied to the post with one saying: āWow this is awesome. I’ll be getting it enabled as soon as we’re allowed. Aaaaaaany tick of the clock. (I hope).ā
Another said: āI love this! Letās hope we get to experience it for real soon! šā.
Previously, the supervised FSD has been spotted to be testing in the US, Canada, Mexico, China, France and a few left-hand-drive European countries.
Mexico was the first market to have a video released, showcasing a car driving on the local streets in early February.
Later that month, a version of the FSD software was released in China. This was a huge step for autonomous driving in the world’s biggest car market, which is also quite progressive when it comes smart driving and autonomous driving systems.
The rollout of FSD will improve the overall ownership experience and in time help reduce incidents across many parts of the world as Tesla continues its global expansion.
The latest video is once again quite impressive as Tesla cars can drive on their own on Australian roads. Ā It also suggests that Teslaās FSD supervised software rollout could be available in markets like Australia in the near future.Ā
With so much excitement already among the Tesla community in Australia, we look forward to seeing more progress ahead of its eventual local launch of the FSD-supervised software, as seen in the US.Ā
Itāll also set the path for lowering the increasing accident rates across the country and make our roads safer.
RizĀ is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.