Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.

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Tesla's FSD beta software could be downloaded via button in the car's touchscreen interface from May, as Tesla seeks to involve more drivers in autonomous testing.

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Elon Musk reports Tesla FSD beta program in high demand

Driver demand to try out Tesla's Full Self-Driving beta program is apparently high, Elon Musk says.

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Tesla Full Self-Driving may go to wide public release by July

Tesla's Full Self-Driving software may go public in Q2 2021, Elon Musk says.

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“Super exciting”: Tesla growth sees earnings double, future factory efficiency

Tesla reports sixth straight profitable quarter and looks forward to another year of growth fuelled by new factories making production more efficient.

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Tesla inks deal with Samsung to develop new nano chip for autonomous cars

Tesla expands partnership with Samsung Electronics to develop a 5-nanometre semiconductor for fully autonomous vehicles.

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Musk flags “new functionality” and improvements in next Tesla FSD beta update

Elon Musk says "fundamental improvements" and "entire new areas of functionality" will come with next FSD beta update, and Tesla will consider a wider release soon.