Tesla’s over-the-air (OTA) software updates regularly bring improvements to the automaker’s vehicles, and many owners have watched the company slowly improve their cars over the course of their ownership. Now, a source claims that Tesla will add a handful of useful features in an upcoming update, including live object detection on the road, Supercharger congestion fees and more.
X user and Tesla sleuth Greentheonly has reportedly taken a look at the internal code for the upcoming 2023.28 software update and found that the automaker appears to be planning to release the object detection and charging congestion features, among others (via Not a Tesla App).
Green notes that the object detection feature is not dissimilar to Waze’s functionality, except that it will use real-time data from other Tesla vehicles to report obstacles or hazards. Once an object is detected on the road, it will immediately appear on the displays of other Teslas in the vicinity.
Another feature apparently coming with the upcoming update is the addition of Supercharger congestion fees for those charging more than 80 per cent. In addition, the update is expected to unveil an auto-dial 911 feature when airbags deploy, improved alternative route suggestions and more.
Green also hints at other potential features, including text-to-speech for navigation, expected to debut in China first, and something called karaoke tuning. Green also highlights other things in the code that he says he doesn’t understand or hasn’t had time to look at.
You can see Green’s post on X below, with many of his discoveries shared in the larger thread.
As Not a Tesla App points out, Green’s discovery of the features doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be released, and it’s still possible that Tesla will scrap some of them. It’s also possible that Tesla is currently testing these features with the intention of releasing them in a future update, perhaps even 2023.38.
In the past, Green spotted Tesla’s addition of a driver drowsiness icon before the automaker unveiled its latest drowsiness monitoring feature, and he alluded to the alleged “Elon Mode” full self-driving (FSD) beta feature that was widely discussed earlier this year.
