Tesla says FSD Supervised v14.3.9 will begin rolling out soon with a headline feature called Automatic Collision Evasion, an active safety feature that can engage FSD if the person is about to get into an accident. When the vehicle determines that Automatic Emergency Braking may not prevent an imminent collision, FSD can take control of steering, braking and acceleration to attempt an evasive maneuver. The system can also intervene when it detects severe driver inattention or believes FSD was disengaged unintentionally.
FSD v14.3.9
While Tesla announced that FSD v14.3.9 will be available shortly, employees are already testing this latest version. The next step will be to roll it out to early access testers, which can happen as early as this weekend.
FSD v14.3.9 will be update 2027.5, which follows FSD v14.3.8 in North America. Automatic Collision Evasion will be the main new feature but it could potentially include the upcoming pot hole avoidance feature as well.
Automatic Collision Evasion
We broke the news of Automatic Collision Evasion yesterday with a lot of details of what the feature does and when it’ll be activated.
Automatic Collision Evasion activates under two main scenarios when FSD is off. The first is when a frontal collision is imminent and braking alone is unlikely to stop it. Under this scenario, if certain requirements are met, such as traveling on a divided road and under 85 mph, the vehicle will take over braking, accelerating and steering.
FSD may steer into another lane or onto the shoulder while braking or accelerating as required.
Driver inputs work differently during the emergency maneuver. Pressing the accelerator will have no effect while FSD is taking over. Pressing the brake pedal increases deceleration but does not cancel FSD or end the evasive action. The only way to cancel the evasive manuver is to take over steering input with strong counterforce. At that point, the driver resumes control of the vehicle.
FSD has previously been recorded steering away from potential highway collisions while already active. Automatic Collision Evasion extends that type of intervention to emergencies while the driver is driving manually.
Tesla warns that it is a last-resort safety function and does not replace an attentive driver. It’s worth taking a look at our in-depth look at the upcoming Automatic Collision Evasion feature that explains the feature in more detail.