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Elon Musk Says some Tesla Owners Might Be Able to Text and Drive. Can that Happen?
Tesla plans to activate texting while driving with Full Self-Driving soon, marking progress toward unsupervised autonomy despite legal and safety concerns, Musk said.
- On Nov. 6, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, told shareholders Tesla will enable owners to text and drive using Full Self-Driving within a month or two.
- Repeated promises and revised timelines show Musk has repeatedly promised unsupervised self-driving a few months away, requiring Tesla to reach SAE levels 3 to 5 and assume responsibility, potentially pushing it into 2026.
- Musk said Tesla will review safety statistics but did not detail regulatory discussions, while Tesla's safety data excludes minor bumps and conflates human-plus-FSD crash metrics.
- Legal experts note that Tesla would need regulatory approval to enable texting while driving, but so far, there is no evidence it has started that process, despite bans in 49 states.
- The timeline extends beyond FSD, with Musk setting a Cybercab demo for April 1, 2026 and targeting Cybercab production by April next year alongside large Optimus ambitions.
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