Park assist

Past Tesletter articles

Heads-up on Tesla smart parking: watch for moving cars

A clip from Chuck Cook’s video on FSD v12.3.6 showcases Autopark in various scenarios, highlighting unexpected events—especially around the 1:47 mark, where the parked Tesla doesn’t seem to account for other moving vehicles. As always, Tesla owners using Autopark should stay vigilant.

From issue #315

Parallel parking on new autopark feature

Great video demonstrating how it works in this case. I can’t wait to try it!

From issue #310

Tesla rolls out High Fidelity Park Assist and new Autopark to cars with USS

Tesla’s latest software update, 2024.3.25, finally brings High Fidelity Park Assist and a new Autopark feature to vehicles equipped with Ultrasonic Sensors (USS) and AMD Ryzen chips. This enhancement now enables the previously Vision-only features, offering a ‘Tesla Vision’ Park Assist with 3D reconstruction and a choice between ‘Standard’ and ‘Vision’ Autopark options. However, cars with the older Intel Atom chip will only receive a less detailed version.

From issue #315

Tesla's High Fidelity Vision Park Assist gains impressive accuracy

The owner just stopped when the car showed “stop,” and by measuring the distance, they found it was a bit over 12 inches from the garage door, pretty accurate!

From issue #310

Tesla's new 'Tap to Park' autopark feature

Tesla introduces an updated ‘Tap to Park’ Autopark feature, accessible via update 2024.2.11, currently to employees. This enhancement is expected to rely on the neural networks driving FSD Beta v12, providing better detection and selection of parking spots and streamlining the process with simple screen-tap activation. Many are asking for functionality like the old summon one where the owner was able to exit the vehicle before the maneuver.

From issue #310

Tight parallel park. pure vision, no radar

Great demo of how far the auto park has come with the latest updates. When Tesla removed the ultrasonic sensors, many people in the community doubted this would ever be possible, but Tesla keeps proving their vision-only approach works.

From issue #315

True accuracy of Tesla 'High Fidelity' Park Assist

Nice video by ai_drivr where we can see the High Fidelity Park Assist at the same time as we can see the car from a drone. As it isn’t surprising, the car struggles the most when objects are right in front of the car and not visible by the cameras, because they are close and shorter than the hood of the car. This means that if you can back up into a parking spot, the visualization will almost always be more accurate. Again, pretty cool video!

From issue #301