Tesla starts FSD v14 'Lite' rollout to HW3 cars

Key Points:

• Tesla has begun rolling out Full Self-Driving (FSD) v14 “Lite” to its Hardware 3 (HW3) vehicles, initially to early-access drivers, marking the first major FSD update for these cars since early 2025.
• The FSD v14 Lite build adapts the newer HW4 software capabilities for the older HW3 computer, improving safety, navigation, pedestrian interactions, and adding parking and reversing features, but remains a supervised Level 2 system.
• HW3 owners, who purchased FSD with the expectation of unsupervised self-driving, have been waiting for this update after Tesla acknowledged HW3's limitations in running full unsupervised FSD due to hardware constraints.
• Despite the improvements, FSD v14 Lite does not fulfill the original promise of unsupervised driving, maintaining the need for driver attention and hands-on control, which has led to legal challenges from affected owners.
• The core issue remains unresolved as Tesla has yet to offer a hardware retrofit or compensation for the roughly 4 million HW3 vehicles sold with FSD promises that cannot be fully delivered on this hardware.