Tesla announces Actually Smart Summon for Europe and China

Tesla has announced that Actually Smart Summon is coming to Europe, China, and other regions. This will be a major feature implementation for Tesla customers across all models.

A few years ago, Tesla removed the smart summon capability from its vehicles as it shifted to the camera-based vision system. The EV maker limited this feature on some previous models but completely stopped for new models.

This time, the feature adopted for the camera system and already available for AI4 and AI3 vehicles in the US.

The functionality is familiar but improved the self-driving experience with FSD version 12. The company has delivered this feature on most cars across North America.

With Actually Smart Summon you can automatically drive the vehicle to a target point. For example, you can bring the vehicle out of the parking. However, it works in proximity to the user’s smartphone location. Users will have to monitor the car’s movement with a smartphone app.

Actually Smart Summon packages with a Dumb Summon. With this, you can move the vehicle forward and backward. Currently, the feature requires you to continuously press the on-screen control to summon the vehicle. The vehicle will stop when you lift the on-screen touch. These features are designed to be used in parking lots or driveways.

Future improvements:

Tesla has planned to release new improvements for Actually Smart Summon and Dumb Summon. These include the public and high-speed road aborts, which automatically stop the summon when a vehicle moves to a highway or public road.

The update will improve blocked camera aborts and customers can experience reduced false positive collision mitigation aborts. Meanwhile, dumb summon could see new optimization for toward and backward movements.

Release Date

Tesla has not announced a release date for Actually Smart Summon and Dumb Summon for Europe and China but it could happen somewhere in November at the earliest.