Summon and Autopark (banish) coming next month for Tesla vehicles

Tesla will rollout two much-awaited capabilities – Summon and Autopark (Banish) mode next month for Tesla vehicles. The latest confirmation is coming directly from the company’s CEO, Elon Musk.

“Major improvements coming for Summon & Banish (Autopark) next month,” wrote Tesla CEO on social media site X on Sunday.

(Image Source: X)

Similar to Tesla’s boss, Ashok Elluswamy also gave a similar indication for the next feature upgrade.

Reverse coming soon, when the Actually Smart Summon™️ and the FSD models merge together over the next few releases.

— Ashok Elluswamy (@aelluswamy) March 16, 2024

Removal

In October 2022, Tesla removed ultrasonic sensors (USS) from Model 3 and Model Y followed by Model S and Model X in 2023. The company took this step in order to transition to camera-based vision.

The company also launched a vision-based occupancy network used in Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta to replace the input generated by USS.

Tesla says that the occupancy network allows vehicles to achieve spatial positioning, long-range visibility, and the ability to identify and differentiate between objects.

Despite the new improvements, Tesla disabled autopark and smart summon features from Tesla vehicles. The company however announced to resume both of these once the occupancy network matches performance with USS.

Autpark automatically takes the vehicle into parallel or perpendicular parking spaces. Smart Summon allows you to move a Tesla vehicle to your location which uses the phone’s GPS as a target location. A user can also summon the vehicle to a location of choice or take the Tesla model out of parking spaces and around corners.

The vision-based system equips numerous cameras on the front and rear bumpers of the vehicle.

Resuming smart summon and autopark features suggests that the occupancy network has gained momentum in comparison to the USS.

Release Date:

Tesla is currently relating new software builds for FSD Beta version 12 subscribers. These features could appear alongside the FSD Beta v12.4 software update in April.