Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that within the next month or two, the company will be able to unlock the ability for people to text and drive because its full self-driving suite will be powerful enough to allow drivers to take their attention off the road.
In its current state, Tesla Full Self-Driving is a supervised driver assistance suite that requires the vehicle operator to maintain control of the vehicle and pay attention to the road surroundings.
However, the company has been aiming to launch a fully autonomous version of its full self-driving suite for years, teasing its future potential and aiming to launch a Level 5 suite as soon as possible.
CEO Elon Musk believes the company is on the cusp of something radical, he said at its annual shareholder meeting yesterday.
One thing Musk hinted at is that the company should be able to allow those in the driver’s seat of their cars to text and drive “in the next month or two,” as long as the stats look good.
He said:
“In the next month or two, we’ll take a look at the safety statistics, but we’ll basically let you text and drive.”
The company recently moved to its v14 fully autonomous driving range, which is its most powerful yet, and recently expanded to include the Cybertruck, completing its rollout across the vehicle lineup.
Currently, Tesla is working on version 14.1.5, and when significant improvements are made, this second number will increase, meaning version 14.2 will be the next big improvement.
Musk said 14.3 will be a time when you can “pretty much sleep and wake up at your destination.”
🚨🚨 Elon Musk says version 14.3 of Tesla’s full self-driving system will be a time when you can “pretty much sleep and wake up at your destination.”
We’re on version 14.1 currently 👀 pic.twitter.com/KMkWh5Qa7T
— Teslarati (@Teslarati) November 6, 2025
We’ve heard a fair amount of similar statements in the past, and Tesla owners have been conditioned to take some of these self-driving time frames with a grain of salt.
However, with the upgrades in FSD over the past few months, and especially with the rollout of the Robotaxi in Austin, which doesn’t use anyone in the driver’s seat for local routes, it doesn’t seem as if autonomy is that far-fetched for Tesla.
