Years after its introduced debut, Tesla has lastly launched beta model 9 of its Full Self-Driving system, albeit warning drivers that the software program “may do the wrong thing at the worst time” and urging them to not turn out to be complacent on the wheel.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who over time has turn out to be well-known for lacking deadlines, originally said beta model 9 was coming in 2018, then 2019, and most lately no later than this past June. At the start of the month, Musk once more swore to Tesla followers that the replace was coming and attributed the delay to generalized self-driving being harder than he thought.

In screenshots of the replace’s launch notes shared on social media, Tesla factors out enhancements in driving visualization, which can show “additional surrounding information” on the in-car show. There are additionally enhancements to the cabin digicam above the rearview mirror that Tesla says will decide “driver inattentiveness” and supply them with audible alerts to remind them to maintain their eyes on the highway when utilizing autopilot techniques.

Importantly, Tesla states that photographs captured by this digicam is not going to be shared for those who don’t need them to be.

“Camera images do not leave the vehicle itself, which means the system cannot save or transmit information unless you enable data sharing,” the corporate mentioned in its launch notes.

It’s not fully clear how a lot of an enchancment beta model 9 will convey to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system but. On Friday, Musk warned that the corporate had been engaged on fixing many identified points and that one thing may nonetheless go mistaken.

“Beta 9 addresses most known issues, but there will be unknown issues, so please be paranoid,” Musk mentioned on Twitter. “Safety is always top priority at Tesla.”

Beta model 9 is at the moment solely accessible to these within the firm’s early access program presently, which Electrek reports consists of about 2,000 Tesla homeowners, the vast majority of that are Tesla workers.

It ought to be famous that regardless of the system’s identify, the system doesn’t permit the automobile to drive itself, though there isn’t any doubt it’s a sophisticated driving system. In reality, it’s technically a level 2 driver-assist system, in keeping with the Society of Automotive Engineers, which signifies that an automatic system is doing a lot of the driving, steering, braking, and accelerating, however a human should be alert and able to take over at any second.

Even although Tesla followers greeted the replace with pleasure, the corporate’s autopilot techniques are at the moment beneath enhanced scrutiny. In April, two males died in Texas after a Tesla which authorities imagine had nobody within the driver’s seat crashed right into a tree and burst into flames. Nonetheless, over time there have additionally been instances of individuals utilizing Tesla’s autopilot techniques asleep and drunk on the wheel or whereas looking at their telephones.

Recently, regulators on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a rule that requires corporations to report accidents involving driver help or autonomous techniques inside at some point of studying about them.