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IT Home reported on October 25 that, during Tesla’s latest earnings call, Tesla Vice President Ashok Elluswamy announced that the company is developing its own AI-based mapping and navigation system. The new mapping system will launch with FSD v15, combining data collected by Tesla’s fleet with personalized route planning and supporting FSD voice control.
According to IT Home, Tesla’s current navigation system pairs third-party map content with software developed in-house. Reports published when the “Preferred Routes” feature launched explained that Google provides base-map tiles, street data, satellite imagery, points of interest and traffic information through an API; Tesla develops its own navigation app and calculates routes, allowing it to factor Supercharger locations and user preferences into route decisions.
During the earnings call, a shareholder asked about problems with FSD’s speed-limit recognition, parking and route selection. Elluswamy agreed: “You’re absolutely right. We should never have relied on maps from external vendors in the first place.”
He then confirmed that Tesla is developing this AI-based map in-house to address a series of problems currently seen with FSD, including speed-limit recognition, parking and route planning.
Elluswamy said it is an entirely new architecture, rather than simply another version of a map. The system is, in essence, an “AI-based mapping and navigation system”: Tesla’s large fleet will automatically collect street information and record data such as travel speeds, stop signs, traffic lights and parking lots.
The new mapping architecture will enable many new capabilities. Tesla can add extensive information to the map, addressing FSD trouble spots such as routing and speed limits while also making driving smoother and safer by marking potholes, entrances and exits with obstructed visibility, dangerous intersections and more.
It will also likely be used to improve automatic parking, allowing users to set preferences for parking within a lot, such as prioritizing the nearest available space, staying away from other vehicles or choosing an accessible parking space. The fleet will continuously collect relevant environmental data.
Elluswamy also said the map will allow users to customize routes by voice, complementing the Grok capability planned for release this fall to control FSD.
Tesla has already introduced “Preferred Routes” in its 2026 summer update, prioritizing routes users have driven before when planning a trip. The same update added an automatic navigation capability: besides home, work and destinations on the calendar, it can now automatically navigate to other frequently visited places.
Preferred Routes builds on the alternative routes feature introduced in 2022, which offered up to 3 route options.
Elluswamy expects the new map to be used first in FSD v15 for the departure and arrival stages of a trip, then to expand gradually over the following months to cover the remaining navigation capabilities, including parking and voice control.