Whole Mars feature coming next month with v15 FSD update
Tesla engineer signals imminent arrival of the autonomous driving capability on the v15 development roadmap.
A Tesla engineer indicated that Whole Mars—an advanced autonomous driving feature—is on track to arrive within the next month. "@wholemars next month or so. the next tech to merge on the v15 plan will enable it," Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's director of AI, wrote on X.
Whole Mars has been part of Tesla's longer-term FSD development discussions but remains officially undocumented in public releases. The feature's exact scope and capabilities have not been detailed by the company. Elluswamy's post suggests it depends on a specific technology merge scheduled for the v15 development branch, indicating it is contingent on that integration completing successfully.
Tesla has been steadily rolling out FSD updates throughout 2026. The timeline given—next month or so—aligns with the company's typical beta release cadence, though no official announcement has been made.
"@wholemars next month or so. the next tech to merge on the v15 plan will enable it."— X · @aelluswamy