Tesla's FSD v14 Lite Expands Outside US to South Korea

Tesla's Fully Self-Driving (Supervised) v14 Lite software is now being deployed to markets outside the United States, commencing with South Korea. This marks the first instance where a new version of FSD is being released outside the US market first. The update enables vehicles equipped with the older Hardware 3 (HW3) system to experience the latest FSD capabilities.

South Korea has become the first international market to receive the FSD v14 Lite update, according to Tesla's South Korean official X account. This deviates from the usual pattern where Canada typically follows the US as the first recipient of Tesla's software updates. Canadian users are still awaiting the FSD v14 Lite, while South Korea has become the global rollout location for this version.

The initial rollout in South Korea is limited to a group of early test users. The update is compatible with Model 3 and Model Y vehicles manufactured in the US and fitted with the HW3 autonomous driving computer. While the initial user base is small, Tesla's AI account has confirmed that FSD v14 Lite will be gradually rolled out to all eligible HW3 vehicles after further verification.

FSD v14 Lite is an optimized version of the FSD v14 main release, designed for vehicles with the newer HW4 hardware. Significant software optimizations were required to run the newer FSD version on the HW3 platform, given its limited memory bandwidth compared to HW4. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has previously described this as a challenging engineering task.

Tesla has confirmed that FSD v14 Lite will be gradually deployed to international markets that already support or have approved FSD v14. These include the US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, China, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, and Belgium. Specific rollout timelines for other countries or regions have not yet been announced, and it remains unclear which markets will receive the update next.