--- title: "Elon Musk: Tesla Self-Driving Will Be Able to Dodge UFOs That Crash Into Roadway" description: "Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Twitter that the new Full Self-Driving software would automatically avoid UFO debris blocking the road ahead." date: "2021-09-15" modified: "2021-09-15" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-tesla-self-driving-dodge-ufos" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Self-Driving Vehicles" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "aliens" - "elon musk" - "full self-driving" - "tesla" - "the digest" - "ufos" --- # Elon Musk: Tesla Self-Driving Will Be Able to Dodge UFOs That Crash Into Roadway ![Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Twitter that the new Full Self-Driving software would automatically avoid UFO debris blocking the road ahead.]() *\Image: Getty Images\* ## Swerve! Tesla recently released the 10th version of its [Full Self-Driving (FSD) software feature](), an optional $10,000 add-on that allows its vehicles to take care of a good deal of driving — but not all of it, as the name deceptively suggests. And the feature may have yet another quirky ability hidden up its sleeve, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk [suggested on Twitter]() this week. "FSD 10 predicts height from video pixels directly, without needing to classify groups of pixels into objects," Musk explained in the tweet. "In principle, even if a UFO crashed on the road right in front of you, it would still avoid the debris. " ## Tinfoil Party Musk also couldn't help himself, donning a tinfoil hat for some tongue-in-cheek humor. "I’m not saying there are UFOs... but there are UFOs," he wrote in a [followup tweet](), drawing a hailstorm of [sarcastic comments](), and [theories]() from the Twittersphere. Tesla may have made some big advances in its self-driving tech, but the software hasn't always been able to spot the occasional — and obvious — roadway obstruction. Last month, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [opened a formal investigation]() into the carmaker over its self-driving feature causing collisions with with emergency response vehicles. Whether the new FSD beta will solve those issues remains to be seen. The beta is still limited to a restricted number of early testers. In a tweet last month, [Musk claimed]() that Tesla is "aiming for 1000 percent safer than the average human driver." But the proof is in the pudding — the same goes for the existence of alien UFOs. **More on Musk:** *[Elon Musk Furious at Law That Would Reward Unionized EV Companies]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()