Tesla is going to let you guide Full Self-Driving with Grok in 3 months, CEO Elon Musk confirmed on X.\n<\/p>\n
The response from Musk, which revealed Tesla plans to allow drivers to effectively control the car and its navigation more explicitly using Grok, puts the feature for about September.\n<\/p>\n
A Tesla owner said that Full Self-Driving is great, but owners should be able to \u201cconverse with Grok like we can with an Uber driver.\u201d She then used examples like, \u201cGrok, turn right here,\u201d and \u201cDrop us off right here, we\u2019ll walk due to traffic,\u201d and finally,\u201d Drop at entrance first, then park far away.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Coincidentally, the final piece of dialogue would also mean features like Banish are potentially on the way soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n This functionality will be there in about 3 months or so\n<\/p>\n \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Banish is also referred to as \u201cReverse Summon,\u201d<\/a> and would enable the car to self-park while dropping occupants off at their destination.\n<\/p>\n This would be a great way to improve the overall experience while supervising FSD. Navigation is already a major painpoint that many owners complain about. Manual overrides when a maneuver is requested or canceled (like using the turn signal stalk to override a navigation route), do not always work.<\/p>\n The feature could be especially useful in street parking scenarios in a city, where spots are sometimes tough to come by. Many of us who grab dinner in a more populated area will park a street or two over from wherever we\u2019re going, because sometimes you know that\u2019s the best you will get. If a driver using FSD could say, \u201cHey Grok, turn right here on Queen St. and park in that open spot on the right,\u201d it could save a lot of confusion FSD might have on its own.\n<\/p>\n Musk teased that a similar feature was \u201ccoming\u201d back in February:\n<\/p>\n Tesla Full Self-Driving set to get an awesome new feature, Elon Musk says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n It is certainly surprising that Tesla is doing it at this point. The company\u2019s more recent moves have been more evident of taking control and inputs away from humans and putting them in the AI\u2019s hands more frequently. The biggest example of this was taking away Max Speed in AI4 cars, giving us Speed Profiles, and not having any input on the fastest speed the car will travel.<\/p>\n Of course, giving navigation preferences to Grok is availble already in Teslas, but not at the drop of a hat. Instead, you can suggest a certain route at the beginning of your drive.\n<\/p>\n Here\u2019s an example of that from December:\n<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udfc8 I am taking my parents and Fiancee to the @Ravens<\/a> game next weekend and asked @Grok<\/a> to help me route my @Tesla<\/a> through a specific neighborhood to reach the correct Lot we will park in.\n<\/p>\n This is a great example of the new @grok<\/a> nav integration with the Tesla Holiday Update: pic.twitter.com\/rPp4I7q8Yv<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \u2014 TESLARATI (@Teslarati) December 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Finally, the original post that Musk responded to mentioned a parking preference after dropping off the occupants, which describes the Banish feature that Tesla has teased for years.\n<\/p>\n We\u2019re not sure if Musk was responding more to the ability to guide the car with Grok, or whether he also was including Banish<\/a> in the three-month prediction timeframe.\n<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t