Update, August 19, 2026: A month later Musk answered a follow-up on X: texting on FSD v14.2.1 “depending on context of surrounding traffic” — Tesery’s Dec. 4 reply. That still sat on Supervised FSD. U.S. handheld-phone laws did not vanish. This November note is the shareholder-meeting promise, not the later nag-curve tweet.
At Tesla’s 2025 annual shareholder meeting (Nov. 6), Elon Musk said the company was almost ready to let FSD drivers “text and drive,” and that in “a month or two” Tesla would look at the safety statistics and “allow you to text and drive, essentially.” Electrek and Engadget reported the line the same night. Tesla still sold FSD as (Supervised). He did not post a legal memo, an NHTSA exemption, or a Level 3 certificate.
Key facts
- Where he said it: Tesla annual shareholder meeting, Nov. 6, 2025 (Tesla livestream / same-day press).
- The hedge in the sentence: look at safety statistics first; “essentially.”
- What FSD still was: A supervised driver-assistance SKU. Cabin camera still existed to nag you.
- What this is not: A repeal of state texting bans, or “fall asleep and wake up at your destination” as a shipping feature that night.
A stage line vs a statute
Musk has promised looser attention rules before. A month-or-two clock is a product hope. Police still write handheld tickets to the person in the driver’s seat. The December X reply is Tesla talking about when the nag might stay quiet — still not a courtroom defense. Tesery’s first-person sibling is We Tested.
FAQ
Did Tesla ship unsupervised FSD in November 2025?
No. The meeting line is a plan to loosen phone nags after looking at stats.
If I texted in November after this speech, was it legal?
State law still applied. Tesla’s stage is not your legislature.
Is this the same story as Dec. 4?
Same topic, later tweet. This file is the meeting. That file is the six-word reply.
For owners: do not treat a shareholder applause line as permission to look at your phone. Supervised means you are still the driver.
Featured photo: Tesla Model 3 (file photo of a Supervised FSD car, not the shareholder-meeting stage). Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Related: Dec. 4: “depending on traffic” · Same-week tester writeup · v14.2.2 still Supervised
