AI illustration: FSD Beta V9 and the download button next month (April 2021)
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FSD V9: promised for April 2021, delivered late

Elon Musk promised FSD Beta V9 and the download button next month by Apr 30, 2021. It happened, but 0.4 years late.

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“Given significant architectural changes, including fundamental improvements to pure vision, there is limited value to testing 8.x. Hoping to upload V9.0 & button next month.”
— Elon Musk · Mar 20, 2021 · @elonmusk on X, Mar 20 2021 ↗
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What actually happened

Musk hoped to ship FSD Beta V9 and a public request button in April 2021. V9 reached early testers on July 10 2021 and the 'Request FSD Beta' button arrived with update 2021.32.22 on September 25 2021, about five months late. Business Insider Sep 2021 — FSD Beta download button ↗

The Progression

Mar 20, 2021
The promise: “Given significant architectural changes, including fundamental improvements to pure vision, there is limited value to testing 8.x. Hoping to upload V9.0 & button next month.” · @elonmusk on X, Mar 20 2021 ↗
Sep 25, 2021
Delivered · Late — 0.4 years late. Musk hoped to ship FSD Beta V9 and a public request button in April 2021. V9 reached early testers on July 10 2021 and the 'Request FSD Beta' button arrived with update 2021.32.22 on September 25 2021, about five months late. Business Insider Sep 2021 — FSD Beta download button ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Delivered · Late · 0.4 years late. It happened — eventually.

In March 2021 Elon Musk said Tesla hoped to release FSD Beta V9 and a button for owners to request it the next month. V9 shipped to testers in July 2021 and the button came in late September.

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