AUSTIN, Texas — The latest Tesla mobile app contains code hinting at two notable new features: an AI-powered chat assistant and in-app driver's-license scanning, according to a teardown of version 4.62.5 by independent trackers who follow the app's development.
Teardowns examine the hidden code shipped inside an app before features are switched on, offering an early look at what a company is building. Tesla's public release notes for 4.62.5 list only "minor fixes and improvements," but the underlying code tells a richer story about where the company's software may be heading.
An AI Assistant in Messaging
The teardown found an "AI_BOT" option inside the app's messaging system, sitting alongside the existing human-agent support chat. The code references voice input, file attachments, and thumbs-up and thumbs-down feedback — the hallmarks of a modern conversational assistant. It does not name which AI model would power the feature.
An in-app assistant could streamline the kind of questions owners currently route through support or manuals, from troubleshooting a charging session to explaining a new software toggle. It also fits Tesla's broader pattern of folding more of the ownership experience into a single app, the same app that already anchors the company's referral-rewards program.
Scanning a License In-App
The second find is a screen that photographs the front and back of a driver's license, extracts its data, and confirms a residence address. The teardown does not establish exactly which tasks would use it, but such a flow would fit identity-verification steps like vehicle pickup, financing, insurance, or rentals and test drives.
