Tesla's new Autopilot is about to get some big improvements

The car maker is expected to roll out a software update this week that will improve Enhanced Autopilot, which is the company's new semi-autonomous system.

All Tesla vehicles built since October 2016 come equipped with updated hardware to enable Enhanced Autopilot.

But only Tesla owners who opt to pay $5,000 for the new system will get access to all of the high-tech tricks that come with each software update.

While Tesla has offered Enhanced Autopilot since October, the company has yet to activate all of the features that come with the updated system. In fact, because Tesla is still running verification tests, cars with the new semi-autonomous system have actually lacked some features that are available in the older version of Autopilot.

But that is starting to change.

The upcoming software update will help bring cars with Enhanced Autopilot up to speed. CEO Elon Musk said during Tesla's shareholder meeting last week that the next software update will "exceed the experience of the hardware one cars." He also said that the system will "advance very rapidly from there," hinting that more updates will soon follow.

On Sunday, Musk said via Twitter that the over-the-air update should happen this weekend and that it will include "additional smoothness improvements to longitudinal control." According to a report from Electrek, the update will also give cars with Enhanced Autopilot the ability to perpendicular park on their own.

Tesla says it will continue to add more features to the system as it completes the validation process. Here's a look at what its vehicles with Enhanced Autopilot will be able to do once future updates are pushed out.