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Tesla quietly drops “full self-driving” option as it adds $45,000 Model 3

3 pointsby extraterraover 6 years ago

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mtgxover 6 years ago
I&#x27;ve always criticized Tesla for the decision to add the hardware to every car, even before we knew they can&#x27;t seem capable of producing a $35,000 model right now or before we knew how far away we still are from <i>safe</i> full autonomy.<p>It just seemed obviously unnecessary to me to add thousands of dollars in cost to <i>every car</i> in the hope that a small portion of the Model 3 owners would also later upgrade to get the software for it, too. Just focus on making EVs mainstream first and foremost Tesla. Forget the still 10+ years away autonomy gimmick.