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All Teslas come with the hardware needed. The $8000 enables the software.
by skykooler 9y ago
All Teslas come with the hardware needed. The $8000 enables the software.
- sbierwagen 9y agoIf true, then it seems rather disingenuous to advertise that all Teslas are capable of self driving, if it costs eight grand to turn the sensors on. I wouldn't expect a car advertised to have 1000 horsepower to require a multi-thousand dollar software patch to be able to use more than a hundred hp.
- p49k 9y agoThey didn't advertise that all Teslas are capable of self-driving, they just say that the hardware has the capability. They're specifically speaking in computer terms, even - I wouldn't expect that buying a computer advertised as having the hardware to run <game> at 120fps would include a copy of that game.
- DaiPlusPlus 9y agoBut if it's a game-console that's advertised as being able to play a particular game very well... but it's also the only console capable of playing that particular game... and they're both made by the same company, seems a bit mean. It's also equivalent to those high-end network switches with 48 ports that have soft-locks to disable ports on the switch until you fork-out $lots to unlock them: it's an artificial limitation.
- dingo_bat 9y agoI think the sensors are always on, in all cars. Just to gather data.
- bald 9y agoNo. Source: owner of a 2013 Model S
- skykooler 9y agoI should say, all Teslas currently being made.