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> Yes: "All new Tesla cars come standard with advanced hardware capable of providing Autopilot features today..." > No: "...and full self-driving capabilities
by Erlich_Bachman 6y ago
> Yes: "All new Tesla cars come standard with advanced hardware capable of providing Autopilot features today..."
> No: "...and full self-driving capabilities in the future—through software updates designed to improve functionality over time."
"Autopilot" is not the same thing as full self-driving. What don't you understand? Those statements make perfect sense.
> Yes: "All you will need to do is get in and tell your car where to go."
"WILL NEED". What is not clear? "Will" implies future tense.
- Animats 6y agoThe future is now. Tesla has been making that claim since, what, 2016?
- tweetle_beetle 6y agoMy point was that the page as a whole is not clear, but even the sample you have selected is problematic. "will need" also implies certainty. This feature may never be available within the lifetime of the product being sold today, or indeed the lifetime of the customer or the company. This is misleading. Tesla is making unverifiable claims about the future of a product which is on sale now. It is a fact of the digital distribution age that traditional marketing doesn't fit the model of products which can change post-purchase. They are certainly not alone in this, with some very famous cases like No Man's Sky launching with less features than advertised or iPhone performance degrading after an iOS update. However, this is a machine which can kill people, not a computer game missing content. Let's err on the side of caution with the marketing and not allow companies to talk about what their products can't do.