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>As part of this change in hardware, Tesla said that all owners with the old hardware could upgrade to the new hardware for free, provided they had paid for Ful

>As part of this change in hardware, Tesla said that all owners with the old hardware could upgrade to the new hardware for free, provided they had paid for Full Self-Driving. Tesla has a blog describing the process for upgrading your computer to FSD Computer/Hardware 3.0. >This was all fine and dandy – owners who would make use of the FSD Computer got a hardware upgrade along with their purchase of the software, and owners without Full Self-Driving weren’t missing out on anything since they didn’t have the software anyway. >But now the much-awaited subscription scheme offers a lower barrier to entry. Tesla owners with cars from late 2016-mid 2019 might want to try out the software and see what it can do, especially since it has improved since they purchased their car. Maybe they don’t know if they’ll like it enough to want to spend $10,000, maybe they don’t think they’ll have the car long enough for it to be worthwhile, any number of reasons. Article is poorly written, but it sounds like this only affects people who didn’t pay for FSD, and now want it. So the title is exactly wrong.

pimlottc 5y ago
> Article is poorly written, but it sounds like this only affects people who didn’t pay for FSD, and now want it. So the title is exactly wrong. The title is correct in that these owners paid for hardware they were told was sufficient for FSD. Now they are being told that isn't the case and they have to pay more for /more hardware/. No one is disputing having to pay for the software upgrade, but requiring a hardware upgrade makes it pretty clear the previous hardware was not as capable as it was advertised to be.
- beervirus 5y ago
  But they could pay for the software upgrade and get the hardware for free, it sounds like. They only have to pay for the hardware if they want the cheaper monthly FSD.

pimlottc 5y ago

> Article is poorly written, but it sounds like this only affects people who didn’t pay for FSD, and now want it. So the title is exactly wrong. The title is correct in that these owners paid for hardware they were told was sufficient for FSD. Now they are being told that isn't the case and they have to pay more for /more hardware/. No one is disputing having to pay for the software upgrade, but requiring a hardware upgrade makes it pretty clear the previous hardware was not as capable as it was advertised to be.

beervirus 5y ago
But they could pay for the software upgrade and get the hardware for free, it sounds like. They only have to pay for the hardware if they want the cheaper monthly FSD.