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Self driving has an ongoing cost to Tesla for them to keep it updated and to improving upon its performance. It’s only a subscription because it doesn’t make f
by judge2020 3y ago
Self driving has an ongoing cost to Tesla for them to keep it updated and to improving upon its performance.
It’s only a subscription because it doesn’t make financial sense to purchase it outright for $15k up-front (with a 6% interest rate, you’d need to own the car for 102 months to pay less than paying for the FSD subscription for those 102 months, and it costs more per month in your loan than the subscription https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSjfzhdfj0FUp8jhSdchyuj0KJVtUKJrELjyRJG9eCCYs916YwF0AWotV4hY4e-3Dn7RgmbnDnNLgV2/pubhtml?gid=699400202&single=true https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSjfzhdfj0FU... )
- blacksmith_tb 3y agoSure, though that highlights why someone would be interested in unlocking it (even without updates going forward). Personally I think I'd want mission-critical sw to be as current as possible, I can see someone arguing they should be able to run what's already sitting there on the computer in their car.
- code_runner 3y agothe software stack is different as far as I know. if you buy FSD and sign up for the beta program, you get a fairly massive software package downloaded. it is not instant and already on the device. of all the things to hate about elon, tesla, and this whole concept of locking down features in a car, FSD really isn't one of them, as its just a software issue and its a totally separate package that isn't core to the operational capability of the car's components.