On the one hand, Tesla's all in on automation now, on the other they just walked back their promise of full self driving for vehicles sold from 2016-2023. [1]

On the one hand, Tesla's all in on automation now, on the other they just walked back their promise of full self driving for vehicles sold from 2016-2023. [1] Apparently, they're just washing their hands of the matter and leaving out to dry the quarter million people that spent up to $15,000 on the hope that Tesla would develop them an OTA update to enable FSD with cameras. But three days later, they're also saying that automation is the most important thing to the company? Given these two conflicting reports, is there any hope that Tesla will come to their senses and start putting LIDAR in new vehicles? I don't expect Musk to acknowledge that he was wrong, even with all the documented claims in the past about the feasibility of FSD with cameras... but it's 2025, does it matter if anyone calls him on it? Just put a LIDAR brow on the 2027 models and full steam ahead! [1]: https://electrek.co/2025/09/05/tesla-changes-meaning-full-self-driving-give-up-promise-autonomy/ https://electrek.co/2025/09/05/tesla-changes-meaning-full-se...