There’s no way they’ll keep it at that price once it works, and since it can’t be bought now, everyone who didn’t purchased it is gonna be SOL. It’s going to be the only option moving forward for any kind of lane keeping.
Edit: And by works I mean when they can run a large Cybercab fleet across the country autonomously like Waymo.
It was definitely deliberate. Something happened for some reason.
Maybe they were worried about something bad being in there before they knew the facts were agreed upon, and then they had already dug their own grave?
They no longer sell AP in areas that offer FSD Supervised, yes in part likely because of the lawsuit, but if you have AP lane keeping was not removed, and you can still get it anywhere FSD Supervised isn’t approved and sold today.
I think it’s also so Elon can pump his FSD subscription numbers to get his performance goal of so many subscriptions.
You don’t become a millionaire just for being hit, you’d have to be injured enough to get that, and this is at low speeds in a parking lot. But yes, you can fuck with it to fuck with them, like blocking it etc.
The jury didn’t like it, but it didn’t really prove anything that wasn’t already known. I’m not really sure why they did what they did in the end? It wasn’t disputed that AP was on, and that the guy overrode the saftey systems. The jury found them partially at fault because they allowed the system to operate there and because they claim it didn’t work as advertised, and it was a huge jury verdict damages they have to pay.
I have a feeling it’s going to get a reduced damages though as it goes through appeals. The dude was looking down for a phone he fumbled with his foot on the accelerator which overrides the safety systems, to the point the car warns you on screen that it will not brake while your foot is on the accelerator. And guess what… the car did not brake! Surprise!
The Chinese cells are LFP cells, and yes those will be assembled into batteries in the USA when they are in the USA.
But Tesla still has the most American made car in the USA, and doesnt even use the LFP batteries in American cars right now due to tarrifs. Theyre using cells made at the Nevada plant, the Austin plant, and cells from LG, Samsung and Panasonic likely from outside USA, so SK and Japan.
https://www.cars.com/american-made-index/
Edit: and Nevada was, and still might be the largest cell producer in the USA
That driver claima they were on AP, not FSD.
Certain cells come from China (and other suppliers) of which Tesla is involved in the chemistry, but Tesla makes their own batteries in house, its their technology. Batteries are more than just the cells, its the finished product including the cells.
They also make their own cells for the Cybertruck, some models Ys and the Semi, some of which uses lithium the refined themselves.
This is such a hit piece lol.
Yes, Tesla gave them their stats, the same ones they tell us, that people have complained about for forever, but the agencies also ran all their own tests with over 1.6 million kilometers.
They didnt take Teslas word and go okay sounds good.
And in the end they approved it.
Edit: it was 1.6 million km not 1.8 million as I originally wrote.
Nevermind a disgruntled employee just sharing it.