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Elon Musk admits that millions of Tesla vehicles won’t get unsupervised FSD

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Why This Matters

Elon Musk revealed that many Tesla vehicles with older hardware will not be upgraded to support unsupervised Full Self-Driving (FSD), impacting the future capabilities of these cars. The company plans to establish microfactories for efficient hardware upgrades, emphasizing a shift towards enabling robotaxi operations. This highlights the ongoing challenges and investments needed to advance autonomous vehicle technology and its accessibility for consumers.

Key Takeaways

For customers that have bought FSD, what we’re offering is essentially a discounted trade-in for cars that have AI4 hardware. We’ll also be offering the ability to upgrade the car to replace the computer. And you also need to replace the cameras, unfortunately, to go to Hardware 4. To do this efficiently, we’re going to have to set up microfactories, or small factories, in major metropolitan areas in order to do it efficiently. If it’s done at the service center, it’s extremely slow to do so and inefficient. We basically need mini production lines to make the change.

I do think over time it’s going to make sense for us to convert all Hardware 3 cars to Hardware 4, because that’s what enables them to enter the robotaxi fleet and have unsupervised FSD.