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A Level 2 system requires that a driver remain present and attentive to the road at all times, though the driver can take their hands off the wheel. As is, the system is still “Level 2” in the SAE’s autonomous driving classification, much like other driver assist technologies like GM’s Super Cruise and Mercedes Intelligent Drive (MB has a Level 3 system, Drive Pilot, coming soon™ to the US).

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving is unfortunately still anything but self-driving. This sense of urgency is contributed to by Musk’s public statements about Autopilot – who has suggested that Tesla would have self-driving robotaxis on the road by “next year”… for several years running. An FSD buyer who purchased the software years ago might have paid as low as $5,000 (though the earliest buyers were treated unfairly in that respect) for software that currently costs $12K, but can now derive the same amount of benefit as a current buyer.Įach time Tesla raises the price, some current owners decide to buy the software, not wanting to be “left out” of the eventual upgrades. The public rationale is that as the software becomes more capable, it also becomes more valuable, and therefore the price should go up.īut it also works as an incentive to have Tesla owners purchase the software early in order to “lock in” lower prices. Tesla has steadily increased the price of its FSD software since it first debuted. But if you want to subscribe with a car bought between late 2016 and mid 2019, Tesla will charge you $1,000 for hardware you already bought. That service currently costs $199/month, and didn’t go up in price the last time Tesla hiked FSD prices. We don’t know yet if there will be any change to Tesla’s FSD subscription service. This price hike will only happen in North America – other regions are “safe” with the old price for now, because those regions tend to get Autopilot updates later than North America. Prices will go up to $15K on September 5, though the “old” price of $12K will be honored for orders made before but delivered after September 5.

Given this apparent increase in abilities, Tesla has decided it’s time to increase prices again on the software. It has been called a “major code change” and a “big step forward” by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who announced the price increase earlier today. The notes look similar to the leaked 10.13 release notes we saw last month, with improvements to left turns, animal and pedestrian detection, and better “creep” behavior.

TESLA FSD UPDATE

The new update started rolling out to about 1,000 testers this weekend, and patch notes have been posted online. The early release version has just started rolling out to beta testers, and results are coming in to give us a sense of whether this update is worth the price increase. Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software, which currently costs $12k, will get a $3k price hike to $15k on September 5 in North America, coinciding with the wide release of the 10.69.2 Beta update.

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