Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’

Tesla CEO's admission that millions of vehicles require hardware upgrades for promised autonomy exposes the company to significant legal and regulatory risk. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Driving’

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Elon Musk has conceded that millions of Tesla vehicles already sold to customers will require significant hardware upgrades to ever achieve the "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) capability the company has long promised. The admission, made during a recent earnings call and detailed in subsequent company communications, directly contradicts years of marketing and sales assurances that existing cars were equipped with the necessary sensors and computers, needing only future software updates to become fully autonomous. This revelation strikes at the core of Tesla's value proposition to its customer base. For nearly a decade, the company has sold its "Full Self-Driving" package—often for thousands of dollars extra—on the premise that the hardware suite, primarily cameras, was sufficient for eventual autonomy. Owners were repeatedly told their vehicles were "future-proof." Musk's latest statements indicate that the computational power of older chips, notably the Hardware 3.0 computer installed in vehicles from 2019 onward, is now deemed inadequate for the complete FSD system Tesla is developing, necessitating a costly retrofit. The implications are immediate and severe for Tesla's legal standing. Consumer protection agencies and class-action attorneys have already filed numerous lawsuits alleging deceptive practices regarding Autopilot and FSD capabilities. This admission provides potent new evidence for those cases. Legal experts suggest it fundamentally undermines Tesla's primary defense: that it sold a rapidly evolving driver-assistance feature with clear disclaimers. The gap between the marketed promise of imminent, comprehensive autonomy and the new reality of a mandatory hardware swap creates a clear argument for breach of contract and fraudulent inducement. Beyond the courtroom, the admission damages Tesla's credibility with both regulators and investors. Federal safety investigators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have multiple active probes into Tesla's Autopilot system. Musk's statement complicates Tesla's narrative to regulators that its vision-based approach is a scalable, complete solution. For investors, it raises questions about...

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