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Tesla Owners May Need to Visit New Microfactories to Update Full Self-Driving
Musk said millions of owners will need discounted upgrades because Hardware 3 lacks the computing power for unsupervised Full Self-Driving.
- On Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk confirmed that vehicles with Hardware 3 require new computers and cameras to achieve unsupervised Full Self-Driving, contradicting years of company promises.
- Musk explained that Hardware 3 lacks capacity for unsupervised FSD, possessing only '1/8 of the memory bandwidth of Hardware 4,' a critical element for autonomous operation.
- To manage this 'painful and difficult' upgrade, Tesla plans to build 'small factories in major metropolitan areas' rather than relying on inefficient service centers to install the new parts.
- Customers who purchased Full Self-Driving expecting future autonomy face a complex transition, as Musk announced a 'discounted trade-in' program for vehicles equipped with newer AI4 hardware.
- While Tesla will still release slightly more advanced software to Hardware 3 owners, Musk admitted that achieving the 'as-yet unrealized dream' of fully autonomous driving remains impossible.
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After over a decade of promising that fully autonomous driving is right around the corner, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has yet to bring his ambitious vision to fruition. In early 2019, Tesla started installing a system called Hardware 3 (HW3) in its cars, which according to Musk would enable what the company continues to misleadingly refer to as “Full Self-Driving” (FSD). (As it currently exists, the feature still requires owners to be ready to take ove…
The billionaire admitted defeat, but promised a solution.
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der Standard DEFor years, paying customers have been waiting for promised features, but the on-board computer is too weak.
·Vienna, Austria
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