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Elon Musk requires 'FSD' demo for every prospective Tesla buyer in North America (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by vegeta@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

This isn't about "proper operation" of a car though. Every car buyer has a drivers license after all.

This is about Elon Musk trying to sell a $12,000+ upcharge onto customers (or a monthly payment of $200/month).

[–] mister_monster@monero.town -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well no, because self driving/autopilot is not something people have learned to use yet. You light think "the car drives itself, what's there to learn?" and recent mishaps with autopilot will answer your question. This is probably a requirement to protect Tesla from liability when a driver misuses autopilot.

[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

FSD is the $12,000 upgrade package.

This isn't the "free" Autopilot package included in every Tesla. This is literally an upselling maneuver for Tesla. If this were a "learning" kind of thing coming from Tesla / Elon, it'd only apply to people who were interested in the $12,000 FSD package, not the entire damn customer base.

This is dealership-level bullshit. Actually, its far worse than any dealership bullshit I've ever seen. Its not like Hummer sales-reps are going to force me to sit through a "Crab Walk" demo or Toyota sales reps are going to have me sit through Toyota-features when I'm shopping with them. There's a bit of upselling going on in any car buying process, but $12,000+ upselling maneuvers (like FSD advertisement) is well into the bullshit territory.