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URSpider94 | 4 years ago

Well, there’s nothing in their marketing copy that says that any of this is in doubt - it’s all in terms of what the car will do, not what it might do someday. This is all associated with Tesla’s $10k “full self driving” package that they are selling today with the promise of future capabilities.

Put another way, there are a lot of people who are going to be really pissed when they realize that their car will never do those things, and they paid $10k for practically nothing (ok, technically they get autopilot and the ability for the car to stop at red lights today).

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dataflow|4 years ago

> Well, there’s nothing in their marketing copy that says that any of this is in doubt

I think this bit is meant to cover their rear: "The future use of these features without supervision is dependent on achieving reliability far in excess of human drivers as demonstrated by billions of miles of experience, as well as regulatory approval, which may take longer in some jurisdictions."

Translation: we don't/can't actually guarantee this will ever happen, and if it does, it may depend on where you're located.