You're a presumably new Tesla owner so you don't really understand the frustration. The initial hype, let down, and controversy were striking.
If I had never driven a Tesla and knew nothing, and bought an AP2 Model S today, I'd be satisfied with the purchase.
However, having put down a deposit Oct. 2016 and passing on $50,000 cheaper AP1 cars then being lied to about AP2 and paying an extra $10,000 for that privilege, then dealing with zero AP capability for months, then garbage, then finally something that sorta works, well......it's a different situation and feeling.
And FSD? Not sure how they can in good conscience not give me a refund.
I understand your frustration.
I am having so much fun driving this amazing technology, I try not to get bogged down with buyer’s remorse... Life is too short.
I also purchased FSD.
I felt that they could not necessarily predict what future hardware would be required for certification. Like the hardware that has ability to communicate with other autonomous vehicles, etc. so, I was banking on Tesla upgrading my hardware as required at no charge.
Maybe my assumption about purchasing the self driving option wasn’t such a bad idea after all. Excerpt from article below...
“He (Elon Musk) said if regulators require a level of safety unachievable by current hardware, the company will replace onboard computers for those who have already purchased the Full Self Driving option.”
Tesla Says Autopilot Hardware News Coming Soon
November 2, 2017
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said again Wednesday that he believes the automaker’s current hardware for its Autopilot system is sufficient for achieving full autonomy. Still, he teased that there will be “more on the hardware front soon.”
In a letter to shareholders, Tesla said Autopilot will soon experience a rapid rollout of additional functionality.
“Now that the foundation of the Tesla vision neural net is right, which was an exceptionally difficult problem, as it must fit into far less computing power than is typically used, we expect a rapid rollout of additional functionality over the next several months and are progressing rapidly towards our goal of a coast-to-coast drive with no one touching the controls.”
That dream of a vehicle with full-self-driving capability is being pursued largely through advances in artificial intelligence. According to the shareholder letter:
“The Tesla AI team, which is fundamental to achieving full autonomy, strengthened dramatically this year, with a number of the world’s best AI engineers and researchers joining our company. We plan to continue building Tesla AI until it is one of the best teams in the world, not just in automotive, where Tesla is already the leader, but across all industries. This applies to both software and hardware.”
Tesla recently appointed accomplished AI researcher Andrej Karpathy as the head of AI and Autopilot vision.
The company has yet to give a clear timeline as to when it expects to achieve full self-driving capability. Still, it sells a “Full Self-Driving” option that it will enable for purchasers once complete and regulatory compliant.
Musk noted that he’s confident full autonomy is possible with current hardware, but regulators could require a safety standard greater than “approximate human level.” He said it’s possible autonomous capability will need to be a hundred or thousand times safer than human capability to receive endorsement from regulators.
He said if regulators require a level of safety unachievable by current hardware, the company will replace onboard computers for those who have already purchased the Full Self Driving option.
“I’m certain our hardware strategy is better than any other option,” Musk said.
