Rationale for Green Light chime on FSD vs Autopilot

[CaboJoe]

When I test drove a M3 last year the car had FSD loaded and the green light chime was enabled. I really liked the feature. So I ordered my M3 but without FSD and the feature was missing. I asked the sales associate and they said it comes only with the FSD package. So this got me thinking, why would a feature like this be moved to FSD only? If you have FSD then you don't need to be alerted to a green light because FSD will just start going on its own. It is specifically people without FSD who would use/need such a feature.

So my question to the group is, what other rationale does Tesla have for moving this feature to the FSD? Are FSD users using this to warn them that they are about to pull into an intersection? Is it just a "cool feature" that Tesla uses to push sales of FSD? What am I missing?

 

[Kimmi]

I had it for 3 months after my FSD trial expired. The only thing I miss about FSD, and auto lane change.

 

[EVRider-FL]

Other than the FSD Beta, FSD is not yet full self driving, so this feature is useful to FSD owners. I think the only rationale is that Tesla wants to make anything other than basic features only available to people who pay for FSD.

 

[strider]

Agree with @EVRider-FL. FSD is vaporware so Tesla moves things like traffic light chime, summon, etc into FSD so people feel like they got something for their $12,000. They certainly aren't getting FSD anytime soon.

 

[Raurele]

FSD doesn’t automatically go at light unless you have the beta. Green light chime is still important for those that have paid. You have to press the stalk down or manually accelerate to go from a light. Same with stop signs.

 

[moa999]

I think it's a bit of a hangover from FSD development.

Non-FSD cars it's simple - you are in control of stopping for lights and need to be on the lookout at all times.

For FSD initially you had to confirm every green light by a quick accelerator tap, and the chime was the alert. Then that requirement got removed.