Elon wants to save 1M lives a year and make his shareholders rich.
Here's a simple plan:
- offer FSD/full autonomy to every car/truck maker in the world. It only costs a few K to equip a car with the cameras and HW. We give it to them for free.
- the service is paid for by lowering insurance costs .... (We sell insurance at the normal "elevated" price and make maybe 1K/car per year in lower claims.)
- automobile partners agree to use our insurance services and not compete.
- great deal for the customer. Same total cost, but better product and increased safety.
- great deal for our partners. They get a car they can sell and don't have to solve FSD for themselves.
- great deal for Tesla. 1B customers they can make 1K/year off of for years to come. (1T/year)
This offer does not include Robotaxi. Commercial/TAAS users of FSD/full autonomy would have to pay way more.
This plan solves the dilemma of having a technology that can save countless lives but still wanting to make it affordable to purchase.