I suggest you address this in a dialogue instead of a lawsuit, as I believe that will be more productive.
It's hard to disagree with you. And btw congrats on parting with Tesla in a way that you're satisfied with.
But let's face it, lawsuits
will ensue if Tesla doesn't act fast and proactively with the rest of their customers as well. Because this FSD debacle stinks. Here's my take on it:
When buying their cars, customers like
@boonedocks,
@croman and tens of thousands of others, were told that it had
... the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver.
They were also promised
«details ... next year» about using their
«self-driving Tesla for car sharing and ride hailing» - even for revenue purposes on the
«Tesla Network».
Spiced with talk about auto-connecting supercharger cables.
No question about it; Tesla sold thousands of cars and collected tons of FSD money by promising a future driving experience where the car would handle
everything («full self driving») in a manner that was
substantially safer than a human driver.
Fueled immensely by CEO tweets and interviews.
Today, almost 2 1/2 years later, the same customers - who's got squat for their FSD money so far (except doubt and uncertainty) - are suddenly looking at Tesla dropping all wording about «Tesla Network» and self-charging, and what's worse IMO is that they’re selling
new buyers a product with
... advanced hardware capable of providing Autopilot features today, and full self-driving capabilities in the future
After 2 1/2 years of development and testing, Tesla is no longer delivering "the" hardware "needed" for FSD "capability", but instead some hardware "capable" of FSD "capabilities" in the future. (Yes, capable of capabilities
) FSD is now a bundle of these very specific features:
- NoA
- Autopark
- Enhanced Summon
- Recognize and respond to traffic lights and stop signs
- "Automatic driving on city streets"
And with that, Tesla has redefined the promise (product) that they've been selling for so long, in a meaningful way. There is no longer any promise that FSD will work at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver. And the features promised aren't all new features.
See, my AP1 car autoparks. Both parallel and perpendicular spaces.
- It can change lanes automatically, albeit with a nudge on the blinker stick.
- It can do "automatic driving on city streets". TACC and autosteer works on city streets, in fact it works on most streets.
My AP1 car does all those things. Not always in a safe nor comfortable way. But it's capable. I've tried it many times and it works. I love my AP1.
AP2 also does these things, no? So in principle, Tesla just has to deliver on a couple of new features (traffic lights and stop signs + some kind of "enhanced" summon), and they're feature complete.
Perhaps I'm pessimistic. But do I think I'm being realistic when I say that if Tesla doesn't fix this - fast - what they'll get in return is lawsuits complete