Tesla fixes weird full self-driving loophole that reduced wait times for vehicles

Tesla has fixed a strange full self-driving loophole that some customers used to reduce delivery waiting times for the company’s all-electric vehicles.

Tesla is experiencing increased delivery times to customers as demand continues to outpace the company’s production capabilities. Because of wait times, some customers have opted for another electric car, or to buy a pre-owned Tesla, which has become an expensive option over the past several months.

However, customers noticed that adding Tesla’s $12,000 full self-driving suite to their vehicle orders would cut their wait times by several months. according to a report by Investing.com, the loophole took away the seven months of waiting from some delivery periods. However, Tesla caught the loophole and has now removed it from its website.

From Tesla’s point of view, the move would be smart because it would increase the vehicle purchase price by $12,000, with the company only having to hit a button to activate. It will also contribute additional data to Tesla’s neural network, which gets more complex with every mile the owners drive. The data is compiled and allows vehicles to learn new driving behaviors to enhance safety.

However, the customer’s view that an additional $12,000 will get you a preferential spot in the waiting queue is not necessarily fair to everyone. The full self-driving project, while strong and successful to the extent that it has given Tesla a lot of new data to learn, is not complete. It’s still a Level 2 system, and CEO Elon Musk said he expects the company to eliminate FSD by the end of the year, adding that if Tesla doesn’t release a full version by the end of 2022 it will ” Surprised”.

Elon Musk confident that Tesla full self-driving will be finished by the end of 2022

Despite this, the defect, which lasted only a few days, has now stopped and the delivery time is back to normal. Tesla this week revised several delivery timeframes for the Model Y and Model X, as both vehicles have multiple trim levels for delivery in 2023. However, with early deliveries from Gigafactory Texas expected to go online soon, some of these delivery times could be further reduced, bringing the vehicles to their owners before 2023 rolls around.

Tesla has already raised prices several times this year, with the most recent round of hikes being applied to all four vehicles in the company’s lineup. Musk indicated that the price hike was due to “inflationary pressure”.

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Tesla fixes weird full self-driving loophole that reduced wait times for vehicles






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