Tesla raising price of Full Self-Driving option that still doesn't fully self-drive

Tesla raising trace of Full Self-Driving option that still doesn’t fully self-drive

Tesla will once again raise the trace on its misleadingly named Full Self-Driving feature, company CEO Elon Musk tweeted Friday. Beginning Jan. 17, the Full Self-Driving option will cost $12,000 — a $2,000 increase over the original price.

This isn’t the first time Tesla raised the trace on its Full Self-Driving function that — and we cannot harm this enough — is not a fully self-driving technology. (There are no self-driving cars currently for sale.) In Nov. 2020, the trace for FSD rose from $8,000 to $10,000.

Musk also tweeted that the trace for Full Self-Driving will rise again as the technology gets closer to production.

Right now, selecting the FSD option gets you Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assistance satisfactory, which includes automatic lane changes, automatic parking, steering wait on on limited highways, the Summon function and more. If you choose the FSD option, the car gets added hardware that will enable fully self-driving capabilities if and when those ever move legal for road use. 

We’ve found the Autopilot systems to be hit or miss on long-term Tesla Model Y crossover, largely due to a constant phantom braking problem. Tesla’s made a number of over-the-air updates to this technology over time, and says it is constantly tweaking and improving these driver-assistance features.

Tesla does not help a public relations department and is therefore unable to comment on Musk’s tweet.

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