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[–] 34 points 8 months ago (15 children)

Kinda a crazy move considering that they were charging 8k for "fsd" before, and are moving to a monthly subscription of a hundred bucks a month.

You would have to own your Tesla for six and a half years for them to make the same return. My guess is that the hundred dollars a month is just the initial price which will drastically inflate over time. That or they are just going to raise prices by 8k and still charge you a subscription cost anyways....

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  • [–] 25 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    Or you get more people buying in. 8k up front looks a lot different than a couple hundred a month.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    I'd rather just pay it once and have it.

    Like video games. Just let me pay money for the whole game.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    the problem is it's non-transferrable, so if you want to sell the car (or totaled it) before ~6 years you would lose money compared to paying $100/month.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Oh that's just another nail in the coffin of me EVER buying a Tesla

    If it was transferable like idk, any other option you get on your car, the 8k price tag could at least be offset by like 20-50% by the car having better value when selling it on. This way it's just... Wtf. Imagine paying 8k and then selling the car after a year and the next person has to pay 8k too.

    100 bucks a month starting to seem reasonable in comparison indeed

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    At one point they were charging $15k for it, and Elmo was claiming it would go to $100k in its final form. You know, when it actually fucking worked. Which it never will.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    They seem to be dropping the price until they find a price point where a decent percentage of their users will actually pay for the service.

    If the system was genuinely self driving, as in the vehicle could run unattended, it would be worth having.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Nah, I suspect nobody was buying the feature. They may increase the price if they get it to truly work, but I suspect a hundred odd a month is what most people are willing to pay.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    Yes, I suspect this is a chas flow thing. Their sales are dropping. The feature is there, sonit costs nothing to give it. See if they can milk a few dollars. Even if it makes less money on the long term, it might stop the share price crashing in the medium or short term.

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