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Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee (arstechnica.com)

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Now, if you want your new Tesla to steer itself—while you pay attention to the road—you will have to pay for FSD. Until the middle of February, that can be done for a one-time fee of $8,000. But starting on February 14, that option goes away, too, and the sole choice will be a $99/month FSD subscription. But probably not for very long. Last night, Musk revealed on his social media platform that “the $99/month for supervised FSD will rise as FSD’s capabilities improve.

I don't own a Tesla, but a $99 monthly subscription feels like quite a hefty price tag.

According to a Reuters report on this topic, this change affects only Canada and the US.

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[–] violentfart@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We are lucky/cursed enough to own a Tesla with FSD.

It got to the point where it did some things pretty well, and it was at least predictable.

About a year ago they revamped it completely where now it drives erratically and exhibits a lot of habits made by poor drivers.

Worst thing now is it will not maintain speed. I repeat, it is impossible to cruise on an open highway at a specific speed. It’s absolute garbage.

Sometimes I turn off FSD just to have cruise control, though it then runs an old driving model that has huge flaws. I’m talking initial release shit from 2018.

Whenever we rent a car I’m amazed at how any newer economy vehicle can do “basic” stuff like adaptive cruise control without fuss.

Even without all the political shite, they’ve really lost their way.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Elon never knew what he was doing, though. This was essentially bound to happen as he steamrolled over the actual engineers he hired.

They didn't even want the FSD label. He forced it.