Tesla Ordered to Upgrade Owner's FSD Computer for Free – Not a Tesla App
Tesla owner Ian Jordan has just set an interesting precedent. He took the automaker to a small claims court in Washington and won. But, unlike the other court case that Tesla is involved in, there weren’t truckloads of files and teams of lawyers. No, this one flew so far under the radar that Tesla didn’t even send anyone to represent the company in court, giving Jordan the win.
But the victory could be just the beginning as it’s likely there are more owners of Teslas who are in the same situation as Jordan. The owner of a Model 3 found himself without access to Full Self Driving, despite the company’s claim that all vehicles built since 2016 have all the hardware needed for FSD.
The latest FSD hardware is hardware 3.0, and Tesla offers owners a free upgrade to the latest hardware if you buy Tesla’s FSD package.
That’s where the trouble started. Jordan’s Model 3 is equipped with a hardware 2.5 computer, which isn’t FSD compatible, but he wasn’t ordering the full self-driving package. He wanted to subscribe to the program at $199 a month instead of the $15,000 USD upfront cost. Tesla wanted to charge owners $1,500 (later reduced to $1,000) to add the newly upgraded computer. That did not sit well with Jordan, and the Judge agreed.
According to Electrek, Judge Matthew A. Skau stated: Furthermore, Plaintiff purchased a second Tesla Model 3, relying on advertisement from the company that all Tesla 3 models come with all the necessary hardware for self-driving. Defendant learned that, in fact, installing the self-driving function would cost $1,106 in further hardware upgrades in violation of Tesla’s false advertising.
Meanwhile, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Tesla in September, claiming false advertising around Full Self Driving continues. Tesla has asked for the suit to be dismissed. CNN reports that Tesla stated, “Mere failure to realize a long-term, aspirational goal is not fraud… Just failing to meet Musk’s own expectations isn’t evidence that anyone purposely tried to deceive consumers, which would constitute fraud.”
As for the much more minor case, Jordan made a separate claim against Tesla. He claimed that his other Tesla was equipped with an MCU1 media unit, and despite still being under warranty, Tesla would not fix it and recommended paying for an MCU2. Again, the Judge found a breach of contract, ordering Tesla to pay Jordan for upgrading to the new computer. Tesla quickly paid both court orders.
What do you think? Tesla is already upgrading owners to hardware 3.0 for free if they buy FSD, but should they be required to upgrade owners who wish to subscribe? Should Tesla require owners to subscribe for a certain period?
Tesla has begun its rollout of Full Self-Driving version 10.69.3.3 to its employees, which is version 2022.40.4.10.
This year’s holiday update is expected to be full of stocking stuffer goodies for Tesla owners, such as the addition of Apple Music. Not only will owners receive a playful holiday light show, but we’ll hopefully also see the integration of FSD Beta into the firm’s main releases. This will mean that production updates (non-FSD) and FSD Beta updates will no longer be two separate versions.
Release notes for 10.69.3.3 are not yet available, so it’s unclear exactly what Tesla has addressed in this version and whether it’ll be primarily a bugfix release or contain larger improvements to FSD Beta.
Either way, users will gain the new features that are in Tesla update 2022.40. It’ll also open up the beta to owners who have been on one of Tesla’s 2022.40 updates.
This release could also be in preparation for Tesla’s upcoming FSD Beta v11, which will be a larger update that merges the tech stacks Tesla is using for highway and city driving.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated that version 11 would come in a limited fashion before Thanksgiving, however, that hasn’t happened yet. Instead, Tesla pushed its Full Self-Driving Beta software to everyone in the US and Canada.
“Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen, assuming you have bought this option,” Musk wrote on Twitter at the time. “Congrats to [the] Tesla Autopilot/AI team on achieving a major milestone!”
Although Musk’s message was correct, that FSD Beta was opened up to everyone, it should have had an asterisk, as there are some additional requirements.
You needed to be on a production update that was lower than FSD Beta’s current build, and have compatible hardware, which at the time excluded MCU 1 owners and some vehicles that required camera upgrades.
While major improvements are expected in FSD Beta v11, Tesla is also expected to make significant improvements to FSD hardware in the coming year.
Tesla is continuing to remove hardware such as radar and ultrasonic sensors from their vehicles in favor of Tesla Vision, Tesla’s own camera-based visioning system. However, in January 2023, Tesla is expected to add HD radar to its vehicles. This is likely one of the first of many additions to its next-generation “Hardware 4” update.
We’re also anticipating a number of these “Hardware 4” improvements to be rolled out with Tesla’s revamped Model 3, which is expected to go into production in Q3 of 2023.
Another image of what appears to be Tesla’s long-awaited Cybertruck has appeared on YouTube. Kim Java, a YouTuber with nearly 40 million views, told her viewers that someone sent her an image that looks like a big piece of Cybertruck.
You may recall a couple of months ago, YouTuber and drone pilot Joe Tegtmeyer posted video of two large, wrapped items, which could’ve been Cybertrucks, outside of the Gigafactory in Texas. But in the latest image, the covers are off, and we are given a lot of information about Tesla’s newest vehicle.
Java says the picture was taken in early December. The image appears to be inside a Tesla factory, presumably Texas, at a Powder Coating station. The company did report that Cybertruck was at the tooling stage in Texas during the third quarter earnings call.
While it’s just one image, there is a big spoiler. The midgate, a rumored gate behind the back seats that would fold down does not appear to be happening. That spot is all megacast, making it next to impossible to add in at this stage. Not only would that allow for much longer items to be placed in the bed, it also eliminated what many were hoping would be a pretty unique camping experience.
Java had to do a follow-up video after so much attention was given to the leaked image. She used information from Teslarati to give viewers more details that can be gathered from the picture. It appears to be two main parts put together, “one looked like a megacast and the other looked like it was hydroformed stainless steel,” reports Teslarati. It’s also pointed out that the megacast is much larger than the Model Y. Elon Musk has said that the Cybertruck would require the largest casting machine used to date.
Java also said that a source told her, “the truck was designed to use the 4680 battery cells, but they’ve struggled with scaling up production in-house with those batteries,” that it could add more delays by the end of next year if they have to switch to 2170 cells to ramp up production.”
Finally, images like this from inside Tesla are very rare. Certainly, the company will be looking into it, and the worker seen in the image is looking directly at whoever is taking the photo. Hopefully, the leaked image doesn’t result in job losses as it has provided the Tesla community with much to talk about and proof that the Cybertruck is in production.
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