Bojan Vrbnjak
The company Tesla has recently made headlines with its financial results for the fourth quarter and the entire year 2022. This is an annual event when the company's CEO Elon Musk usually discloses information about upcoming features and vehicle modifications of the American manufacturer of electric vehicles. And while there were some firm statements that many people expected, such as the confirmed start of production Cybertruck in the summer of this year and the upcoming presentation of a more powerful Hardware 4 computer, the company's chief executive officer may be unintentionally disappointed every Tesla owner who paid a lot of money to get the package Full Self Driving (FSD).
Elon Musk was asked if they would be the owners current cars Tesla can be retrofitted the latest generation of computer on autopilot, and the American said: "The cost and difficulty of retrofitting hardware 3 with new equipment 4 is considerable. So I don't think it would be economically feasible." Musk however, he added that he still expects the company to be fulfilled its promises, given over time with current hardware 3. “Hardware 3 will not be as good as hardware 4, but I am confident that hardware 3 will far exceed the security of the average person. So how do we end up with this - let's say for the sake of argument - if hardware 3 can be say 200% or 300% safer than humans, and hardware 4 can be 500% or 600%. Behind it will be the hardware 5. But what is really important is to improve the average safety on the road."
With the current price $ 15.000 in the USA, Tesla FSD it does almost everything the cheaper feature does Enhanced Autopilot, but adds traffic light and stop sign controls. That is $ 9.000 above the cost of Enhanced Autopilot $ 6.000, just for the ability of the car, yes detects traffic lights in stop signs. In the past, there are people who have paid for FSD, get a free hardware upgrade from Hardware 2.5 to Hardware 3, which is based on Tesla's own chip and offers more computing power than its predecessor. Nevertheless, in accordance with legislators in SAE levels for driving automation the so-called feature fully autonomous driving of American companies is still considered a system 2st level, as the driver must be alert at all times and ready to intervene, in case the system shuts down. It also means yes Tesla is not responsible, if something goes wrong, with the responsibility entirely in the hands of the driver.
