Tesla tells HW3 owner to 'be patient' after 7 years of waiting for FSD

wjnc

He should try to cancel the original purchase agreement on the grounds that now the functionality is available Tesla has demonstrated no intention of delivering it to him, thus voiding the original agreement. Normally if a judge agrees, you get a full refund without controlling for depreciation. Class actions in the Netherlands mostly favor lawyers.

Flatcircle

rode with my friend from San Francisco down to San Diego in his Tesla, and he literally didn't touch the wheel or the pedals the whole time. Then a couple days later we drove back the same way. People don't talk about these cars driving themselves enough imho

josefritzishere

Telsa appears to be doing crime. The EU does have clas action lawsuits. I expect one way or another Elon will have to issue refunds.

kingleopold

this is funny because roadstar is no longer coming ever and they paid even more deposit there.

vostrocity

Not a Tesla fan or owner here, but I tested a friend's HW3 Model Y on FSD (Supervised) and it was completely competent. Not sure why EU owners seem to not have it.

daft_pink

I think the government is going to have to get involved for FSD from any manufacturer to actually take place.

alHqn

It will come right after terraforming Mars is complete, which will be next year. We will also have UBI and all illegal immigrants on Republican farms will have been replaced by Optimus robots.

zackify

I'm one of these unlucky owners. I can't believe I'll ever get anything. After paying the full cost and being stuck on old software that had a promise of having the hardware required for it

embedding-shape

Here is the website where you (as a European) can gather and hopefully help provide more weight to the matter if you were among the ones that were promised something you're not gonna receive: https://hw3claim.nl/ It's run by the person mentioned in the article, and unsurprisingly the domain is Dutch, but seems the same thing will apply in lots of countries if FSD rolls out there too, not just Netherlands.

rubiquity

I have both HW3 (2021 Y) and HW4 (2025 3). FSD in the HW4 is a delight. FSD in HW3 phantom brakes constantly both back when FSD was a pile of C++ and now with the "Lite" driving model. I don't see how Tesla can ever make FSD suitable on HW3 given the hardware (<200 TOPS).

skywhopper

I’m forever dismayed that no government agency has cracked down on Tesla’s endless fraudulent claims. It’s a shame people were falling for it 7 years ago, much less today, but only the governments can enforce actual fairness.

dmix

The article is about a Dutch owner of an older Tesla who bought with the intention of using FSD (supervised) with HW3 but the government has not approved it's use for that model so the person can't use it. You can use FSD with HW3 in other countries like Canada.

mlmonkey

> 3,000 owners from 29 countries signed up — representing over €6 million in FSD purchases. The math doesn't work out. It should be \euro 20,000,000 in FSD purchases, no?

adocomplete

Bought FSD with my Model 3 back in 2018 here in the states. FSD still not delivered and no realistic timeline. Tesla is hoping we upgrade or sell car, but luckily we don't drive much and plan to keep it as long as it keeps running, so they'll have to make us whole eventually.

jrochkind1

Is the amount of money they'd have to refund if they just refunded everyone prohibitive, or is it more of an image/messaging thing, admitting you, erm, took them for a ride? It's clear those customers are never going to get it.

iugtmkbdfil834

Full disclosure. I am currently shorting TSLA so take what I am about to post with an appropriate amount of salt. I gotta say I am continuously amazed how much Musk is allowed to get away with. I know he can get some things done and he is, apparently, skilled manager, fund raiser and bs'er of epic proportions, but I have a hard time understanding how all this didn't catch up to him yet.

gigatexal

So many people worshipped the jobs distortion field but it was nothing compared to the gaslighting Elon has been able to do with Tesla. The man promised things he couldn’t deliver over and over and over again and investors are it up turning his company into a meme stock devoid of any kind of fundamentals.

jijojv

Paid twice into Full Scam of the Decade since 2016 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3HCTVk3qME driver is just there for legal reasons)