Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco

Re:Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco by dragontamer on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:09PM (#28291809)

Its not "end of life" vehicles that should be concerned, but instead "end of lease" vehicles.

People who bought a 3-year or 5-year lease from 2016 with the $5k full-self driving package probably should feel pissed for wasting money.

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Re:Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco by jsight on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:53PM (#28292520)

To be fair, a lot of people right now would willingly pay $5k for the features that are available now, especially if they spend a lot of time on long highway trips.

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Re:Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco by chipotle_coyote on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @02:24PM (#28292891)

The price keeps going up, though: if you bought it right now, it wouldn't be $5K, it'd be $10K. It's possible Tesla's driver assistance systems are better than anything else on the market in their current incarnation, but that's getting to be a pretty big ask.

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Re:Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco by mostdataisnice on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:12PM (#28291863)

Also, I don't think we actually know what the end-of-life of Tesla vehicles is. They've not been mass produced for long enough.

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Re:Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco by scrose on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:31PM (#28292176)

I'm guessing end-of-life for a Tesla is whenever they decide they will not replace your battery.

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