But Teslas vehicles can’t operate ANYWHERE autonomously — not even with supervision inside the closed loop tunnels in Las Vegas [0] — 6+ years after Musk said autopilot/FSD was capable of driving itself coast to coast.

Whenever Teslas manage to offer autonomous driving, what makes you think LIDAR etc will still cost what it does now?

[0] https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/road-warrior...