Wasn't there even multiply lawsuits against Tesla because the payed for FSD didn't work? Didn't exist? Wasn't supported by the Hardware build in?
2016 did Tesla announce that every future car has the hardware for FSD. 2016!
Most people don’t care that some guy paid $10k for a feature on a $80k car 10 years ago that didn’t achieve its crazy promise. They care that they can pay $99 today for a feature that blows away their expectations, AND is good enough to not just be a surprising novelty but something they use long term.
What?
People don’t like driving, and they hire(d) people to do it for them. There’s even a word for it: chauffeur. Now the car does it itself. Yes the chauffeur could do other things as well, but you can’t pay a chauffeur $99 a month.
So 9% bought their Tesla with FSD.
A lot less bought FSD than I expected, a lot more people who pay for the subscription.
A lot of people btw. do like driving.
I don't have a Tesla, my uncle has a Model S. I met up with him recently for lunch, I told the car to drive us to a seafood place, it did most of the work and parked itself. This is commuting. And, it didn't roll through stop signs.
I like myself a Cooper or a GTI for the twisties, but that's a different thing.