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Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year::Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus "$0.25/mile driven" and any damages and repairs.

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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wait so another owner can never have that or..?

[–] Peanutbjelly@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 year ago

I mean it's not actual "full self drive" to begin with. It's a lame impersonation of more advanced self driving vehicles that aren't even being sold yet. That doesn't matter to the elon fans though.

The lie that actually gets people killed, while also tainting the overall perception of autonomous vehicles. Thanks elon.

[–] clutch@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just that the license isn't transferable. The second owner has to (re)license the software from Tesla. Irrespective of whether the seller has a "perpetual" license.

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I guess if your license could be transferred to your new vehicle this would kinda make sense —- although frankly I’d expect a recurring revenue subscription model instead. Basically this feels like they’ve just been throwing shit at the wall while failing to deliver the feature.

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read it as the second owner would have to pay for it themselves to (re)unlock it. So Tesla would get paid twice for the feature in one car.

[–] nevetsg@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is a monthly subscription. I am not sure what the problem is? the new owner can choose to pay it or not.

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I must have misunderstood, because I know you have to pay $12,000-15,000 (seems the price has lowered) for the FSD to be available, then pay subscription on top of that. For some reason I thought they were saying the initial $12k+ “unlock” wouldn’t transfer.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You either pay for FSD via a monthly subscription OR the full price. So it's either $200/mo or $12,000. It's not both. The subscription option gives you an option to try it before purchasing, or to add and remove it when you want, like for long road trips or something like that.

It's just two different options for people to pick from.

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you very much for clarifying. It makes sense if a subscription is not transferred but if someone does the outright payment that should be transferred. Asshole move if the one time unlock isn’t.

[–] nevetsg@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

AFAIK the one time unlock stays with the car.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

When I sell you my PC, you don’t get all my software licenses, games, and my internet service for free with it. You have to get your own licenses / subscriptions to those.