Today, Tesla FSD officially raised its price, and the price on the US website has been raised from $8,000 to $10,000.
As FSD’s open capabilities continue to expand, the price increase is also very reasonable. Looking back at the $3,000 price tag, it was really a bargain.
Tesla has indeed been lowering prices, but what people haven’t seen is the price increase brought about by the improvement of FSD capabilities.
The first batch of people who purchased the long-range rear-wheel-drive version of the Model 3 were given FSD for a bare car price of about 430,000 yuan. Now, the price for the long-range rear-wheel-drive car plus FSD is 373,900 yuan. Not to mention the loss from the purchase tax, Tesla’s official discount is only about 50,000 yuan. So it’s not bad in this sense. It just depends on whether you accept FSD or not.
Many people ask me why I bought the P7 instead of the Model 3. One reason is the price. Although the base car price of the two is about the same (Model 3 is 33,000 yuan more expensive), the software upgrade to XP 3.0 on the P7 is only 20,000 yuan. Tesla is now priced at 64,000 yuan, which is a difference of another 44,000 yuan.
Don’t ever say that basic AP is enough. At the current stage, the reason why AP is enough is only because NoA is not good enough. If the NoA experience improves, it will definitely be great.
After the price increase in the Chinese market, the estimate for choosing FSD will be 80,000 yuan, including the premium, which makes it not so economical.
However, judging from the speed of FSD updates and premiums now, it’s hard to say when is the best time to buy. The earlier you buy, the cheaper it will be, but early purchases will always involve a period of time as futures.
Buying FSD for only 46,300 yuan in the early years was very cheap, but the car has been replaced and real FSD hasn’t been pushed yet…
So, I strongly recommend that all car companies with awesome automatic (assisted) driving functions consider including software packages that can be transferred with people…
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