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===Disabling of radar hardware (2023 - Present)=== | ===Disabling of radar hardware (2023 - Present)=== | ||
Tesla initially promoted the inclusion of radar hardware in its Model 3 vehicles. In 2023 Tesla issued an over-the-air (OTA) software update that disabled the radar hardware in existing Model 3 vehicles equipped with it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dnistran |first=Iulian |date=22 Mar 2023 |title=Elon Musk Overruled Tesla Engineers Who Said Removing Radar Would Be Problematic: Report |url=https://insideevs.com/news/658439/elon-musk-overruled-tesla-autopilot-engineers-radar-removal/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250806073306/https://insideevs.com/news/658439/elon-musk-overruled-tesla-autopilot-engineers-radar-removal/ |archive-date=6 Aug 2025 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=InsideEVs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 Jan 2024 |title=Tesla's Relationship With Radar |url=https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/01/teslas-relationship-with-radar/ |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=Edge AI and Vision Alliance |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251109192012/https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/01/teslas-relationship-with-radar/ |archive-date=9 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klender |first=Joey |date=10 Jun 2023 |title=Tesla owners claim their radar was disabled during service visits |url=https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-disables-radar-model-3-model-y-service-visits/ |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=Teslarati |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251107100049/https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-disables-radar-model-3-model-y-service-visits/ |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref> As a result, these vehicles saw changes such as a reduced range of following distance options in Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC), from 1-7 to 2-7. Reports also indicated degraded performance in driver assistance systems, including instances of unexpected braking behavior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=rwiegand |date=22 Jul 2024 |title=Unfortunate new panic braking behavior from TACC |url=https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/unfortunate-new-panic-braking-behavior-from-tacc.331045/ |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |via=Tesla Motors Club}}</ref> | Tesla initially promoted the inclusion of radar hardware in its Model 3 vehicles. In 2023 Tesla issued an over-the-air (OTA) software update that disabled the radar hardware in existing Model 3 vehicles equipped with it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dnistran |first=Iulian |date=22 Mar 2023 |title=Elon Musk Overruled Tesla Engineers Who Said Removing Radar Would Be Problematic: Report |url=https://insideevs.com/news/658439/elon-musk-overruled-tesla-autopilot-engineers-radar-removal/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250806073306/https://insideevs.com/news/658439/elon-musk-overruled-tesla-autopilot-engineers-radar-removal/ |archive-date=6 Aug 2025 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=InsideEVs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 Jan 2024 |title=Tesla's Relationship With Radar |url=https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/01/teslas-relationship-with-radar/ |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=Edge AI and Vision Alliance |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251109192012/https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/01/teslas-relationship-with-radar/ |archive-date=9 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klender |first=Joey |date=10 Jun 2023 |title=Tesla owners claim their radar was disabled during service visits |url=https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-disables-radar-model-3-model-y-service-visits/ |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=Teslarati |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251107100049/https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-disables-radar-model-3-model-y-service-visits/ |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref> As a result, these vehicles saw changes such as a reduced range of following distance options in Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC), from 1-7 to 2-7. Reports also indicated degraded performance in driver assistance systems, including instances of unexpected braking behavior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=rwiegand |date=22 Jul 2024 |title=Unfortunate new panic braking behavior from TACC |url=https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/unfortunate-new-panic-braking-behavior-from-tacc.331045/ |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |via=Tesla Motors Club}}</ref> | ||