Tesla: Difference between revisions

Line 21:

====Privacy====

Tesla employees have allegedly viewed and shared embarrassing, disturbing, and potentially explicit recordings of Tesla through internal messaging systems. There didn't seem to be effective measures in place to prevent those videos from being accessed by employees. It has also been reported that the recordings have been used to train artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=~~Stecklow~~ |first=~~Steve~~ |last2=~~Cunningham~~ |first2=~~Waylon~~ |last3=~~Jin~~ |first3=~~Hyunjoo~~ |date=6 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.~~reuters~~.~~com~~/~~technology~~/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-~~06/~~ |access-date=~~23 Mar~~ 2026 |website=~~Reuters~~}}</ref>

Tesla employees have allegedly viewed and shared embarrassing, disturbing, and potentially explicit recordings of Tesla through internal messaging systems. There didn't seem to be effective measures in place to prevent those videos from being accessed by employees. It has also been reported that the recordings have been used to train artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |date=6 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/world/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-customer-cars-612422 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621233519/https://www.tbsnews.net/world/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-customer-cars-612422 |archive-date=2023-06-21 |access-date=7 Apr 2026 |website=The Business Standard}}</ref>

==Incidents==

Line 28:

===Heated rear seats behind paywall (2020 - Present)===

Tesla introduced a $300 paywall for heated seats in Model 3 Standard Range variants where the heating hardware was already installed but software-disabled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loveday |first=Steven |date=18 Feb 2020 |title=Tesla Model 3 Heated Rear Seats: Simple, Fast & Inexpensive Process |url=https://insideevs.com/news/399322/tesla-mode-3-heated-rear-seats-upgrade/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 Mar 2026 |website=InsideEVs}}</ref>

Tesla introduced a $300 paywall for heated seats in Model 3 Standard Range variants where the heating hardware was already installed but software-disabled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loveday |first=Steven |date=18 Feb 2020 |title=Tesla Model 3 Heated Rear Seats: Simple, Fast & Inexpensive Process |url=https://insideevs.com/news/399322/tesla-mode-3-heated-rear-seats-upgrade/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250830041315/https://insideevs.com/news/399322/tesla-mode-3-heated-rear-seats-upgrade/ |archive-date=2025-08-30 |access-date=24 Mar 2026 |website=InsideEVs}}</ref>

===Horsepower behind paywall (2019 - Present)===

Line 35:

===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/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260407193444/https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/unfortunate-new-panic-braking-behavior-from-tacc.331045/ |archive-date=7 Apr 2026 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |via=Tesla Motors Club}}</ref>

===Battery range behind paywall (2024 - Present)===

Line 52:

On 14 January, 2026, Elon Musk announced that Tesla will stop selling their "Full Self-Driving" (or "FSD") feature as a one-time purchase for $8,000 USD, instead offering only a subscription option for $99 USD per month. This policy is set to take effect on 14 February, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Subscriptions |url=https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |url-status=live |access-date=22 Jan 2026 |website=Tesla Support |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260123001814/https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |archive-date=23 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Musk |first=Elon |date=14 Jan 2026 |title=Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14. |url=https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2011324998653513810/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 Jan 2026 |website=X}}</ref>

On 14 January, 2026, Elon Musk announced that Tesla will stop selling their "Full Self-Driving" (or "FSD") feature as a one-time purchase for $8,000 USD, instead offering only a subscription option for $99 USD per month. This policy is set to take effect on 14 February, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Subscriptions |url=https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |url-status=live |access-date=22 Jan 2026 |website=Tesla Support |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260123001814/https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |archive-date=23 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Musk |first=Elon |date=14 Jan 2026 |title=Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14. |url=https://nitter.catsarch.com/elonmusk/status/2011324998653513810/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/zUY9F |archive-date=7 Apr 2026 |access-date=22 Jan 2026 |website=X}}</ref>

==See also==

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 ====Privacy====
-Tesla employees have allegedly viewed and shared embarrassing, disturbing, and potentially explicit recordings of Tesla through internal messaging systems. There didn't seem to be effective measures in place to prevent those videos from being accessed by employees. It has also been reported that the recordings have been used to train artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stecklow |first=Steve |last2=Cunningham |first2=Waylon |last3=Jin |first3=Hyunjoo |date=6 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/ |access-date=23 Mar 2026 |website=Reuters}}</ref>
+Tesla employees have allegedly viewed and shared embarrassing, disturbing, and potentially explicit recordings of Tesla through internal messaging systems. There didn't seem to be effective measures in place to prevent those videos from being accessed by employees. It has also been reported that the recordings have been used to train artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |date=6 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/world/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-customer-cars-612422 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621233519/https://www.tbsnews.net/world/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-customer-cars-612422 |archive-date=2023-06-21 |access-date=7 Apr 2026 |website=The Business Standard}}</ref>
 ==Incidents==
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 ===Heated rear seats behind paywall (2020 - Present)===
 {{Main|Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall}}
-Tesla introduced a $300 paywall for heated seats in Model 3 Standard Range variants where the heating hardware was already installed but software-disabled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loveday |first=Steven |date=18 Feb 2020 |title=Tesla Model 3 Heated Rear Seats: Simple, Fast & Inexpensive Process |url=https://insideevs.com/news/399322/tesla-mode-3-heated-rear-seats-upgrade/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 Mar 2026 |website=InsideEVs}}</ref>
+Tesla introduced a $300 paywall for heated seats in Model 3 Standard Range variants where the heating hardware was already installed but software-disabled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loveday |first=Steven |date=18 Feb 2020 |title=Tesla Model 3 Heated Rear Seats: Simple, Fast & Inexpensive Process |url=https://insideevs.com/news/399322/tesla-mode-3-heated-rear-seats-upgrade/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250830041315/https://insideevs.com/news/399322/tesla-mode-3-heated-rear-seats-upgrade/ |archive-date=2025-08-30 |access-date=24 Mar 2026 |website=InsideEVs}}</ref>
 ===Horsepower behind paywall (2019 - Present)===
@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
 ===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/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260407193444/https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/unfortunate-new-panic-braking-behavior-from-tacc.331045/ |archive-date=7 Apr 2026 |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |via=Tesla Motors Club}}</ref>
 ===Battery range behind paywall (2024 - Present)===
@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 {{Main|Tesla switches full self-driving to subscription only}}
-On 14 January, 2026, Elon Musk announced that Tesla will stop selling their "Full Self-Driving" (or "FSD") feature as a one-time purchase for $8,000 USD, instead offering only a subscription option for $99 USD per month. This policy is set to take effect on 14 February, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Subscriptions |url=https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |url-status=live |access-date=22 Jan 2026 |website=Tesla Support |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260123001814/https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |archive-date=23 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Musk |first=Elon |date=14 Jan 2026 |title=Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14. |url=https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2011324998653513810/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 Jan 2026 |website=X}}</ref>
+On 14 January, 2026, Elon Musk announced that Tesla will stop selling their "Full Self-Driving" (or "FSD") feature as a one-time purchase for $8,000 USD, instead offering only a subscription option for $99 USD per month. This policy is set to take effect on 14 February, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Subscriptions |url=https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |url-status=live |access-date=22 Jan 2026 |website=Tesla Support |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260123001814/https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-subscriptions |archive-date=23 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Musk |first=Elon |date=14 Jan 2026 |title=Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14. |url=https://nitter.catsarch.com/elonmusk/status/2011324998653513810/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/zUY9F |archive-date=7 Apr 2026 |access-date=22 Jan 2026 |website=X}}</ref>
 ==See also==