Tesla Owners Sue Over Unfulfilled FSD Promises

0:00Tesla owners are hitting back with lawsuits over unkept promises on full self-driving tech. A class action in California has 3,000 plaintiffs, led by Tom Losavio, who dropped $100,000 on a Model S back in two. 2017 plus 8,000 more for lifetime FSD access. The beef is that Tesla's newest hardware for upgrade skips older cars, leaving buyers with gear that can't handle the latest software. This all stems from Elon Musk's 2016 claim that every new Tesla from then on would pack the hardware for full autonomy. But upgrades kept coming in 2020, 2021, and now 2023 forcing some owners to pay extra or wait. Early promises like coast to coast drives by end of 2017 never fully panned out for everyone. Owners are fed up worldwide. In the Netherlands, FSD just got approved, but only for cars with the latest hardware. So pre-2023 buyers are sidelined.

1:01A Dutch owner, who shelt out 68,000 euros for his Model 3 in 2019 plus 6400 for FSD, is rallying Europeans for their own suit. Australia's federal court has a similar case brewing too. On Tesla's January 2025 earnings call, Musk admitted they'll upgrade lifetime FSD buyers computers, calling it painful, but necessary. Even said he's glad fewer folks bought the package early on. Meanwhile, Tesla's dealing with dropping sales and revenue, yet analysts stayed bullish on robo taxes and humanoid bots like Optimus. Musk's hyping big reveal soon, keeping eyes on the future even as these hardware headaches drag on. From your city, powered by AI, this is Durham News Today.