Elon Musk Says That Fully Autonomous Tesla You Want Is Going To Cost You Dearly

It's no secret that Tesla CEO Elon Musk sees the automaker's Autopilot software suite as being the key to its vehicles becoming an "appreciating asset." Late Sunday night, Musk took to Twitter—despite declaring that he had previously deleted his account—and replied to a question asking if consumers had "limited time left to buy a Tesla car".
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Vette71 - 7/9/2019 1:11:12 PM

+2 Boost

Marketing 101. If you want to get orders/sales now, announce that price is going up. If he can pull in enough folks on the fence about buying a Tesla he'll be able to tone down the demand doubters. The question is when will the robo business really be available.

skytop - 7/9/2019 2:40:56 PM

+3 Boost

It will cost you dearly because Musk will have to maintain a bus load of lawyers on staff to defend the truck load of legal actions that will result against Tesla after it delivers cars with 'autonomous driving ability.'

The Tesla future smells foul.

Truthy - 7/9/2019 2:55:14 PM

+5 Boost

it is not going to cost me anything. I am not buying one.

SanJoseDriver - 7/20/2019 3:08:00 PM

+1 Boost

I guarantee you'll be riding in one in the next 10 years, whether you own one or not.

PUGPROUD - 7/9/2019 4:42:00 PM

+5 Boost

"cost you dearly" as in "it cost him dearly, his life."

TomM - 7/9/2019 5:30:08 PM

+1 Boost

I expect the initial sales of Autonomous Vehicles will actually be Longer Distance Trucks - because they primarily use the Interstate System.

THen you might see more Taxi company buys as well - before the home market gets them

Moo1 - 7/10/2019 8:24:48 AM

+2 Boost

I can drive myself. Thanks