Tesla Owner DIY HW4 Upgrade Was Easy
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- A Tesla owner completed a DIY upgrade to HW4 hardware and described it as easy, despite Tesla having sold millions of vehicles on the promise of full autonomy without the necessary hardware on board.
- Tesla has reportedly hemmed and hawed over solutions for existing owners whose cars lack the hardware required for full self-driving, even as at least one owner demonstrated the swap is feasible at home.
Why it matters: Tesla pitched full autonomy to buyers of cars that shipped without the chips to deliver it — if a single owner can install HW4 themselves, the question the article raises is why Tesla isn't offering a similar upgrade path to the millions of customers still waiting on the promise it sold them.
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