Elon Musk has admitted that millions of Tesla vehicles equipped with Hardware 3 cannot receive unsupervised Full Self-Driving capability without expensive upgrades to Hardware 4. Tesla plans to offer discounted trade-ins and hardware upgrades, requiring both computer and camera replacements. To execute upgrades efficiently at scale, Tesla is planning to establish microfactories in major metropolitan areas.
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Elon Musk admits that millions of Tesla vehicles won’t get unsupervised FSD
Tesla admits millions of Hardware 3 vehicles cannot receive unsupervised FSD without costly Hardware 4 upgrades, forcing a complex fleet transition program that requires building regional microfactories.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The VergeBY sys://pipeline
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