Musk said on the fourth-quarter 2021 earnings call that he was confident that Tesla's full autopilot suite would be completed in 2022 and that he would be "shocked" if Tesla couldn't complete the FSD by the end of the year.
Tesla's full autopilot kit has actually been in development for several years, and according to Tesla, most of the features are already "fully equipped," but one is missing: autonomous driving on city streets.
According to documents from Tesla's shareholder meeting in the fourth quarter of 2021, Tesla's FSD Beta program has accumulated more than 60,000 active users.
As for the current price of the fully autonomous driving kit at $12,000 (about 75,847 yuan), up from $10,000 (about 63,206 yuan) on January 17, causing confusion among many users (Tesla did not release any improvements or new features to the average FSD user), Musk said after a day of price increases: "People don't understand the value of self-driving cars." ”
While the price increase may also indicate Musk's confidence in the FSD suite (Musk says the program is priceless), consumers seem more willing to pay for what's available now than for the future features of the program.