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All drivers who actually purchased FSD at the time are getting upgrade free if needed.

Tesla never promised a rent option. And for that there is a one time fee for some cars

I don't see how that is relevant though. Tesla promised every car would have the required hardware for FSD, regardless of whether you paid for FSD upfront or not. The fact that you have to upgrade in order to subscribe to FSD shows that they were wrong about that. They should honor their commitment by upgrading everyone to hardware that is capable of FSD, since that's what they were promised at purchase time.

What Tesla promised in 2016 was that "as of today, all Tesla vehicles produced in our factory – including Model 3 – will have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver":

https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-tesla-cars-being-produced-now...

That wasn't true, was it.

It’s honestly hard to believe that anyone thought it was true at the time. Until full self-driving capability is achieved how could anyone possibly know what hardware is required for it?

Its called marketing, companies exaggerate claim all the time. As consumer, one should not believe in company marketing claim/promise or they'll be in trouble.

> companies exaggerate claim

That's called false advertising.

> one should not believe in company marketing claim/promise

Or, better said, the companies leading with false claims will be in trouble as they lose the trust of consumers and may be subjected to lawsuits.

If that true then just sue them, anybody can sue anyone for any reason.

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