Technology22 Apr 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Elon Musk admits millions of Tesla owners need upgrades for true ‘Full Self-Dri…

Elon Musk said Wednesday that millions of Tesla owners will need hardware upgrades to run a future version of its Full Self-Driving software that doesn’t…

Elon Musk said Wednesday that millions of Tesla owners will need hardware upgrades to run a future version of its Full Self-Driving software that doesn’t require human supervision — after he and Tesla spent years promising that wouldn’t be the case. The admission could open the company up to legal challenges from customers who bought Teslas on the belief that the cars were just one software update away from being able to drive themselves. Musk said on Tesla’s quarterly e…

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