All articles tagged with #hw3
Elon Musk acknowledged that Tesla’s Hardware 3 cannot deliver unsupervised Full Self-Driving, contradicting years of promises; the company is shifting to Hardware 4 and possible retrofits, but execution timelines, costs, and ongoing legal actions are weighing on investors and raising questions about autonomy timelines and the stock.
Tesla confirms FSD v14 Lite will run on Hardware 3 by the end of June 2026, delivering many v14 features—such as Start from Park, driver profiles, Parking Destination, and gear shifts—on HW3 with a distilled AI4-level behavior, though without unsupervised FSD; HW3 will also receive a camera upgrade and an extensive retrofit path toward AI4, including bespoke retrofit hubs and a trade‑in discount toward a new AI4-equipped vehicle. Separately, Tesla announced a Sourcewell contract to sell to U.S. public agencies, offering tiered government discounts to accelerate fleet adoption of Tesla police, campus, and municipal vehicles.
Tesla is facing a class action lawsuit in China from owners of HW3 vehicles who were promised full self-driving capabilities but did not receive them, leading to financial and trust issues, with potential liabilities running into billions.