Delivery day is the best day. Couldn’t be happier with this car. Thanks to @ryanjaycowan for the great content that helped make this decision.
Thanks to @TeslaAUNZ for the smooth delivery.
One small problem with the back of this car. Can you see it?
An Open Letter to @elonmusk, Tesla and the board of directors: You’ve Shown Little Regard for Long-Time Owners as the FSD transfer window in Australia just slammed shut.
A lot of us bought Full Self-Driving outright more than six years ago. Especially legacy Model S and Model X owners. We paid the big premium because we believed in Elon’s vision of real autonomy. We took the risk early and supported the company when it mattered most.
Now that window is over. No extension. It’s April 1st and the transfer option is gone. That feels like a final kick in the pants with a pointy shoe to the people who backed the autonomy dream from early on.
On top of that, here in Australia HW4 cars have already been running FSD Supervised for about six months. Meanwhile HW3 owners — many of whom also bought FSD outright years ago — still have no firm date when we’ll get it. It’s hard not to feel like our loyalty and early purchases count for very little.
I’m asking Tesla to do two things:
* Give a permanent, open transfer option for everyone who bought FSD outright, for HW3 cars. No more artificial deadlines or carrot dangling time-limited incentives.
* Release a clear timeline for when FSD Supervised will actually work on HW3 vehicles in Australia.
These steps would show some real respect for the owners who paid upfront and waited the longest. Right now it feels like Tesla has moved on and left the early believers behind. I'm hoping leadership sees this and acts. The community is watching.
@TeslaAUNZ@Tesla@Tesla_AI@elonmusk@robyndenholm@kimbal@KathleeWT@jgebbia@tomzhu_nz@IraEhrenpreis
@sydney_ev When they use the term “in years to come” without being certain of scalability it always make me feel like it’s just another delay tactic. Those still on the fence about EVs will now wait for this tech that may never come.