Tesla relaunches $6,000 Enhanced Autopilot, guts FSD package

Tesla relaunches $6,000 Enhanced Autopilot – gutting Full Self-Driving package in the process

Electrek.co by Fred Lambert

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The last significant update was FSD Beta 10.12 in mid May.

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