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When it comes to Tesla, the best-selling electric car at present, it is favored by consumers because it carries more cutting-edge and stable technology, the most important of which is the function of "custom driving". But this function is remotely controlled by Tesla, that is, it must be "authorized" if you want to use it.

Everyone is very clear about the authorization. After all, exclusive technology is charged. Just like the iPhone system, only Apple phones can have it, but Tesla's models are different. Both new cars and second-hand cars need to pay for the self-driving function. The previous car owner paid for the self-driving function. Once the car is resold, the next owner will have to pay again for this function.

A foreign Tesla owner bought a Model S at an auction by Tesla in December last year. At the time of purchase, the vehicle's "enhanced autopilot" and "fully autopilot mode" functions are intact. The buyer also reviewed documents related to the ownership and sale of the car.

However, when the car owner got the vehicle, neither of these functions could be used. at that time, the dealer also mentioned and promoted these two functions when selling the vehicle, but Tesla, without the knowledge of the dealer, after selling the car, these two functions are prohibited through remote control.

Tesla then responded that owners who bought used cars from third-party dealers did not pay the corresponding fees, so they were not eligible to use the autopilot function. If consumers are still interested in these additional features, they can do so by purchasing upgrade services. In other words, used car buyers must pay the company for these features before they can be reactivated. It should be pointed out that the third-party used car dealers bought it at the auction held by Tesla himself.

It is understood that the autopilot function in the Tesla Model S purchased by the car owner is worth about 8000 US dollars. The reason for buying a used car is because it has taken a fancy to these functions, and these functions are already included in the price, and the sales have been introduced in the process of selling the car, but now after buying this car, they find that they do not have these functions, and they feel like they have been cheated.

For this reason, some people in the industry believe that when dealers enable these functions when selling cars, they become part of advertising, but after the vehicles are sold, they cancel these functions through remote control, which infringes on the rights and interests of used car buyers. Like many technology products, manufacturers cannot forcibly withdraw some functions without the consent of the owner after transfer, thus causing many consumers to question the rights and interests of used car buyers.

In fact, in Tesla's view, self-driving function technology is more important than his vehicle, Tesla CEO Musk said. Building a car is not its main goal, but realizing the commercial model of sharing cars through self-driving taxis is its main goal. Within Tesla, autopilot is also placed in a very important position. Musk once tweeted: "the Autopilot and AI teams report directly to me, and we can meet, email and text almost every day." He even said earlier that the rest of Tesla's business would be negligible compared with self-driving taxis.

Therefore, it seems that Tesla may be an enterprise that sells technology to deliver cars. Although there are still many defects in the autopilot function, there have been many accidents due to the autopilot function before, which led Tesla to call the autopilot function auxiliary driving in order to remind car owners that they still need to pay attention to the use of this function. However, Tesla said that autopilot will really be completed this year, that is, it will be able to release both hands.

It is its surprising technology that makes its sales continue to rise. In 2019, Tesla delivered a total of 367800 electric vehicles, of which the Model 3 model sold 300885 vehicles in the whole year, making it the highest-selling electric vehicle in the world.

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