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"due to the addition of intelligent summoning function to Tesla's latest version of the in-car system, the price of Full Self Driving in Autopilot autopilot will increase by $1000 on November 1," Tesla CEO Musk said on Twitter on October 12. (about 7089 yuan) "

After the news of the price increase was issued, it was questioned by Tesla's old car owner. Some car owners said that the purchase of Tesla this year included the cost of FSD, so why would a car owner who bought it at a higher price spend an extra $1000?

According to Tesla's official website, the optional price of the FSD system is $6000. It is understood that from time to time, Tesla will give away FSD for free, and even in the face of renting and safeguarding his rights, he will use FSD as a compromise condition.

In response to questions from Twitter users, Musk replied: "Tesla can't go on losing money like this. in order to achieve the goal of environmental sustainable development, we must first achieve Tesla's own economic sustainability, otherwise we will have to die."

It is understood that some time ago, Tesla updated and upgraded the electric vehicle software, of which the biggest update was the addition of the function of "intelligent summoning".

Tesla said that the software update is the biggest update in Tesla's history. When the car is in his line of sight, the car owner can drive himself in front of him through the mobile phone software.

This function has attracted a lot of media attention, although intelligent, but in fact there was an accident when it was used. Some car owners said that this function will inexplicably stop working, the vehicle movement speed is also very slow, users need to wait in place for a long time.

Musk said that Smart summoning is in the process of upgrading, and the feature currently pushes a total of 97000 cars, of which 79000 are Model 3s. However, due to the development of intelligent summoning function in domestic trade, the price increase does not involve the price of the national version.

It is understood that in May this year, Tesla adjusted the price of the FSD system from US $5000 to US $6000. In mid-August, Tesla planned to raise the price, but eventually postponed the price increase until after the Smart call was released. Now that the intelligent summoning function has been announced, Tesla's price increase can show the "rationality" of the price increase.

Musk said that once the problem of self-driving is solved, Tesla may stop selling cars at prices that consumers may accept.

In addition, according to documents submitted by Tesla to the US Securities and Exchange Commission today, Tesla delivered 63000, 95200 and 97000 cars to consumers in the first three quarters of this year, respectively, and delivered a total of 255200 vehicles in the third quarter, higher than last year's sales.

It is understood that the delivery volume in the four quarters of last year was 29900, 40700, 83500 and 90700 respectively, with a total of 244920 delivered in the whole year, 10280 lower than in the first three quarters of this year.

Although Tesla's sales in the first three quarters exceeded those for the whole of last year, Tesla's current losses are still expanding. According to the second-quarter results, Tesla had an operating income of $6.35 billion and a net loss of $389 million. The net loss attributable to common shareholders was $408 million.

Market analysts generally expect Tesla's revenue in the third quarter to be $6.4 billion, down from $6.8 billion in the same period last year. As a result, Tesla is likely to face the first year-on-year revenue decline since the third quarter of 2012.

With the introduction of more features, Tesla raised the price of the FSD system by $1000, sharing part of the cost of building a car through the price increase. Tesla's grim situation can also be seen in consideration of operating income and profit.

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