MUSK PLEDGES FIX FOR 2.3M TESLAS LACKING FULL SELF-DRIVE

Tesla built Hardware 3 specifically to support Full Self-Driving (FSD) functionality, yet the company has long acknowledged these vehicles cannot operate unsupervised autonomous features. The issue affects millions of cars from a four-year production window before Hardware 4 deployment began in early 2023. Musk's pledge came during Tesla's latest earnings call but provided limited specifics on implementation timelines or technical solutions. The company has not publicly detailed how it plans to bridge the hardware limitations that prevent Hardware 3 vehicles from achieving the promised FSD capabilities. This represents a longstanding gap between Tesla's marketing claims and product capability. Owners of affected vehicles—primarily Model 3 and Model Y sedans—have seen FSD remain unavailable despite having purchased the feature. Tesla continues developing its autonomous driving software stack, though Hardware 3's computational constraints pose significant engineering challenges.