{"id":216858,"date":"2025-06-29T18:11:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T23:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/tesla-responds-w-huge-hardware-change-to-improve-autonomy"},"modified":"2025-06-29T18:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T23:11:28","slug":"tesla-responds-w-huge-hardware-change-to-improve-autonomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/tesla-responds-w-huge-hardware-change-to-improve-autonomy","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Responds w\/ Huge Hardware Change to Improve Autonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mr7eAM2D4Wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Questions to inspire discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude95 Q: How reliable is Tesla\u2019s robotaxi service based on recent experiences? A: Tesla\u2019s robotaxi service has perfect rides in 9 out of 10 experiences, with one incident of phantom braking due to sun glare.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf1 Q: How do users access and pay for Tesla\u2019s robotaxi service? A: Users access the service through a separate app from the Tesla app, requiring Tesla sign-in and linked credit card information for payment.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla Model Updates and Pricing.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0b Q: What changes were made to the refreshed Model S and X? A: The refresh includes new hardware for improved autonomy, new color options, wheel design, and ambient lighting, with a $5,000 price increase and 5\u20137% range increase.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Q: What does Tesla\u2019s new extended warranty plan offer? A: Tesla\u2019s plan extends coverage for 4 years or 100,000 miles at $50\u2013150 per month depending on the model, covering most manufactured parts except the high-voltage battery, tires, and glass.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/tesla-responds-w-huge-hardware-change-to-improve-autonomy\">Continue reading \u201cTesla Responds w\/ Huge Hardware Change to Improve Autonomy\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions to inspire discussion. \ud83d\ude95 Q: How reliable is Tesla\u2019s robotaxi service based on recent experiences? A: Tesla\u2019s robotaxi service has perfect rides in 9 out of 10 experiences, with one incident of phantom braking due to sun glare. \ud83d\udcf1 Q: How do users access and pay for Tesla\u2019s robotaxi service? A: Users access the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":716,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}