I noticed that Mobileye currently claims that their FSD package in 2025 will cost $5K to OEMs. OEMs will likely charge us >$10K
The ADAS-processor leader is developing a single-chip solution for self-driving cars, along with its own lidar and radars. By 2025, Mobileye hopes its system will reduce the car buyer’s add-on cost to just $10,000.
www.techinsights.com
Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua said that, while it looks less potent than chips from rivals Qualcomm and NVIDIA, the EyeQ Ultra chip has more than enough computing power to control...
www.electronicdesign.com
I suppose this doesn't put much downward pressure on Tesla for FSD pricing unless FSD doesn't work and Mobileye does.
If the point of FSD is safety; then when FSD is completed Tesla insurance should be full replacement for incidents requiring greater than $XXXX for both injuries and repairs. The insurance should last for the "life time of the vehicle"...whatever that is? Maybe the insurance cost might go up, but replacement and
injury / death cost should last.
Once the life time of the vehicle is exceeded, an owner should be able to buy a different plan that requires pictures and inspection of the vehicle as well as inspection of the drivers accidents/incidents. Maybe the location of where the vehicle is used normally (long trips?), how many drivers, how many passengers
should all be involved in the cost evaluation? i.e. if I lived in Spokane, WA (known for people running red lights), normally carried two kids and wife besides myself, drove 40 miles per day, two drivers, lots of potholes in the streets, medium signage along the roads, lots of intersections in residential areas with no stop signs, traffic patterns are not too confusing, navigation maps get updated every two weeks, road closures posted every two days online, traffic cameras
are mounted on high traffic intersections, only one "on ramp" to a major road that is dangerous. All these things could be evaluated for the cost of insurance.