Tesla Cybercab contract gives Tesla control over price and area
TL;DR
- Tesla's Cybercab requires a $299 monthly Autonomy Subscription on top of a $29,990 purchase price, and will not operate without it.
- The agreement lets Tesla change the subscription price with one month's notice and resize, relocate, or shrink the car's operating area at any time.
- Three unsafe-operation violations trigger a one-week suspension of autonomous driving with no prorated refund, and Tesla retains full remote-control rights.
Tesla's Cybercab will not drive itself without a $299 monthly subscription, and the agreement Fred Lambert published at Electrek shows Tesla reserving the right to change almost every other variable around the car as well.
The sticker is $29,990. The subscription is on top. 'Your Cybercab will not operate without an active Autonomy Subscription,' the contract states. A lapse in billing turns the car into something that cannot be driven.
Tesla can adjust the monthly price with one month's notice. It can also 'expand, reduce, relocate, or otherwise modify the operating area at any time,' meaning the geofence an owner buys into is not the geofence they are guaranteed to keep. Three violations for unsafe operation trigger a one-week suspension of autonomous driving, with no prorated refund while the car sits.
The company retains the power to 'remotely access, locate, restrict, or control the car,' and may place it in a 'safe state' or terminate access. Cabin cameras collect 'Autonomy Data,' retained for 30 days by default. Owners are barred from adding the Cybercab to Uber, delivery platforms, or rental services without Tesla's written authorization.
Lambert's five-year math lands near $47,631 before insurance, registration, charging, and taxes.
Originally reported by electrek.co
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