- Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to employees on Monday informing them they have to show customers how to use “FSD” before completing a delivery in North America.
- “I know this will slow down the delivery process, but it is nonetheless a hard requirement,” Musk wrote in the email.
- Tesla is trying to avoid showing a year-over-year decline in deliveries for the first quarter.
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CEO Elon Musk is now requiring employees to install and show customers how to use the latest version of the company’s premium driver assistance system, which is marketed as “FSD” or Full Self-Driving, before completing a vehicle delivery in North America.
“Going forward, it is mandatory in North America to install and activate FSD V12.3.1 and take customers on a short test ride before handing over the car,” Musk wrote in an email to staffers on Monday. “Almost no one actually realizes how well (supervised) FSD actually works. I know this will slow down the delivery process, but it is nonetheless a hard requirement.”