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Tesla Bans Customers From Using Autonomous Cars To Earn Money Ride-Sharing (arstechnica.com)
Late Wednesday, Tesla announced the Model X and Model S electric vehicles, boasting that they will come with the necessary hardware to drive completely autonomously at some point in the future. Naturally, one of the frequent questions that followed the event was: "Can I use my Tesla car as a Uber driver?" Well, Tesla was anticipating this question and even buried the answer on its website. From an ArsTechnica report: On Tesla's website, the section that describes the new "Full Self-Driving Capability" (A $3,000 option at the time of purchase, $4,000 after the fact) states "Please note also that using a self-driving Tesla for car sharing and ride hailing for friends and family is fine, but doing so for revenue purposes will only be permissible on the Tesla Network, details of which will be released next year."
Not working so well for John Deer owners... http://modernfarmer.com/2016/0...
"While the Tesla Motors co-founder spent more than ten years in the United States prior to becoming a citizen in 2002, it appears that he did so legally through various visa programs."
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It can be in the EULA and still not be upheld (i.e "you agree to give us your firstborn child" etc) but this'll definitely get messy if Tesla doesn't back down. I'm interested to see how Uber and their partners (limo companies) respond to this, as Model S's are increasingly being used for UberBlack here in Colorado...