Tesla turns to Turo to boost adoption of Full Self-Driving (Supervised)
THE SO WHAT
Using Turo hosts as a distribution channel for FSD trials turns private fleets into software sales reps—Tesla is treating autonomy like a consumer SaaS upsell. Anyone building advanced driver-assist or autonomy features should be thinking in terms of usage funnels and trial surfaces, not just hardware attach.
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