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Industry insiders speculate that automakers’ reluctance to license Tesla’s FSD stems from strategic, regulatory, or technical concerns. Some argue that automakers prefer to develop proprietary autonomous systems to maintain control, avoid licensing fees, or meet specific brand standards.
Musk suggests that licensing Tesla’s FSD could save hundreds of billions of dollars and accelerate the transition to fully autonomous vehicles for all. He notes that many automakers' efforts to build their own self-driving tech are redundant and costly, similar to a business recreating its own website from scratch instead of licensing an existing platform.