* it's a price increase. "Model 3 Standard Plus used to cost $37,500, plus $3,000 for the Autopilot option. It now costs $39,500, with Autopilot included."*
$37,500 + $3,000 = $40,500. Isn't that a price decrease if the price is now $39,500?
Not if a significant fraction of buyers decided to skip autopilot after seeing Youtube videos of AP driving into stationary objects.
Keep in mind that Tesla just started selling lower priced models in the US. Buyers of the base models are much more cost concious, so I assume that a lot of them would forego the AP option.
$37,500 + $3,000 = $40,500. Isn't that a price decrease if the price is now $39,500?