Tesla cuts price of self-driving software by a third to $8,000

Tesla on Saturday slashed the price of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver assistant software to $8,000 from $12,000 in the United States, as CEO Elon Musk reaffirms his commitment to self-driving technology.Musk is betting the technology will become a major source of revenue for the world’s most valuable automaker. But he has for years failed to achieve the goal of self-driving capability, with the technology under growing regulatory and legal scrutiny.Earlier this month, Musk said Tesla will unveil its rob ...