Autopilot costs more on world's cheapest Tesla than man paid for the entire car

This guy bought the world’s cheapest Tesla Model S, and it was so inexpensive that, when he bought it, it cost less than Autopilot.

There’s a very good reason this car was so cheap.

And there are also a couple of things to bear in mind.

But even so, the fact that it costs less than an optional extra on a new Tesla is shocking.

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Alex Kersten, the Tesla owner and YouTuber behind the Autoalex cars YouTube channel, bought the cheapest Tesla Model S he could find.

And it ended up costing him less than the price of Autopilot, or FSD as it’s called these days.

Autopilot was an early and rudimentary version of Tesla’s self-driving system, which the automaker gradually replaced with FSD, Full Self-Driving, which is a lot better, but also a lot more expensive.

When Alex bought this car, FSD was priced at $12,000, whereas he only paid $11,500 for the entire Tesla.

The car was so cheap because its description included the worst combination of words you can attach to a used car: ‘ex’ and ‘taxi’.

People are always a bit scared when they learn they’re going to buy a used taxi or a rental car. But on this occasion, the YouTuber struck gold.

Alex bought this car with 450,000 miles on the clock. As a result, he was fully prepared to run into issues with the engine and the battery.

For reference, a Tesla Model S owner who’s done 1.2 million miles with his said he’d already replaced the engine 13 times.

And yet, amazingly, Alex was actually wrong, because the car was somehow still under warranty.

Buying a used EV feels like playing roulette. In reality, though, it’s more like playing Black Jack or Poker – luck still plays a role, but you can make your own luck as well.

You can still find potential issues but, broadly speaking, if you play your cards right, you might end up beating the house, which is what Alex did.