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Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by cron@feddit.org to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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Now, if you want your new Tesla to steer itself—while you pay attention to the road—you will have to pay for FSD. Until the middle of February, that can be done for a one-time fee of $8,000. But starting on February 14, that option goes away, too, and the sole choice will be a $99/month FSD subscription. But probably not for very long. Last night, Musk revealed on his social media platform that “the $99/month for supervised FSD will rise as FSD’s capabilities improve.

I don't own a Tesla, but a $99 monthly subscription feels like quite a hefty price tag.

According to a Reuters report on this topic, this change affects only Canada and the US.

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[–] cron@feddit.org 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The reuters article said that only 12% of all Tesla customers bought the FSD option, so clearly the vast majority of customers don't see the value in Tesla FSD.

To be fair, maybe the new monthly option is more attractive to customers, I don't know.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

they can just throw the subscription on top of the $1000 per month for 72 months that the rest of the car costs