Tesla slashes Full Self-Driving monthly subscription price by 50%

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Tesla has slashed the Full Self-Driving subscription price by 50 percent, bringing it down to $99 monthly from $199.

The price to purchase Tesla’s Full Self-Driving suite outright has not changed. Still, it remains at $12,000, and allows your vehicle to experience the AI functionality of Basic Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot, as well as Autosteer on City Streets and Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control.

All of these features are also available through the Full Self-Driving subscription program, which allows those who may be less financially capable or even skeptical of the FSD suite’s capabilities to test it out before dropping $12,000.

Tesla first launched Full Self-Driving subscriptions in July 2021, as a blog post from the automaker launched it for $199 a month.

Tesla also offered a $ 99-a-month option for cars equipped with Enhanced Autopilot.

Tesla FSD subscriptions go live for $99-$199 per month

Interestingly, Tesla decided to push the price of the Full Self-Driving subscription downward less than a day after CEO Elon Musk liked a post on X that suggested the take rate would improve if the price was lowered to $99 per month.

Tesla is continuing to push Full Self-Driving on customers as it improves and becomes more reliable with every hour it is driven on roads, thanks to the use of a neural network.

Full Self-Driving users have already accumulated over one billion miles of data for the suite to operate on. However, the FSD suite is not fully autonomous and still requires human attention.

Although Tesla does offer the subscription service, Musk has maintained that it would be smarter to buy the FSD suite outright.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk gives subtle nod to cheaper FSD monthly subscriptions

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have given a subtle nod to the idea of more affordable Full Self-Driving (FSD) monthly subscriptions. A cheaper monthly rate for FSD would likely increase the take rate for the advanced driver-assist system’s subscription service. 

Musk’s apparent nod to a cheaper FSD subscription was observed by Tesla enthusiasts on social media platform X, several of whom noted that the CEO had liked a post from an EV advocate stating that the take rate for FSD subscriptions would likely see a notable increase if the service was priced at $99 per month. Musk has not removed his like on the Tesla owners’s FSD subscription post as of writing. 

Tesla launched FSD subscriptions in July 2021 after much anticipation from the electric vehicle community. At the time, Tesla priced the service at $199 per month for vehicles that only have Basic Autopilot, or $99 per month for vehicles that have Enhanced Autopilot activated. The service was only available for vehicles that were equipped with Tesla’s Hardware 3.0 or above.

The premium pricing of FSD subscriptions in 2021 received polarizing reactions from Tesla owners, many of whom considered the price to be high for what FSD Beta offered at the time. This is not necessarily the case today, as Tesla has started the rollout of FSD (Supervised) V12, which has received notably better real-world reviews from drivers. Simply put, FSD (Supervised) V12 may actually be good enough to warrant a paid subscription. 

While Tesla is quick to highlight that FSD (Supervised) does not make its vehicles autonomous, the EV maker and its CEO have been doubling down on promoting the advanced driver-assist system to new and existing EV owners. Musk has made FSD (Supervised) test rides part of Tesla’s vehicle delivery process, and the company has rolled out a free trial program for FSD (Supervised) to qualified vehicles in its existing fleet. 

Tesla’s FSD program has achieved notable milestones as of late. Just recently, the official Tesla AI account on X revealed that FSD users have driven a cumulative distance of over 1 billion miles. This is a notable step towards Tesla’s goal of getting regulatory approval for the advanced driver-assist system. After all, Elon Musk estimated in Master Plan Part Deux that worldwide regulatory approval for autonomous vehicles will likely require about 6 billion miles worth of data. 

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Tesla launches its 2nd-cheapest, longest-range Model Y in select European countries

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Tesla has launched a new variant of the its best-selling vehicle, the Model Y, to select European countries. The new Model Y variant currently stands as the second most-affordable and longest range variant of the all-electric crossover. 

Tesla announced the launch of the new Model Y Long Range Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) motor in a post from its Tesla Europe & Middle East account on social media platform X. As per the EV maker, the vehicle comes with a WLTP range of 600 km (372 miles). In comparison, the base Model Y RWD is listed with a WLTP range of 455 km (282 miles), the Model Y Long Range Dual Motor All Wheel Drive (AWD) is listed with a WLTP range of 533 km (331 miles), and the Model Y Performance is listed with a WLTP range of 514 km (319 miles). 

Tesla also noted that the Model Y Long Range RWD is now available for orders in Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Poland, Slovenia, Romania, and and Hungary. The vehicle is not offered in countries like the UK and the Netherlands as of writing. 

The Model Y Long Range RWD starts at 48,990 euros ($52,500), making it the second most affordable variant of the vehicle in the countries where it is offered. For context, the Model Y Long Range Dual Motor AWD and the Model Y Performance start at 54,990 euros ($59,000) and 59,990 euros ($64,300), respectively. The most affordable Model Y is still the base RWD variant, which starts at 44,990 euros ($48,200). 

The launch of the Model Y Long Range RWD was widely praised by the electric vehicle community, several of whom asked if the electric vehicle maker would also be making the Model 3 Long Range RWD available for retail consumers. The Model 3 Long Range RWD was launched in the UK in April 2023, but the all-electric sedan was only sold as a fleet vehicle for commercial customers. 

Tesla’s Long Range RWD configurations have proven quite popular because they feature a large battery pack at a fairly affordable price. This is one of the reasons why Tesla opted to start its original ramp of the Model 3 sedan with the Long Range RWD variant. At the time, the Model 3 Long Range RWD was praised by reviewers for its range, features, and its driving dynamics.  

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