The worth for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software program bundle was presupposed to get costlier over time — however as an alternative, it’s getting cheaper.
Tesla has discounted the $12,000 function — that has been marketed as ultimately enabling absolutely autonomous capabilities regardless of simply being a Degree 2 driver-assist system — to $8,000. The worth reduce comes forward of Tesla’s earnings on April twenty third, by which Elon Musk is certain to face questions concerning the adjustment. For years, Musk has insisted that the software program bundle would solely develop in worth, probably to a value over $100,000.
In actuality, the price of FSD peaked in 2022 when it was raised to $15,000 and later fell to $12,000. Earlier this month, Tesla additionally lowered the worth of the subscription model of FSD from $199 to $99 per thirty days. With the brand new pricing, it could take nearly six years and 9 months of subscribing to achieve the present pay-in-full value.
The automaker can be eliminating the flexibility to buy Enhanced Autopilot, which is the corporate’s $6,000 superior driver-assist system. As Teslarati notes, prospects who’ve Enhanced Autopilot can now improve to FSD for simply $2,000.