Tesla slashes Full Self-Driving worth to $8,000 forward of earnings report

The value for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software program bundle was speculated to get costlier over time — however as an alternative, it’s getting cheaper.

Tesla has discounted the $12,000 characteristic — that has been marketed as ultimately enabling absolutely autonomous capabilities regardless of simply being a Stage 2 driver-assist system — to $8,000. The value reduce comes forward of Tesla’s earnings on April twenty third, during which Elon Musk is certain to face questions in regards to the adjustment. For years, Musk has insisted that the software program bundle would solely develop in worth, probably to a worth 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 diminished the worth of the subscription model of FSD from $199 to $99 per 30 days. With the brand new pricing, it might take virtually six years and 9 months of subscribing to achieve the present pay-in-full worth.

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.