Tesla Drops Free Autopilot, Pushes New Owners Toward Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Subscription

Tesla has discontinued Autopilot, its most basic driver assistance system, in the US and Canada. This disables Autosteer, the lane-centering feature that has come standard with each Tesla since 2019, leaving new buyers with only Traffic-Aware Cruise Control unless they subscribe to Full Self-Driving (Supervised) at $99 per month.

After Feb. 14, 2026, Tesla drivers will no longer be able to purchase FSD (Supervised) through a one-time $8,000 transaction. Elon Musk announced earlier this month that Tesla is making the software subscription-only. The decision comes as Tesla struggles with low FSD adoption rates: Only 12% of customers have paid for the software as of October 2025, Byteiota reports. Reaching 10 million active FSD subscriptions by 2035 is a milestone in Musk's compensation package, which could be worth up to $1 trillion.

The timing of Autopilot's demise couldn't be more interesting. Tesla launched unsupervised robotaxi rides in ...