One-time FSD purchase no longer available as Elon Musk talks up future where drivers can be asleep at the wheel

Having confirmed Tesla will start charging $99 a month for supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD), CEO Elon Musk has told the faithful that the cost will rise "as FSD's capabilities improve."

Musk revealed the plan on his social media mouthpiece, X (formerly Twitter), on January 23, a week after stating that the hands-free driving technology would shift from an $8,000 one-off payment to a subscription-only model in February.

Tesla announced the change to a monthly subscription on January 14. It will shift to a subscription model for FSD on February 14, and Musk's post indicates the $99 per month fee will rise before long, though he did not give a date or amount, just saying it would happen as the technology gets better.

The electric vehicle maker is not averse to fiddling with price lists; the FSD feature reached a high of $15,000 in September 2022 before ...