Tesla just switched to a Netflix-style subscription model for Full Self-Driving – here's why

• Tesla's FSD will soon cost $99 a month
• One-time payment option has been removed
• It means autonomous driving tech won’t be sold on with the car

Elon Musk took to X today to announce that Tesla’s (Supervised) Full Self-Driving software, which allows for high levels of autonomous driving in certain markets, would no longer be sold as a one-time purchase.

The technology, which requires unlocking as an optional extra when purchasing a vehicle, can no longer be added for an $8,000 /£6,800 / AU$10,100 one-off payment and will instead move to a monthly subscription package as of February 14.

Currently, Musk has only stated that the package will cost $99 a month, although pricing hasn’t been set for other regions just yet. We would expect it to cost in the region of £75-£99 in the UK and $149 in ...