Now, if you want your new Tesla to steer itself—while you pay attention to the road—you will have to pay for FSD. Until the middle of February, that can be done for a one-time fee of $8,000. But starting on February 14, that option goes away, too, and the sole choice will be a $99/month FSD subscription. But probably not for very long. Last night, Musk revealed on his social media platform that “the $99/month for supervised FSD will rise as FSD’s capabilities improve.
I don’t own a Tesla, but a $99 monthly subscription feels like quite a hefty price tag.
According to a Reuters report on this topic, this change affects only Canada and the US.
I do own a Tesla and after trying that feature a few times I didn’t think it was worth it even at $0/mo. I mean it works pretty ok, but doesn’t do much. You could use it potentially to grab something that’s hard to reach without killing yourself in the process, but I guess that’s pretty much it.
It’s pretty much the same for the lane-keeper of any other car. There might be some EU or Finnish legislation forcing the car to pester you about keeping your hands on the steering wheel etc.