As of October 19, 2026, Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) subscription page lists one price in the US: $99 a month. You can’t buy FSD outright for new orders anymore. Elon Musk announced on January 14, 2026 that Tesla would stop selling it after February 14, 2026 and offer it only as a monthly subscription.
The $99 isn’t the whole cost for every car. Cars with the oldest Autopilot computers need a paid hardware upgrade before they can subscribe, and cars with Hardware 3 get a cut-down version of the software.
What $99 a month buys and how billing works
The subscription unlocks Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) driver-assistance features on an eligible car. Tesla’s support page sets these billing rules:
- Charges start once the car finishes the required software update, or after a free trial ends if you had one.
- Payment by ACH can take up to 10 days to clear, so activation can lag.
- You can cancel any time in the Tesla app. You keep the features until the end of the paid month. Tesla doesn’t prorate or refund.
- Only the Tesla account that owns the car can subscribe from the app.
Owners whose cars came with Enhanced Autopilot have been offered FSD for $49 a month, according to Not a Tesla App. Tesla’s own support page doesn’t list that price, so check what the app shows for your car.
The price may not stay at $99. Musk said in January that the fee will go up as FSD’s capabilities improve, as The Register reported. He gave no date or new amount.
How to subscribe
From the Tesla app:
- Open the app and tap Upgrades.
- Tap Software Upgrades.
- Check the box next to Full Self-Driving (Supervised).
- Tap Subscribe.
From the car, open Controls, tap Upgrades and swipe to subscribe. If your car isn’t eligible, the option doesn’t appear. Ordering a new Tesla, you can add the subscription to the order.
Monthly subscriptions are offered in the US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Croatia, per the same support page. Korea is a separate case with its own rules, covered in our guide to FSD in Korea (Korean).
Does your car need a hardware upgrade first?
It depends on which AI computer the car has. To check, tap Controls, then Software, then Additional Vehicle Information on the touchscreen.
- Computer 2.0 or 2.5: You must upgrade before subscribing. Tesla’s AI computer page prices the upgrade at $1,000 plus tax, installation included. It’s free only for owners who bought FSD outright before.
- Hardware 3 (computer 3.0): You can subscribe, but you get a reduced build (see the next section).
- Hardware 4 (AI4): You get the full current FSD (Supervised) release.
The app tells you if your car needs an upgrade when you open the FSD option, and lets you book the installation. Tesla says the swap usually takes about an hour.
What Hardware 3 cars actually get
On the Q1 2026 earnings call in April, Musk said HW3 doesn’t have the memory bandwidth to reach unsupervised FSD, Tesla Oracle reported. Instead, Tesla built a lighter “FSD v14 Lite” for HW3 cars. Its rollout started at the end of June 2026, and an update to v14.3 Lite reached older Model S and X cars in mid-October.
On the same call, Musk again said owners who bought FSD on HW3 would get an upgrade path and mentioned discounted trade-ins into AI4 cars. Tesla hasn’t published a price, schedule or sign-up page for a retrofit. If you’re on HW3 and deciding whether to subscribe, assume you’ll get the Lite build, not the HW4 version.
What FSD (Supervised) doesn’t do
FSD (Supervised) is driver assistance. Tesla’s page says the enabled features don’t make the car autonomous and need a driver ready to take over at any moment. In SAE terms that’s Level 2. If you want a system that lets you look away in some conditions, compare Mercedes Drive Pilot, a Level 3 system.
Tesla also enforces attention. If the system disengages for the rest of a trip after repeated warnings, that counts as a strikeout. After three or five strikeouts, depending on the car, FSD is suspended for a week. You can see how many you have left under Controls, then Self-Driving.
Tesla’s driverless service is a different product. You can’t turn your own car into one by subscribing. See how Tesla Robotaxi works and where it runs, and the Cybercab’s current status.