Tesla has lowered the price of their Full Self-Driving (FSD) subscription in Canada and the United States. The price drop was instituted just a few hours after CEO Elon Musk warned FSD subscription prices will increase over time, however this decrease only impacts a small segment of owners.
According to an update to the mobile app, first shared by Sawyer Merritt, the FSD subscription now costs $49 per month in the U.S., a $50 drop from the regular $99 price. Importantly, this only applies for owners who have purchased Enhanced Autopilot (more on that below).
The same price drop applies to Canadian owners with EAP, as Drive Tesla reader Ryan confirmed with us his app is also showing the upgrade priced of $49.
What is Enhanced Autopilot?
Enhanced Autopilot, or EAP, was an optional driver-assistance package that built on basic Autopilot by adding more advanced highway features. It included Navigate on Autopilot for on-ramp to off-ramp driving, automatic lane changes, Autopark, and Smart Summon. That made it more capable than basic Autopilot, which as of last night is now also discontinued, but didn’t go as far as FSD’s capabilities by not including Traffic Light & Stop Sign Control and city streets driving.
As a result, EAP was priced higher than basic Autopilot (when it wasn’t standard it cost C$4,000/US$3,000 at the time of purchase), but less than FSD. The last time EAP was available to purchase, from 2022 to 2024, it was priced at C$6,400/US$6,000.
What This Means
The reduced subscription price effectively acts as a loyalty discount for owners who previously paid for EAP. By cutting the FSD subscription in half for this group, Tesla is lowering the barrier to upgrading without forcing owners to commit to a full one-time purchase — an option Elon Musk has recently said will be phased out entirely in favour of subscriptions starting February 14.
For owners who already invested in EAP, the new pricing makes financial sense. At $49 per month, subscribing to FSD becomes a far more attractive way to access FSD without feeling like they are paying twice for overlapping features. The company has done the same for outright purchases by discounting the price to C$2,750/US$2,000 to upgrade from EAP to FSD.
However, one complicating factor is that the vast majority of cars with EAP are not HW4/AI4 vehicles, but rather those with HW3, or even HW2.5 or less, given the fact it was available in the early years of development of Tesla’s self-driving computer. This means for most people a subscription to FSD won’t get you the latest FSD updates, as those are reserved for vehicles with the newer HW4/AI4 computers.
Owners with HW3 have been stuck on FSD v12 for over a year, although the company has promised v14 “lite” will be released for these cars in Q2 2025, but it remains to be seen what features will carry over from HW4 to HW3.
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