Tesla quietly paywalls a standard feature from all of its Model 3 and Model Y cars

Tesla has quietly removed one of its standard features from the Model 3 and Model Y, with owners now having to pay a subscription to use it. 

Tesla has recently announced some big changes to its how its advanced driving assistance functions will work for motorists. 

Firstly, it announced that it would be scrapping the option to buy Full Self-Driving outright and instead moving to a subscription model. 

And this wasn’t the only big change on the horizon. 

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Tesla has removed the feature as standard, but you can still get it for a price

Back in October, Tesla launched its new more affordable Model 3 and Model Y – known as the Standard trim. 

As you might have expected, these lower priced models didn’t come with quite as many bells and whistles as the more expensive trims. 

Inside, the faux leather seats were switched for cloth options, and they came with fewer speakers. 

The Standard trims were also launched without Autostreer. 

Until that point, all Teslas sold in the US came with Autopilot, which included Autosteer, and Traffic Aware Cruise Control. 

Fast-forward to last month, and Tesla confirmed it was scrapping Autopilot in the US and Canada, but it wasn’t clear if Autosteer was to be spared.   

However, that turned out not to be the case and its now been removed from the Tesla configurator for all trim levels of the Model Y and Model 3. 

Instead, the Model 3 and Model Y will only include adaptive cruise control as standard, as well as a 30-day free trial of Full Self-Driving (Supervised).

And for those wanting any of the other advanced driving assistance features, they’ll have to pay for a subscription to Full Self-Driving (FSD). 

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Full Self-Driving is moving to subscription only – and the price ‘will rise’

The move to remove Autosteer comes after Tesla announced it was removing the option to buy FSD as a one-off purchase. 

The monthly subscription is currently set at $99, and until February 14, there is still an option to purchase FSD outright for $8,000. 

But after February 14, the only way to get FSD will be via the subscription – and Tesla boss Elon Musk has warned the price will rise as the technology improves. 

“I should also mention that the $99/month for supervised FSD will rise as FSD’s capabilities improve,” he said on X. 

“The massive value jump is when you can be on your phone or sleeping for the entire ride (unsupervised FSD).”

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