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Tesla is making it more affordable to take advantage of its vehicles' full self-driving capabilities. The company is knocking $100 off the cost of a monthly subscription for the feature, taking it from $199 to $99 a month.
Tesla officially announced the price change on X Friday.
Last month, the company announced it would be installing and enabling Tesla’s full self-driving (FSD) feature on every new electric car it sells and showing drivers how to use the feature before they leave the dealership.
After their test-drive, buyers will have to pay for the feature in order to keep using it. Musk also recently announced that “significant improvements” are coming to FSD every two weeks moving forward, with promises it will be “shining bright” by the end of this month or early May.
In addition to the monthly subscription, Tesla’s FSD feature is also available for buyers to purchase alongside their vehicle for a one-time fee of $12,000. That one-time purchase is vehicle-specific and is not transferrable to future vehicles.
Last week, Tesla settled a 2018 case regarding an Apple engineer who died after crashing his Model X into a barrier while in Autopilot mode, the lowest tier of Tesla’s autonomous driving packages.
Tesla has big plans for its self-driving software. Recently it reportedly scrapped plans to launch a new low-cost EV in favor of focusing on a new robotaxi that's scheduled to launch on Aug. 8.