Tesla Drops One-Time FSD Purchase in Europe, Offers €99 Monthly Subscription Only

Tesla has discontinued the one-time purchase option for its Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature in the European market. Users can now only access the feature via a monthly subscription priced at €99 (or £99). Previously, European customers could permanently buy FSD for a one-time payment of €7,500 or £6,800. The lower-priced Enhanced Autopilot package—priced at €3,800—also offered a one-time purchase option, which has now been eliminated as well. Enhanced Autopilot includes features such as Navigate on Autopilot for highways, automatic lane changes, auto overtaking, and Smart Summon via smartphone, all of which still require active driver supervision. The basic Autopilot package remains available free of charge, offering automatic steering within lanes, acceleration and deceleration, and detection of surrounding vehicles and pedestrians. Currently, Supervised FSD is fully approved and available only in the Netherlands and Lithuania. Although subscriptions are open in other European countries, users cannot access the full suite of FSD capabilities due to pending regulatory approvals. For instance, Tesla’s UK website explicitly states that FSD is “not yet available,” with its launch dependent on both development progress and regulatory authorization. In the Netherlands, Tesla claims FSD enables drivers to reach “almost any destination with minimal intervention.” Earlier in 2024, Tesla had already removed the one-time purchase option for FSD in the U.S., switching exclusively to a $99-per-month subscription model. At current European subscription rates, users would need to subscribe continuously for over six years before the cumulative cost exceeds the original €7,500 one-time purchase price. The subscription model allows users to activate or pause the service as needed. Additionally, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has stated that older vehicle models equipped with Hardware 3 (HW3) may not achieve full self-driving capability and has hinted that future “micro-factories” might be established to upgrade legacy vehicles with newer hardware.