Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that it will “stop selling” its Full Self Driving technology package, which commanded prices of more than $10,000 in Australia, and will be focusing on subscriptions only.
Tesla has been working on FSD for almost a decade and in recent months rolled out the supervised version in Australia and New Zealand markets. But the company has now changed how it charges for it.
In an X post overnight, Musk said: “Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14. FSD will only be available as a monthly subscription thereafter.”
Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14.
FSD will only be available as a monthly subscription thereafter.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 14, 2026
This news comes as a surprise to tens of thousands of owners who have previously paid for the software, and it’s unclear if those owners will be able to transfer their purchase to newer vehicles in the future.
On the back of this post, one Tesla owner from Europe said: “Please consider the following
Elon Musk, many people in Europe have purchased FSD a long time ago, but they have not yet been able to use it. Could you consider allowing those people to transfer FSD to their next Tesla?”.
Another owner said: “As a Tesla owner currently on a 30-day FSD trial, it’s great. But, it makes more long-term sense for me to subscribe rather than pay $8000 upfront. Why? Because as the FSD tech becomes more broadly adopted and distributed, the monthly subscription price will go down. Past pricing confirms this trend.”
On 18 September 2025, Tesla launched the FSD supervised software to all eligible cars in Australia and New Zealand, making them the first right-hand-drive markets in the world to obtain the landmark technology.
At that time, this software was available on all new vehicles as an option with the current pricing of $10,100, as well as a monthly subscription that starts at $149 per month.
This subscription offering has helped bring thousands of current owners to try FSD Supervised for the first time.
It’s also worth noting that the software isn’t currently available to older, Hardware 3-equipped cars, so the subscription service won’t be available to those owners.
Within a fortnight of that launch, it revealed that it’s already been used for more than 1 million kilometres by owners across Australia and New Zealand.
The demand for FSD Supervised is clearly there in many parts of the world. With subscriptions being the only offering in less than a month’s time, more details are needed for owners who have previously paid for the software upfront.
We look forward to clarity on these in the coming weeks and what this change means in our local market.
