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Tesla finally kills Autopilot in a bid to boost FSD subscriptions

Tesla scrapped its Autopilot driver assist feature that used to come standard in new vehicles, as it attempts to steer customers to its newly subscription-only Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. According to Electrek, the company removed Basic Autopilot as a standard feature from new Model 3 and Model...

Tesla finally kills Autopilot in a bid to boost FSD subscriptions
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Tesla scrapped its Autopilot driver assist feature that used to come standard in new vehicles, as it attempts to steer customers to its newly subscription-only Full Self-Driving (FSD) system.

According to Electrek, the company removed Basic Autopilot as a standard feature from new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in North America. That means in order to get Tesla's lane-keeping Autosteer feature, which was previously free when purchasing a new Tesla vehicle, customers will now have to fork over $99-a-month to subscribe to FSD.

Tesla will still sell its vehicles with its Traffic-Aware Cruise Control feature, which sticks to a designated speed …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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