{"id":15300,"date":"2026-01-15T10:49:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=15300"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:49:35","slug":"tesla-shifts-full-self-driving-to-subscription-only-as-musk-targets-pay-package-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/tesla-shifts-full-self-driving-to-subscription-only-as-musk-targets-pay-package-milestones\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Shifts Full Self-Driving To Subscription-Only As Musk Targets Pay Package Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A fool and his money shall soon be parted. I have a post<\/a> about an opensource driving assist system you could install and play around with if you had the desire. Personally, I want no driver assists, cameras, internet connectivity… Worth mentioning, Tesla’s are the worst spying machines invented, and they have complete control of your vehicle and can disable it at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/tesla-shifts-full-self-<\/a>d<\/a>riving-subscription-only-musk-targets-pay-package-milestones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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By Tyler Durden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elon Musk announced early Wednesday that Tesla will eliminate the one-time purchase option for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software beginning in mid-February, transitioning the product to an exclusive monthly subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14. FSD will only be available as a monthly subscription thereafter,”<\/strong> Musk wrote on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14.

FSD will only be available as a monthly subscription thereafter. \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The move comes as vehicle sales slow<\/a> and appears to signal a strategic shift toward recurring revenue, while also aligning with Musk\u2019s new incentive compensation structure<\/a>, which is tied to scaling FSD subscriptions and hitting key performance milestones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Musk to unlock the full value of his massive Tesla compensation plan (valued at $1 trillion), a key milestone is reaching 10 million active FSD subscriptions over a sustained period. That target sits alongside other ambitious goals, including delivering 20 million vehicles, deploying 1 million robotaxis, delivering 1 million humanoid robots, and achieving certain profitability and market-cap thresholds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X users were divided on FSD’s transition to an entirely subscription-based model, similar to that of Chinese automaker BYD Motors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe year is 2050. I pay the monthly subscription for my HBAAS (Heartbeat as a service).\u201d \u2014 Autism Capital \ud83e\udde9 (@AutismCapital) January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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What about transferring to a different car \u2014 Robin (@xdNiBoR) January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy” \u2014 Ethan (@0xEthan) January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Brilliant decision, this will increase FSD usage. Overall (my 2 cents), I think all Teslas should have FSD enabled for every new owner. No one will choose not to experience it. \u2014 Gail Alfar (@gailalfaratx) January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Everything is a subscription

And then next is going to be the expiring universal income \u2014 Shaman Ste (@shamanste8) January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Add FSD to the mountain of subscriptions, whether that’s TV, social media, music, food, dating, fitness, transportation, and the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fool and his money shall soon be parted. I have a post about an opensource driving assist system you could install and play around with if you had the desire. Personally, I want no driver assists, cameras, internet connectivity… Worth mentioning, Tesla’s are the worst spying machines invented, and they have complete control of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15301,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15300\/revisions\/15301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}