Tesla has officially discontinued Autopilot in the US and Canada, leaving all new owners with no free driver assistance system besides adaptive cruise control

Tesla removed its Autopilot basic self-driving software as a standard feature in the US on new Model Y and Model 3 purchases as the company pushes its more advanced FSD (full-self driving) subscriptions.

On a quiet Idaho highway in September 2023, a Tesla Model X carrying a family of four drifted across the center line and slammed head-on into a fully loaded semi-truck, killing everyone inside. The crash has since become the centerpiece of a wrongful-death lawsuit that puts Tesla’s Autosteer technology under intense scrutiny,

Tesla has officially removed lane-centering for Model 3 and Model Y trims in the U.S. It's a big nudge toward subscription Full Self-Driving.

There’s another wrinkle in things. Even though General Motors and Ford charge a subscription fee for their hands-free driving assists— SuperCruise and BlueCruise, respectively—it comes with a three-year trial period. Tesla will charge $99 per month after 30 days.

Here's what's happening: If you buy a new Tesla car in the U.S., you will no longer receive the Basic Autopilot set of features, which was previously included with every Tesla. Instead, you're getting Traffic-Aware Cruise Control, which is a feature that maintains set driving speed and slows down when there's a slower vehicle in front of you.

Tesla has quietly changed how buyers access its driver-assistance features in the United States.

Tesla has decided to put its free Basic Autopilot feature behind a paywall for Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, pushing drivers to get FSD.