Tesla has finally expanded its complimentary one-month Full Self-Driving (FSD) trials to Canada after initially launching it in the United States, Tesla North reports, citing an email from the electric vehicle giant.
FSD free trial program
Tesla owners reportedly received an email from the Musk-led company on Friday night about the free FSD trial program. Here is the context of the email a Canada-based Tesla Model Y owner shared with the news outlet:
“Your Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Trial starts now!
You’ve been granted a 30-day complimentary trial of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) for your Model Y ending in _____.
Under your supervision, Full Self-Driving (Supervised) can drive your Tesla almost anywhere. It will make lane changes, select forks to follow your navigation route, navigate around other vehicles and objects, and make left and right turns. You and anyone you authorize must use additional caution and remain attentive. It does not make your vehicle autonomous. Do not become complacent.
This trial will end on April 28, 2024.”
Tesla’s email to Canadian owners
Subscription offer to launch in April
Rohan Patel, Tesla’s Public Policy and Business Development VP, announced on Saturday that the monthly FSD subscription offer will follow the launch of the free trial program by April.
“Both. FSD subscription in Canada will be ready before the 30 day trial ends. Thanks to our Canadian customers for their enthusiasm, patience and excellent feedback.”
Tesla’s Public Policy and Business Development VP Rohan Patel
VP Patel omitted to share the specific costs of the upcoming FSD subscription in Canada. However, he hinted that the price “will approximately track the US cost.”
For reference, FSD subscriptions currently cost $199 in the US. Therefore, its Canadian pricing will likely reach approximately $269 CAD.
FSD development progress
Tesla’s FSD version 12.3.1 marks a huge advancement in its autonomous driving technology initiatives. It replaced 300,000+ human-coded lines with end-to-end neural networks. These neural nets were trained on millions of video data for city driving.
“FSD Beta v12 upgrades the city streets’ driving stack to a single end-to-end neural networks trained on millions of video clips, replacing over 300k lines of explicit C++ code.”
Tesla
Considering these significant developments, FSD will surely become a huge sales point for the company’s next-gen electric vehicles, including the long-promised $25,000 model. Tesla believes that introducing innovative software to a wider pool of users will enable it to establish the footing of its future offerings.
