Tesla’s making a dramatic shift in how it offers Full Self-Driving to customers in 2025. The company plans to give FSD away for free to all owners during the year, marking a major change from its previous paid subscription model.
Tesla’s also considering extended trial periods and might even pay owners to use the feature as an incentive.
Tesla may extend trial periods and potentially compensate owners as an incentive to encourage Full Self-Driving adoption.
The company launched a new FSD transfer program on April 24, 2025, for qualified customers. Owners can now move their FSD capability from their old Tesla to a new one, but there’s a catch. Both vehicles must stay on the same account, and the original car loses FSD access once it’s transferred.
The program doesn’t include Model Y Launch Series vehicles, leased cars, or commercial orders.
FSD v14.1 brings significant technical improvements through update 2025.32.8.5. The system can now drive from a parked position to a destination with minimal driver intervention. It handles lane changes, route choices, turns, and parking with improved capabilities.
Tesla also added UI improvements and speed profile customization options.
However, Tesla’s getting stricter about driver attention. The strike forgiveness period dropped from seven days to just 3.5 days. Drivers get strikes for inattentive behavior, with a maximum of five strikes for vehicles with cabin cameras and three for those without.
Even days when drivers don’t use FSD count toward the forgiveness timeline.
Safety data shows promising results. In Q2 2025, Autopilot users experienced one crash per 6.69 million miles. Non-Autopilot Tesla drivers had one crash per 963,000 miles, while the national average sits at one crash every 702,000 miles according to NHTSA data.
Despite these advances, FSD still requires constant driver supervision. The system doesn’t make Teslas fully autonomous, and drivers must stay attentive to avoid strikes. Drivers remain liable for any accidents that occur while using the Level 2 automation system.
The feature works almost anywhere and improves through over-the-air updates, but availability varies based on vehicle configuration and software version. Trading in a vehicle with FSD (Supervised) can affect trade-in value, as the capability will be removed during the transfer process. Every mile driven with FSD active contributes to the system’s self-learning capabilities, making the technology more refined over time.