- Cybertruck buyers must pay for FSD to access Autosteer or stick with basic Autopilot.
- Tesla offers a free one-year FSD trial, hoping to convince the truck’s owners to subscribe.
- Owners who decline the trial will miss out on Autosteer whenever it arrives.
When it comes to automakers making grandiose promises that go unfulfilled and selling features that don’t actually work, no brand does it better (or worse) than Tesla. For Cybertruck owners, one feature that should be standard at this price point is active lane centering. But it’s not available, and it won’t be for at least another year, if it ever arrives at all.
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At the launch of the Cybertruck, Tesla offered Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) as standard on the Foundation Series models. Great, right? Well, not quite. For about a year, the feature was basically useless. Once Tesla started selling the non-Foundation Series models, customers had to choose between dropping $8,000 for FSD or sticking with the more basic Autopilot system. But here’s the rub: Autopilot in the Cybertruck doesn’t come with Autosteer, Tesla’s term for active lane centering.
The “Free” FSD Trial – A Clever Way to Upsell
Now, the EV maker has announced that it is offering a 1-year free trial of Supervised Full-Self Driving, and while that may sound good, it’s a little more complicated. In confirming this offer, Tesla revealed that Autosteer will not be available for the Cybertruck outside of the FSD system. That means that if you’re one of those Cybertruck owners who purchased it without FSD, you won’t get any form of Autosteer.
As noted by Electrek, Tesla likely hopes that through the 1-year free trial, it can convince existing Cybertruck owners to pay for FSD, after giving them the chance to experience the added features it offers over the standard Autopilot.
Unfortunately, for those who have no interest in paying for FSD, this essentially leaves them with an electric truck that has adaptive cruise control but no self-steering. That’s something you can get in far cheaper vehicles, making it a tough pill to swallow for Cybertruck owners who thought they were getting something special.
For those who are still holding out hope, Tesla is giving Cybertruck owners until June 6 to sign up for the free 1-year FSD trial. But, to keep things as Tesla-like as possible, you’ll need to subscribe to the program, and then cancel at any time. Why not add another layer of complexity to an already confusing situation?
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