Elon has mentioned buying would make more sense financially. I suspect the cost will be more expensive for the subscription. What the key point will be is what they consider the "life of the vehicle." There is a good chance they base it off of five or six years assuming people will trade in the vehicle by then, or that is the "design life." In that case $10k/60 months would be about $167/mo. To make it a "better deal to buy" maybe that's $175 to $200 a month for the subscription. If six years is considered the vehicle life then that would be about $140/mo and maybe they make it $150 to $175 a month.
I suspect there will be one package. Basic AP included and FSD. Maybe we have these weird one off options of EAP coming back, but I think the new demand lever will be "free months" worth of FSD. Take delivery before such and such date and get FSD free for 90 days or 50% off your first six months or something. I doubt they'll break it out into separate features once they have a billing system in place for monthly service.
I do think Tesla will allow it to be month to month though and may even make it super simple to order/cancel in the car. If not in the car at least at the app level. This would be a welcome option since some people may just road trip a bunch in the summer and want it for 3 months out of the year but not during the rest of the time. Eventually as FSD gets more advanced maybe Tesla will pull back and only allow 6 month and yearly bundles or something to be purchased, but right now I think this would just be extra money for them, not really a drain on a current revenue stream.
I suspect there will be one package. Basic AP included and FSD. Maybe we have these weird one off options of EAP coming back, but I think the new demand lever will be "free months" worth of FSD. Take delivery before such and such date and get FSD free for 90 days or 50% off your first six months or something. I doubt they'll break it out into separate features once they have a billing system in place for monthly service.
I do think Tesla will allow it to be month to month though and may even make it super simple to order/cancel in the car. If not in the car at least at the app level. This would be a welcome option since some people may just road trip a bunch in the summer and want it for 3 months out of the year but not during the rest of the time. Eventually as FSD gets more advanced maybe Tesla will pull back and only allow 6 month and yearly bundles or something to be purchased, but right now I think this would just be extra money for them, not really a drain on a current revenue stream.
