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After years of marketing, FSD adoption among Tesla buyers remained low. In October 2025, Tesla chief financial officer Vaibhav Taneja stated that only 12% of all Tesla customers had paid for FSD.<ref name="techcrunch-okane" /> The fraction of buyers purchasing FSD had reportedly been in steady decline for years before this announcement.<ref name="businessinsider-carter">{{cite web |last=Carter |first=Tom |title=Elon Musk says self-driving is Tesla's future. It's struggling to get owners to pay for it. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-full-self-driving-sales-customers-pay-fsd-2025-10 |website=BusinessInsider |date=2025-10-24 |access-date=2026-02-20 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128075230/https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-full-self-driving-sales-customers-pay-fsd-2025-10 |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref> | After years of marketing, FSD adoption among Tesla buyers remained low. In October 2025, Tesla chief financial officer Vaibhav Taneja stated that only 12% of all Tesla customers had paid for FSD.<ref name="techcrunch-okane" /> The fraction of buyers purchasing FSD had reportedly been in steady decline for years before this announcement.<ref name="businessinsider-carter">{{cite web |last=Carter |first=Tom |title=Elon Musk says self-driving is Tesla's future. It's struggling to get owners to pay for it. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-full-self-driving-sales-customers-pay-fsd-2025-10 |website=BusinessInsider |date=2025-10-24 |access-date=2026-02-20 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128075230/https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-full-self-driving-sales-customers-pay-fsd-2025-10 |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref> | ||
FSD remains classified as a Level 2 advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) requiring full human supervision at all times.<ref name="cnbc-palmer" /> Despite repeated promises from Musk over multiple years that Tesla vehicles would become fully autonomous through future software updates, this has not occurred. The system's official branding was changed from "Full Self-Driving" to "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" after regulatory pressure.<ref name="cadmv-corrective">{{cite web |title=Tesla Takes Corrective Action to Avoid DMV Suspension |url=https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/news-and-media/tesla-takes-corrective-action-to-avoid-dmv-suspension/ |website=California DMV |date=2026-02-18 |access-date=2026-02-20}}</ref> | FSD remains classified as a Level 2 advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) requiring full human supervision at all times.<ref name="cnbc-palmer" /> Despite repeated promises from Musk over multiple years that Tesla vehicles would become fully autonomous through future software updates, this has not occurred. The system's official branding was changed from "Full Self-Driving" to "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" after regulatory pressure.<ref name="cadmv-corrective">{{cite web |title=Tesla Takes Corrective Action to Avoid DMV Suspension |url=https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/news-and-media/tesla-takes-corrective-action-to-avoid-dmv-suspension/ |website=California DMV |date=2026-02-18 |access-date=2026-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224104208/https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/news-and-media/tesla-takes-corrective-action-to-avoid-dmv-suspension/ |archive-date=24 Feb 2026}}</ref> | ||
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