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Tesla is hiking up the price of its Full Self-Driving feature from $12,000 to $15,000 in the second hike of 2022

 Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Picture Alliance/Getty Images

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  • Elon Musk said the cost of Tesla's Full Self-Driving feature will soon rise to $15,000 in North America.
  • It marks the second hike of 2022, after it went from $10,000 to $12,000 in January.
  • Musk has said previously that the price of FSD will rise as it becomes more sophisticated.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Sunday the company is raising the price of its Full Self-Driving feature to $15,000 in North America, marking the second hike of the year.

It means the price of FSD, Tesla's assisted-driving system, jumps by 25% on September 5 from its current $12,000. Tesla hiked the pricetag to that level from from $10,000 in January.

Musk didn't give a reason for the latest price jump but has said previously the cost of FSD will rise as it becomes more sophisticated.

He said Sunday that the latest price jump would coincide with a wider release of the beta version of the latest iteration of FSD software.





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