Tesla launches free 30‑day FSD v14 trial

Tesla is giving a free 30-day trial of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v14 to about 1.5 million owners in North America who have Hardware 4 (HW4) and have never paid for FSD. The rollout starts November 27, 2025, and targets a large group of recent Tesla buyers across the United States and Canada.​

The trial applies to HW4-equipped Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, and Cybertruck vehicles that have not bought or subscribed to FSD before. Owners are being alerted by email and through messages in the car’s touchscreen as the trial activates. The offer runs for 30 days, and after that period, FSD access ends unless the owner starts a subscription or makes a one-time purchase.​

Tesla limits the program to vehicles located in the U.S. and Canada that can run FSD (Supervised) software at version 12.3 or later. The company states that the trial cannot be transferred, has no cash value, and may be changed or stopped at its discretion.​

Who gets access

HW4 is the newer Autopilot computer platform used in vehicles built from 2023 onward, including updated versions of Tesla’s main models and all Cybertrucks.

By contrast, owners with the older HW3 computer are excluded from FSD v14 and from this free trial. Tesla has said HW3 does not have enough compute to support versions beyond the FSD v12 line, even for owners who paid for FSD years ago.

What FSD v14 adds

FSD (Supervised) v14 is the first major upgrade since the v12 end‑to‑end neural network release, and it brings several changes in how the car drives and how drivers control it. The system continues to require active driver supervision and is not classified as autonomous driving, but it can handle more of the driving task on city streets and highways than earlier versions.​

Key updates include:

• New driving profiles such as “Sloth” for more cautious behavior and “Mad Max” for more assertive lane changes and speeds.​
• On‑screen controls that let drivers switch profiles and adjust behavior with the steering wheel scroll wheel while FSD is active.​
• A feature that lets drivers choose how they want to arrive at a destination, like preferring a driveway, curb, parking lot, or garage, with the system remembering preferences over time.​

The user interface adds an FSD stats view that tracks total miles driven on FSD and the share of those miles driven under computer control. Owners can start FSD directly from Park or during a drive with a tap on the screen.​

Neural network and vision upgrades

FSD v14.2, which is the version going to many trial users, builds on v14 with a refreshed vision encoder and other neural network changes. The new encoder uses higher‑resolution features from the car’s cameras to better detect objects, lane markings, emergency vehicles, and complex situations such as construction zones or pedestrians stepping into the road.​​

The update also refines fault recovery behavior so the car can respond more smoothly if conditions become unclear or sensors are partly blocked. These changes feed into Tesla’s broader strategy of training large neural networks on its own Dojo supercomputer to handle end‑to‑end driving decisions.​​

The free trial is a clear push to increase FSD penetration and software revenue. On recent earnings calls, Tesla executives noted that only a minority of owners had adopted FSD, with estimates around one‑fifth of the eligible fleet. By giving a month of access to 1.5 million HW4 owners, Tesla aims to convert a portion of them into paying users.​

In North America, Tesla offers FSD either as a one‑time purchase in the high four‑figure to low five‑figure range or as a monthly subscription around $99. Analysts at Morgan Stanley have argued that even modest growth in subscription rates could add hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue. One note from the firm suggested that FSD could become standard on future vehicles, just as earlier safety features eventually spread across the market.​

Recent analyst testing has also been positive. After a long road trip using FSD, a Morgan Stanley analyst called it a “game changer” for the company’s value, and Tesla’s stock rose around 5% following that commentary.

HW3 owners, who do not receive this trial or access to v14, continue to voice concern about being left behind, especially those who already paid for FSD years ago.​

For now, the 30‑day FSD v14 trial stands as one of Tesla’s largest software test beds to date.

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