The short answer
Of the 113 Model S and Model X built before February 2017 whose records were read here, 60 still show free Supercharging tied to the car (SC01) on Tesla's record. Another 37 show pay-per-use (SC04) and 16 no Supercharger access at all (SC00), and it came standard on all but 4 of those 53. On these cars “free Supercharging” in a listing is a claim to check, and Tesla will not check it for a buyer.
The cars counted
These are the 183 cars, 180 of them North American, whose factory records were read on this site from July to 4 October 2026: 123 Model S, 17 Model X, 21 Model 3, 18 Model Y and 4 Cybertrucks. They are the cars people chose to check here, not a random sample of the Teslas on the road, and most are early Model S, so the totals say most about those. Each car is counted once, with the codes on Tesla's record for it when it was last read.
Free Supercharging on early Model S and X
Free unlimited Supercharging that goes with the car was a launch-era benefit, on Model S and X ordered by mid-January 2017. Tesla's record still shows it on 60 of the 113 built before February 2017. On 37 it now shows pay-per-use, and on 16 no access.
The record does not say why. Two documented policies may explain some of them: in July 2019 Tesla stopped including free unlimited Supercharging on the used cars it sold itself (Electrek), and Tesla switches fast charging off on cars it no longer supports, such as salvage and rebuilt cars. The only cars without Supercharging as standard were the first Model S with a 40 or 60 kWh pack, bought before April 2015, and they are 4 of these 53: on 34 of the 37 pay-per-use cars and 15 of the 16 with no access, it came standard.
| Model year | Cars | SC01 free | SC04 pay-per-use | SC00 no access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 to 2013 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 2014 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 2015 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 to 2017 | 43 | 20 | 15 | 8 |
Hardware 3.0, fitted later
Of the cars counted, 25 were built from October 2016 to February 2019, when new cars got Autopilot hardware 2.0 or 2.5, and 15 of them now list hardware 3.0 or later on Tesla's record. Hardware 3.0 was fitted new only from about March 2019, so on these cars it was fitted afterwards: Tesla does that free for a car with Full Self-Driving bought, and owners who subscribed have paid for it. The other 10 still list 2.0 or 2.5.
Full Self-Driving
Hardware rules Full Self-Driving out on 100 of 183 cars: they have no Autopilot hardware or hardware 1.0, from which Tesla never offered an upgrade. Of the 83 whose hardware allows it, 20 have Full Self-Driving on the record, bought (APPF) or active (APF2), and on 2 of those it was bought and is no longer active (APPF beside APFB): moved to a new Tesla under the transfer offers, which ran from mid-2023 to March 2026, or removed, for example when the car went back through Tesla.
| Model | Hardware allows FSD | FSD on the record, bought or active |
|---|---|---|
| Model S | 29 | 8 |
| Model 3 | 21 | 2 |
| Model Y | 18 | 3 |
| Model X | 11 | 3 |
Lines with fewer than 10 such cars are not shown.
The media computer
Of the 183, 118 were built with the original media computer, MCU1, the unit every Model S and X was built with until early 2018. Tesla's paid upgrade to an Intel Atom unit may not show on the record, so the car's own screen is the check: Controls, Software, Additional Vehicle Information.
How this was counted
Each record is Tesla's own record for one car, read from Tesla's parts catalog by its VIN when someone checked the car here. The totals use the same rules the reports on this site print, and were counted on 5 October 2026. No VIN, and nothing else that points to one car, is published. The count will be redone as more cars are checked, and this page will say when.