Tesla is repricing two of its US protection subscriptions on 1 October 2026, and the direction of travel differs sharply by product. Wheel and tyre cover goes up, steeply on Performance trims, while Cybertruck windscreen cover comes down. Notices have already gone out to existing subscribers.
The confirmed changes
Tesla has not published a full revised price list. Three changes are documented:
| Plan | Old | New | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel & Tire — Model 3 Performance | $16/mo | $24/mo | +50% |
| Wheel & Tire — Model Y Performance | $20/mo | $24/mo | +20% |
| Cybertruck windscreen | $35/mo | $25/mo | −29% |
The windscreen change is the largest single saving: $420 a year falls to $300, putting $120 back in an owner's pocket annually.
For the remaining trims, Tesla's notice confirms that rates are rising without stating the new figures. The launch prices they rise from were:
| Model | Launch price |
|---|---|
| Model 3 | $12/mo |
| Model 3 Performance | $16/mo |
| Model Y | $16/mo |
| Model Y Performance | $20/mo |
| Model S | $20/mo |
| Model X | $20/mo |
| Model S Plaid | $25/mo |
| Model X Plaid | $25/mo |
| Cybertruck | $20/mo |
What the plan covers
The Wheel and Tire Protection Plan covers unlimited tyre puncture repairs at Tesla Service Centers with no deductible. Where a tyre cannot be repaired, replacement carries a $25 deductible per incident. Cosmetic damage, theft, and tyres already worn below 4/32" of tread are excluded — the last exclusion matters, because a part-worn tyre picking up a nail is precisely the case owners assume they are covered for.
What the repricing says
Insurance pricing is a claims report written backwards, and this one is legible.
Both Performance trims converge on $24 a month. The Model 3 Performance takes the harder correction, a 50% rise that lands it at the same rate as the heavier Model Y Performance. Low-profile tyres on large wheels are expensive to replace and easy to ruin on a kerb or a pothole, and a correction that size points to the original price having been set too low for the risk.
The Cybertruck moves the other way. Its windscreen is an unusually large and expensive piece of glass, and cover for it is now cheaper than it was at launch. A 29% cut is not a promotion — it is a company with enough claims history to conclude it had over-priced the risk.
Not a European product
The plans are US-only. Tesla does not offer an equivalent wheel, tyre or glass subscription to European owners, who carry the same risks through conventional motor insurance or a tyre retailer's own damage cover.
The relevance for Europe is the data rather than the product. These are rare public numbers on what Tesla's own claims experience looks like across the range, and the pattern they describe — Performance trims costing more than Tesla expected, Cybertruck glass costing less — is the sort of detail a manufacturer almost never discloses directly.