Tesla Referral Code — Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. As of the verification date above, a referral code still gives eligible buyers three months of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) on Model 3, Model Y and qualifying Cybertruck. What changed is the reward itself — it is now an FSD trial, not the old cash discount or free Supercharging.

Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck (Premium AWD and Cyberbeast trims). Model S and Model X were removed from the North America referral program in March 2026 and no longer carry a buyer benefit.

No. The benefit is recognised only when you open the referral link before configuring, and it must appear in your order summary before payment. Tesla does not apply a referral to an order after it is placed.

No. A referral is applied by opening the referral link first; the benefit then appears automatically in the order summary. There is no manual code field at checkout.

The referrer earns $250 in Tesla Credits for each successful vehicle or solar referral, capped at 10 referrals per calendar year. Credits are usable in the Tesla app for things like Supercharging, upgrades and merchandise.

We check that a code resolves to a live ts.la owner link and that Tesla's own Refer and Earn page still lists the FSD (Supervised) benefit for the eligible models, then stamp the date we checked. If Tesla changes the program, we update the page and the date.

Probably not, and this is the eligibility screen people miss most often. The program is built to bring new customers to Tesla, so the buyer benefit is aimed at a first qualifying purchase. If a qualifying Tesla is already in your account, do not assume the same terms carry over to a second car — check before you plan around it. The referrer side is different: owning a Tesla is what makes you eligible to refer others, so a second-time buyer is often better placed to share a link than to use one.

Inventory, yes. Used, no. An existing-inventory car — already built, faster to deliver, sometimes discounted — is still a new vehicle order and carries the same referral benefit, and the discount and the referral stack because they are separate mechanisms. A used or certified pre-owned car is not a new order and carries no referral benefit at all, regardless of the program's current terms. Watch the inventory route for one specific reason: the checkout path is shorter than a custom build, so there are fewer screens in which to notice you never opened the referral link.

No, in either direction. It does not delay your car and it does not prioritise it. This matters because the two most common worries about referrals pull opposite ways — some buyers avoid them fearing a delay, others hope for a queue jump, and neither happens. The referral is recorded against your order and settled after delivery; it has no bearing on scheduling.

The referral itself is the same: Canada sits in the same North American reward tier, so a Model 3, Model Y or eligible Cybertruck buyer gets the same three-month FSD (Supervised) trial, and the link mechanics on Tesla's Canadian store are identical. What genuinely differs is the government layer stacked on top. The federal iZEV program closed in March 2025 and was replaced in 2026 by the Electric Vehicle Affordability Program, which is reported at $5,000 for 2026 and tapers in later years, with two screens that catch people out — the vehicle must be built in a country holding a free-trade agreement with Canada, and the final transaction value must come in under $50,000 with options and delivery included. Confirm your own eligibility with Transport Canada rather than against a US page.

The trial is a fixed-length trial, not an open-ended grant, and the honest answer is that you should find out how billing behaves in your own account rather than trust a summary. We can't verify Tesla's current end-of-trial behaviour at primary source, so we won't tell you it definitely will or won't roll into a paid subscription. What we can tell you is the practical move: note the trial's start date at delivery, set yourself a reminder a few days before it ends, and check the subscription screen in your Tesla account then. That takes a minute and removes the only real risk here, which is being charged for something you had decided not to keep.