Tesla FSD clears six EU states before the October vote

• Tesla FSD Supervised received six type-approvals from EU states in five months, all based on a single Dutch file. The approvals were granted to Netherlands, Belgium, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, and Sweden, with none requiring repeated testing. The Dutch file has never been published.
• The six countries cover 42 million of the EU's 450 million people, representing about 9% of the population. The committee vote requires 65% approval, and the remaining 21 states have not approved anything. Without Germany, the rest of the bloc would have to cover more than three quarters of its population.
• The approvals are spread across four disconnected regions, with the Netherlands and Belgium sharing a border, and the others separated by other countries. The system hands control back at borders, with advance warning.

• Sweden has a written no on file over Tesla's Speed Offset, which allows automated systems to exceed speed limits. The agency confirmed its position had not changed.
• France is road-testing two FSD cars before deciding its vote, citing safety trade-offs and waiting for the committee. Tesla has published data showing FSD Supervised is 4.1 times less likely to end in a crash than a Tesla driven by hand.
• The six approvals are not a growing zone but four separate patches. The system hands control back at borders, with advance warning.

• The Speed Offset is a menu setting rather than a technology, and it is the single named reason Sweden and France have a no or reservation. Volkswagen wrote off a self-driving program rather than fight for it, while Tesla holds a working approval in six countries.
• If the Speed Offset remains in the menu on 6 October, the vote could slip or fail, and FSD would stay a feature that switches itself off at the Belgian border.
• The approval process highlights the uneven progress of self-driving technology across the EU, with Germany, Italy, and Spain committing to nothing. The vote on 6 October is critical, but the outcome depends on the balance of economic power and the willingness to let the system run.

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