Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated that Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised could receive regulatory approval in the Netherlands as early as March 20. He shared this update during an interview at Giga Berlin, citing information from local authorities. The approval would mark the first such greenlight for the software in Europe.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised system might be approved for use in the Netherlands starting March 20. Musk provided the details in a recent interview at Giga Berlin, where he noted that the timeline comes from local authorities. "Tesla has the most advanced real-world AI, and hopefully, it will be approved soon in Europe. We’re told by the authorities that March 20th, it’ll be approved in the Netherlands, what I was told," Musk stated. He added, "Hopefully, that date remains the same. But I think people in Europe are going to be pretty blown away by how good the Tesla car AI is in being able to drive."
FSD Supervised operates using vision-based neural networks trained on real-world driving data, relying on cameras and AI rather than traditional sensors. According to Tesla's safety report, vehicles with FSD Supervised engaged have traveled 8.3 billion miles, recording one major collision every 5,300,676 miles. This compares to one major collision every 2,175,763 miles for Teslas driven manually with Active Safety systems, every 855,132 miles without Active Safety, and the U.S. average of every 660,164 miles.
If granted on March 20, this approval would position the Netherlands as the first European market to allow Tesla's supervised FSD software under updated regulations. Tesla has been seeking broader access across Europe, where standards differ from the United States. Such approval could lay groundwork for wider EU rollout, though country-specific clearances might still be needed.
In a related post on X, Tesla highlighted improvements to the system, stating, "FSD Supervised today is a completely different experience compared to earlier versions."
