Tesla gets first European green light for supervised autonomous driving in the Netherlands

For the time being Europe sells few cars, after Elon Musk's forays into foreign policy, but Tesla has nonetheless taken an important step in the Netherlands. The group's supervised autonomous driving system has been authorised in the Netherlands: it is the first European country for Elon Musk's brand. The Dutch authority responsible for the approval of road vehicles, the Rdw, announced in a statement that it had given the green light 'provisionally' for this system called Fully Autonomous Supervised Driving (Fsd supervised).

'A vehicle equipped with Fsd Supervised is not autonomous,' the body points out, 'it is a driving assistance system: the driver remains responsible and must always maintain control,' stressing that under these conditions the system 'contributes positively' to road safety. 'Thanks to this homologation, the system can now be used in the Netherlands, with the possibility of future extension to all EU member states,' added the road traffic regulator, which says it made its decision after 'extensive research and testing lasting more than a year and a half'. Fsd Supervised "will begin to be implemented in the country shortly," wrote the European division of Tesla in a message on X, Elon Musk's social network, stating that it looks forward "to bringing it to other European countries soon. However, this will require several steps: the Rdw will have to submit an application to the European Commission in order for homologation to be recognised throughout the EU, which will require the agreement of a majority of member states, the Dutch homologation service explains. The optional Fully Autonomous Supervised Driving (Fsd supervised) system is already installed in millions of vehicles in the United States.