What is the status of Tesla’s Full Self Driving (Supervised) approval in Europe ahead of the EU vote expected as early as October 6, including Czechia’s September 21 reversal of its June decision to await an EU assessment, its recognition of the Dutch RDW’s April 10 provisional a

As of September 25, 2026, Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) has national clearance in seven EU countries, but not EU-wide approval; a vote could take place as early as October 6, rather than being a confirmed approval date. 562 The approvals concern supervised driver assistance, with drivers remaining responsible—not permission for driverless operation. 2

National approvals and rollout

• Czechia: On September 21, its transport ministry recognised the Dutch RDW’s provisional approval, reversing its earlier position of waiting for an EU assessment after concerns about speeding and driver oversight. 51 Tesla said rollout would “begin soon”; the available evidence does not establish that customer rollout has subsequently been completed. 39
• Seven countries: The Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, Slovenia and Czechia are identified in the earlier search results as the approving states, together accounting for approximately 11.8% of the EU population. Those population figures come from independent approval trackers, not an official voting tally.
• Legal basis: The results distinguish the Dutch clearance from standard, EU-wide type approval and identify April 10 as the RDW approval date. However, the supplied excerpts provide insufficient evidence to independently verify the precise Article 39 provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 governing this recognition. 1014

Ireland

• Tesla announced that it was working with Irish authorities on FSD approval alongside its 15,000th Irish vehicle delivery, without providing a launch timetable or identifying all the authorities involved. 1512
• The Irish Department of Transport has tied Irish approval to an EU-level decision; engagement with Tesla therefore should not be treated as national authorisation.
• The earlier results report a March 2 statutory instrument permitting Level 2 assistance. However, there is insufficient evidence in the supplied excerpts to verify the exact amendment to the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 or its wording on driver responsibility. It should not be described as specific approval of Tesla FSD.

EU vote and remaining obstacles

• Voting threshold: Earlier approval-tracker results give the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles threshold as at least 15 of 27 member states representing 65% of the EU population. Seven national recognitions therefore do not, by themselves, establish that Tesla has sufficient support for EU-wide approval.
• Germany: Reporting confirms that Christian Hirte said the KBA was engaging with RDW and Tesla over system-initiated exceeding of speed limits. 8 The supplied excerpts do not independently establish Germany’s precise population weight, the September 14 date, or the requested wording concerning misleading impressions of autonomous driving.
• Sweden: Reuters confirms that a Swedish regulator urged rejection unless Tesla removed the above-limit Speed Offset function. 3 This is not necessarily a settled government-wide “no”: subsequent reporting says the Swedish government preferred EU-wide approval, while the regulator’s objection remained. 9
• Hungary: Tesla Owners Club Hungary’s September 21 letter asked Transport and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy to recognise RDW’s April 10 provisional approval nationally and support EU-wide recognition. 14 The available excerpt does not establish a government commitment to national recognition or independently confirm its latest position on continuing exclusively through the EU process.

The central distinction is between country-by-country provisional recognition and EU-wide approval: Czechia expands the former, while the latter remains pending amid speed-compliance concerns. 52