Reports published October 8, 2026, said the EU-level vote on extending the Netherlands’ national authorization for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised system had been postponed, with consideration no earlier than December. The proposed extension would take the Dutch authorization across the EU and remains pending.

What an EU-wide approval would cover

The proposed route would extend the RDW’s national authorization in the Netherlands across the EU. Accounts of the process put the required support at at least 15 EU countries representing 65% of the bloc’s population.

FSD Supervised is a driver-assistance system, not a system that takes over the entire driving task. It is described as SAE Level 2: it can steer, accelerate, brake and change lanes, while the driver must stay attentive and responsible.

Germany supports moving the process forward

On October 6, 2026, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport said transport minister Steffen Bilger would advocate prompt EU-wide approval, while technical and liability questions remained. Germany’s support is a position within the process; it does not settle the proposed authorization.

The ministry also said Tesla offered to rename the system “Tesla Assisted Driving,” because “FSD” could mislead drivers about whether the system takes over the full driving task. The ministry described an agreement in principle under which the system could exceed the posted speed limit by no more than 10%. That figure reflects the German position described by the ministry, not an EU-wide rule.

What the reported safety evaluation measures

Figures attributed to the RDW describe an evaluation lasting more than 18 months, with 3,000 hours of work, over 1,000 tests and 1.8 million kilometres of closed-track and public-road data.

A separate tally attributed to the RDW covered nearly 40,000 Teslas and 24 million kilometres with the system active, with no incidents classed as relevant. That tally is not an adjusted crash rate. Seven road-safety researchers reportedly questioned whether indirect indicators such as hard braking, horn use and turn-signal use establish a reduction in fatal crashes.