Tesla's supervised self-driving software gets Dutch okay, first in Europe

cedws

“Supervised self-driving” feels like an oxymoron. It’s either safe enough to be completely autonomous or it’s not. There’s no way a human driver being assisted by self-driving is going to be ready to take over at a moments notice with the same awareness that they would have if they were driving the whole time. This is going to kill people.

consp

No article has mentioned insurance rates. I would not be surprised if this has consequences for that. I'm not saying this as good or bad but as insurers being cautious as the liability question in civil procedures ultimately comes to them.

TechTechTech

> RDW said the EU sets stricter requirements for safety during vehicle approvals than the U.S. "This means that the FSD Supervised version in the U.S. is NOT comparable to the FSD Supervised version in the EU," it said, without providing further details. The Netherlands has one of the highest road safety standards in the world. More info on differences between USA and NL on the site of RDW (Dutch) https://www.rdw.nl/nieuws/2026/toelichting-rdw-op-europese-t...

expedition32

I wonder how this will pan out. In the Netherlands roads are mixed with old people walking their dog and children on bicycles going to school. We're not in Phoenix anymore.

jacobgorm

More like third in Europe after BMW and Ford, according to https://electrek.co/2026/04/10/tesla-fsd-supervised-approved...