Finland becomes the 11th European country to approve Tesla’s Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD). Tesla (TSLA) can now install the AI-powered self-driving software on customer vehicles in Finland for use on public roads.
Tesla announced the approval today (November 11) on its official X account. Interestingly, the 11th country approval came on the 11th day of the 11th month. This can’t be entirely a coincidence. It’s just that Elon Musk likes easter eggs.
It took Tesla 7 months from the first European FSD approval in the Netherlands in April to the 11th approval in November. However, Tesla still has a long way to go before getting an EU-wide general permission for FSD
Because of strict regulations and to comply with regulatory requirements, Tesla has renamed FSD (Supervised) in Europe to ‘Tesla Assisted Driving’. All current FSD approvals in Europe are based on the Netherlands’ RDW regulatory framework.
The automaker will begin rolling out Tesla Assisted Driving (FSD Supervised) in Finland in the coming days.
The latest European installment is FSD v14.2.2.7. This new version began rolling out after the last v14.2.2.6 release in June.
Because customer-owned Tesla vehicles haven’t received the update in Finland as of this writing, no user review videos are available for the country.
Tesla Assisted Driving
The latest FSD Europe release notes share the details of the Tesla Assisted Driving (TAD) mode and how to use it as follows:
Under your supervision, Tesla Assisted Driving can drive your Tesla almost anywhere. It will start from a parked position, make lane changes, select forks to follow your navigation route, navigate around other vehicles and objects, make left and right turns and stop at your destination. You and anyone you authorize must use additional caution and remain attentive. It does not make your vehicle autonomous. Do not become complacent.
Tesla Assisted Driving is enabled on your vehicle. To use the feature, first watch the tutorial and take the quiz, available in the Assisted Driving App or in Control > Assisted Driving. Then press the Start Assisted Driving button on the UI, or press the right scroll wheel button once. You can disable Tesla Assisted Driving in Assisted Driving Settings.
List of 11 European Countries with FSD Approval with Launch Dates
| Country | Tesla FSD Approval date |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | April 10, 2026 |
| Lithuania | May 20, 2026 |
| Estonia | May 29, 2026 |
| Denmark | June 9, 2026 |
| Belgium | June 10, 2026 |
| Slovenia | September 8, 2026 |
| Czechia | September 21, 2026 |
| Croatia | September 29, 2026 |
| Slovakia | October 16, 2026 |
| Latvia | October 26, 2026 |
| Finland | November 11, 2026 |
The Road to EU-Wide Approval
My longtime Tesla friend Steven Peeters keeps a close eye on Tesla FSD progress in Europe via X and his YouTube channel.
He has an interesting take on Europe-wide general approval after the 11th country (Finland) embraces FSD (Tesla Assisted Driving).
According to Steven, even though 11 countries have approved FSD based on RDW requirements, it still represents ~15.5% of the EU population. To get an EU-wide FSD approval, Tesla needs 65% of the population and at least 15 countries.
Even if Tesla gets FSD approval in 15 European countries, it will still need to cover 65% of the EU population to get region-wide approval. Steven wrote on X:
With Finland joining the ranks, we still only have about 15.5% of the EU population represented for the vote. We need 15 countries at least and 65% population representation. So even though we only need 4 more countries to join, the 65% is still way off, even if Germany and Italy would join in. That would still only be 47%. We’d need France and Sweden or something as well.
Remember, we don’t need those individual approvals to make it happen. Those are just indications. What we really need, is a “yes” vote in the next TCMV meeting from those countries.
The next European Union Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) meeting is expected in December. The outcome of this meeting will affect Tesla FSD’s region-wide approval timeline and regulatory requirements.
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