{"id":1428,"date":"2026-04-12T01:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/the-first-european-country-to-get-teslas-full-self-driving-supervised-will-be-the-netherlands\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T01:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:01:57","slug":"the-first-european-country-to-get-teslas-full-self-driving-supervised-will-be-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/the-first-european-country-to-get-teslas-full-self-driving-supervised-will-be-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"The first European country to get Tesla\u2019s Full Self-Driving Supervised will be the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla&#8217;s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is ready to make its European debut, and it&#8217;s starting with the Netherlands. According to <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/teslaeurope\/status\/2042709396111724639?s=20\">Tesla Europe<\/a>, the automaker&#8217;s driver assistance system was approved in the Netherlands and will start rolling out shortly. <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rdw.nl\/en\/news\/2026\/rdw-explanation-of-european-type-approval-tesla-with-provisional-validity-in-the-netherlands\">RDW<\/a>, the country&#8217;s regulatory authority on vehicles, confirmed the news with a post on its website about Tesla receiving a type approval for its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system.<\/p>\n<p>According to the RDW, Tesla&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tesla-halves-the-price-of-its-full-self-driving-supervised-subscription-to-99-per-month-215321467.html\">Full Self-Driving (Supervised)<\/a> &#8220;has been extensively examined and tested for more than one and a half years on our test track and on public roads,&#8221; and concluded that it was a &#8220;positive contribution&#8221; to road safety. However, RDW pointed out that a Tesla with FSD Supervised was not &#8220;self-driving,&#8221; adding that the &#8220;driver remains responsible and must always remain in control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With Dutch approvals, Tesla notched its first regulatory green light for FSD use in Europe. The RDW also added that Tesla&#8217;s FSD Supervised could get &#8220;possible later admittance in all member states of the European Union&#8221; thanks to its approvals. Tesla has been working on bringing its automated driving features to other regions, including Europe and China, as detailed in a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/transportation\/evs\/tesla-says-full-self-driving-will-be-ready-for-europe-and-china-in-early-2025-033012374.html\">roadmap<\/a> posted in 2024. In the meantime, the automaker&#8217;s software has been mired in several safety investigations from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/?nhtsaId=EA26002\">latest development<\/a> comes from a probe that targets collisions when using FSD, including the supervised version, in reduced road visibility conditions.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/transportation\/the-first-european-country-to-get-teslas-full-self-driving-supervised-will-be-the-netherlands-170157644.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/the-first-european-country-to-get-teslas-full-self-driving-supervised-will-be-the-netherlands\/\">The first European country to get Tesla\u2019s Full Self-Driving Supervised will be the Netherlands<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla&#8217;s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is ready to make its European debut, and it&#8217;s starting with the Netherlands. According to Tesla Europe, the automaker&#8217;s driver assistance system was approved in the Netherlands and will start rolling out shortly. RDW, the country&#8217;s regulatory authority on vehicles, confirmed the news with a post on its website about Tesla receiving a type approval for its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system. According to the RDW, Tesla&#8217;s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) &#8220;has been extensively examined and tested for more than one and a half years on our test track and on public roads,&#8221; and concluded that it was a &#8220;positive contribution&#8221; to road safety. However, RDW pointed out that a Tesla with FSD Supervised was not &#8220;self-driving,&#8221; adding that the &#8220;driver remains responsible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}