Tesla announced on Friday that it has completed the testing phase of its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software with the Dutch vehicle authority RDW, paving the way for a broader approval across Europe “during the summer.”
The company has submitted all documentation and completed required testing of the system in the Netherlands, and now expects approval of the software by April 10.
“Together with RDW, we have officially completed the final vehicle testing phase for Full Self-Driving (Supervised),” Tesla wrote on X.
According to the company, “the RDW team is now reviewing the documentation and test results package internally.”
Expected Approval
Tesla wrote in the same X post that RWD “has communicated the expected approval for Netherlands date of 4/10.”
It represents an updated timeline, “shifting from 3/20 previously,” the Elon Musk-led company added.
Commenting on the date, Musk wrote on X that “Inevitably, this will be 4/20 😂.”
Tesla has previously claimed that the Dutch agency had committed to an approval timeline — with RDW later disputed.
In November, the company wrote that the “RDW has committed to granting Netherlands National approval in February 2026.”
Days later, however, the RDW issued a statement pushing back on that claim, clarifying that no approval had been granted.
According to the regulator, the two parties had only agreed to meet in February so Tesla could demonstrate whether the system’s capabilities meet the required standards.
FSD Data in Europe
Tesla has been testing the FSD software in Europe throughout the past year, sharing several videos on X of its vehicles self-driving across cities such as Paris, Berlin, Rome, Amsterdam, etc.
The ongoing process has led to 1.6 million kilometers of FSD (Supervised) testing across Europe, according to the company’s statement on Friday.
Last November, Tesla shared that it had “driven over 1 million kilometers safely on EU roads across 17 different countries,” as part of its internal testing.
It also included over 13,000 customer sales ride-alongs.
Late last year, the company introduced Full Self-Driving (Supervised) test rides in several European cities.
The test rides, originally scheduled to run until the end of 2025, have been extended until the March 31 due to strong customer interest.
“Following the Netherlands’ approval, European countries will be able to recognize this approval nationally,” Tesla wrote, adding that it is “anticipating a possible EU-wide approval during the summer.”
Previous Timelines
Tesla‘s CEO has urged owners to pressure safety regulators in the Old Continent several times last year — something he reaffirmed during the company’s Annual Shareholder Meeting last November.
“You can’t even get a super, even just normal supervised FSD is not allowed in Europe currently, which doesn’t make any sense,” the CEO stated then.
He added that he has “had these crazy conversations with the regulators that seem like a Franz Kafka novel, where I’m like, well, look, we have billions of kilometers of data that shows that FSD increases safety.”
However, “they’re like, well, we have to have all these committee meetings.”
By then, the CEO said Tesla expected to receive approval of the software in both China and Europe during the first quarter of 2026.
This January, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Musk mentioned February for both blocs.
“We hope to get Supervised Full Self-Driving approval in Europe, hopefully next month, and then maybe a similar timing for China, hopefully” he said.
NHTSA Probes on FSD
Tesla’s stock hit a new six-month low on Thursday, hours after the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the escalation of its existing probe into Tesla‘s FSD to an engineering analysis.
The probe covers over 3 million vehicles across multiple models in the United States that are equipped with the software, produced from 2023 to 2025.
According to the agency, this part of the investigation will now focus on potential failures in FSD’s ability to detect when the system is degrading or not performing properly.
The probe was triggered by crashes and near-misses where the system failed to recognize driver inattention.
Last year, the NHTSA opened an investigation into FSD-equipped cars running red lights, not respecting speed limits under the new ‘Mad Max’ driving mode, adding to other scenarios already on probe.
The news on the probe came a day after CEO Elon Musk wrote on X that a Cybertruck accident was not caused by the company’s assisted-driving software Autopilot.
A video of the crash, shared by Fox News on X, has garnered over 6 million views in the past two days.
According to Musk, vehicle logs show that the driver of a Cybertruck involved in a violent overpass crash in Houston last August disengaged Autopilot four seconds before impact.
