Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe

The rollout of FSD in Europe hasn’t been fast or furious — regulatory scrutiny has traditionally slowed deployment compared with the United States. Today, FSD is only available in the Netherlands, and now Lithuania. The rollout could accelerate if Dutch regulator RDW, which oversaw the first European approval, is successful in its bid for EU-wide acceptance.

Meanwhile, European countries can recognize Dutch certification and allow for FSD. And a number of them appear to be in the queue.

The Greek transport ​ministry said Wednesday that an upcoming bill would grant approval of FSD, Reuters reported. Belgium is also expected to authorize the use of FSD, following the same authorization process used by RDW.

Outside of Europe, FSD is available in Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and the United States. 

FSD (Supervised) isn’t the only product that fits within Musk’s vision of turning Tesla into a leader in AI and robotics, but it is the only one that is actually available to a wide swath of consumers.

FSD Unsupervised, a version of the software that handles all driving without any expectation of a human driver taking control, is not available to Tesla owners. It is used in a small fleet of about 50 Tesla robotaxis that operate in Austin, Dallas, and Houston.

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot, meanwhile, is not yet in mass production or available to consumers.