'The decision is deeply troubling': Tesla gets a green light for Full Self-Driving in Europe — but not everyone is happy about it

• After years of regulatory red tape, FSD goes live in Europe
• It is only legal in the Netherlands, but more regions could follow
• Some safety campaigners say the decision is “deeply troubling”

Over the past 18 months, Tesla has been working with the Dutch vehicle approval organization, RDW, to get approval for its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) semi-autonomous driving system.

After a long consultation period, which included covering almost one million miles with FSD (Supervised) active and offering ride-along trials with 13,000 people in numerous European countries, the RDW deemed the technology safe to be given the green light.

Tesla’s controversial CEO, Elon Musk, has long-promised to introduce the partially autonomous cruise control system to other markets outside of the US, where it has been on sale for years. But the company has regularly butted up against regulatory red tape.

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