Tesla FSD Gets Reduced Speed Offset & More Changes in Europe

Tesla’s FSD is getting a few changes in Europe, and they could help it win EU-wide approval next month. The Dutch vehicle authority RDW announced today that it has approved several updates to FSD (Supervised), including a much lower cap on how far the system can exceed the speed limit.

The RDW was the first regulatory body in the EU to approve FSD back in April, and other countries have used the framework it established with its approval to grant their own.

What’s Changing

According to the RDW, the maximum Speed Offset drivers can set is dropping from +50% to +10%. Tesla’s Speed Offset feature allows drivers to set a specific level u

p to which FSD can drive over the officially posted legal speed limit. The offset will also reset to 0% every time the car starts, and other speed-related functions will be turned off by default.

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The update also makes the name change official in the car. FSD (Supervised) will now appear as Tesla Assisted Driving (TAD) on the touchscreen, in the owner’s manual, and in other driver information, following Tesla’s move to rename FSD in Europe last month. The changes apply to HW4 vehicles and will arrive through an over-the-air software update.

The RDW said its review found no negative or unintended effects on how the system works or how the car drives. Since the existing approval stays valid under the same conditions, it doesn’t need to be amended. The RDW has also notified the nine other EU countries that adopted its approval.

Checking Germany’s Boxes

These are the exact changes Germany (and others) asked for. The country said it would back FSD in the EU vote if Tesla renamed it and capped the Speed Offset at 10%. Germany’s transport ministry had also confirmed expectations of a bloc-wide vote in December while raising concerns about the system exceeding speed limits by up to 50%. Sweden, France, Croatia, and road safety groups like the European Transport Safety Council have raised similar concerns, though Croatia has since approved FSD.

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Italy is also on board. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said Italy supports EU-wide approval after speaking with Elon Musk, even though Italy hasn’t approved FSD on its own yet.

The Road to December

FSD (TAD?) is already approved in 10 EU countries, with Latvia becoming the latest last month. To win bloc-wide approval, Tesla needs at least 15 member states that together make up at least 65% of the EU’s population.

With Germany and Italy, the EU’s two largest countries by population after France, supporting it, Tesla’s chances look better than ever. The RDW said the EU evaluation process is still underway in the Technical Committee for Motor Vehicles (TCMV), and those discussions are confidential.

Owners in countries that have issued independent approval should see the TAD name and new speed offset limits in an upcoming update. December’s vote will decide whether the rest of the EU follows.