Germany is ready to back Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) rollout in Europe, but under a different name. According to a post on X from @tpgoebel, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Transport (BMV) wants FSD to be called “Tesla Assisted Driving,” or TAD, as part of its push for EU-wide approval.
Federal Transport Minister Bilger reportedly reached an agreement with Tesla in September and now plans to advocate for the system. Germany still hasn’t approved FSD for use on its own roads, but this is the clearest sign yet that Europe’s largest car market is on board.
Germany’s Conditions for Backing FSD
Beyond the new name, the ministry says the system shows “particularly high performance in urban traffic” based on its findings so far. It also wants Tesla to restrict FSD so it only exceeds the posted speed limit by a maximum of 10%.
If those terms are met, Germany will support continuing the European approval process to bring the tech to drivers “as quickly as possible while maintaining high safety standards.”
The 10% limit targets FSD’s Speed Offset feature, which currently lets the system exceed posted limits by up to 50% in some conditions. Germany had already raised concerns about overspeeding last month, and Sweden has urged Brussels to deny EU-wide approval over the same issue. France and road safety groups like the European Transport Safety Council have voiced similar objections.
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To secure EU approval, Tesla will likely have to either remove Speed Offset from its European FSD build or cap it at 10%, as Germany recommends. Whether that’s enough for Sweden, France, and other naysayers remains to be seen.
Tesla is also deep into talks for FSD approval in Ireland, while other countries like Italy are nearing decisions as well. Globally, FSD has been approved for use in a total of 16 countries.
With Germany likely joining Tesla’s side, the December vote looks more promising, though European owners may see a TAD badge instead of FSD on their screens when it arrives.
Tesla’s Halloween Mode is officially here. After teasing it last week, Tesla is now rolling out the feature with software update 2026.38.3, and it goes well beyond just a new car avatar. In its announcement on X, Tesla says the update turns your car into “a haunted house on wheels.”
Halloween Mode joins Santa Mode as Tesla’s second holiday transformation. The release notes invite owners to “spread holiday fear year round,” which suggests it’ll stay in the Toybox after October, much like how you can play around with Santa Mode any time of the year.
Your Tesla Turns Into a Ghost
Once enabled, you can turn your car’s avatar into a ghost: a glowing white sheet draped over the vehicle, complete with soulless eyes. In Park, the fullscreen visualization swaps its usual backdrop for a graveyard with a full moon, a haunted house, withered trees, glowing jack-o'-lanterns, and a zombie hand clawing out of the dirt. Open a door, and the ghost car opens its door too, letting a skeleton climb inside.
The theme carries over to driving. On the navigation visualization, your car remains a ghost while nearby vehicles turn green as if infected with ectoplasm, and pedestrians become walking skeletons. If you’re using Full Self-Driving (Supervised), the path ahead also changes from blue to purple.
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Trick or Treat, Light Show, and a Scary Voice
Trick or Treat works like a spookier Sentry Mode. Turn it on, and when you exit the vehicle, your Tesla will play spooky sounds and flicker its lights when visitors approach, while still recording footage like Sentry Mode normally does.
There’s also a new Halloween light show, new lock sounds (we have a few more if Tesla’s doesn’t tickle your spooky bone), and Halloween-themed wraps, including a black finish covered in white ghosts and bats. Photobooth gets a holiday makeover too, framing your shots as Polaroid-style prints captioned “Happy Halloween” and “Trick or Treat,” and introducing spooky new stickers.
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Boombox joins in as well. Speak through the Tesla app, and your car will repeat it in a new scary voice instead of the usual robotic one. Tesla warns that side effects of these shenanigans “may include neighborhood notoriety.”
What Else Is in Update 2026.38.3
Halloween Mode is confirmed for vehicles with AMD-powered infotainment systems, while support for Intel-based models hasn’t been confirmed yet. Intel-powered vehicles won’t get the fullscreen parked scene or Photobooth knickknacks since those features are exclusive to the graphics horsepower of newer AMD Ryzen systems anyway. However, Intel vehicles already support custom wraps and lock sounds, so those should carry over. The Halloween-themed driving visuals, though, remain a question mark for now.
