Tesla has given ground on one of the exemptions it wanted for its driver-assistance system in Europe, but the EU-wide vote it is waiting for is still not scheduled. Both points come from Norway's Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen), which updated its status page on the system on 29 October 2026. The system is Tesla Assisted Driving, sold in Europe as FSD (Supervised) until this month's rename. ITavisen reported the update on 30 October and says it is the page's first since 3 July.
What Tesla has changed
After talks with authorities in several countries, the agency says, Tesla has moved the system closer to UN Regulation 171, the international rules for this class of driver assistance. It lists three changes:
| Change | Status on 29 October |
|---|---|
| Name | FSD (Supervised) became Tesla Assisted Driving |
| Marketing of the system's safety potential | Toned down |
| Maximum lateral acceleration | Tesla no longer seeks an exemption from the limits |
Lateral acceleration is the sideways force in a bend, so these limits govern how fast the system may take a curve while it steers. The agency also expects Tesla to adjust the system to keep closer to speed limits, a point Norway has pressed in Brussels since June. Latvia, the tenth EU country to allow the system, approved it on 26 October after Tesla lowered the margin by which it may exceed a limit.
The page does not say when Tesla dropped the lateral-acceleration request, or whether cars already using the system have changed.
What the Dutch approval still exempts
The Dutch authority RDW presented its approval to the EU's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) on 5 May 2026. According to the Norwegian summary, it exempts the system from the rule that limits hands-off driving outside motorways, and from requirements on keeping to speed limits. In return, the system has stricter driver monitoring, which warns when the driver's hands are not "near" the wheel. The approval rates the system's effect on road safety as "marginally positive".
A December vote is not promised
There was no vote at the committee's meeting on 6 October, because approval authorities in most member states said they were not ready. The committee meets again in December, but whether it will vote "is still not decided", and the wording of any decision is not settled. "Several countries still have questions about the Dutch approval," the agency writes.
That tempers the December date TeslAnt reported when the vote slipped off the October agenda. Germany and, since 29 October, Italy back a swift approval. Norway takes part in the committee as an EEA member but has no vote.
Norway turns down Tesla's demonstrations
Tesla Norway has permission to run three modified cars for internal testing, to collect data and adapt the system to Norwegian roads. It also asked to give customers demonstrations. The agency reviewed the information material Tesla planned to use and rejected it as "misleading, as it does not mention that this is a driver-assistance system". Tesla has been told to change it and, by 29 October, had not sent a revised version.
What it means for owners
Owners in the ten countries that have recognised the Dutch approval keep the system under those national decisions. Elsewhere in the EU, the routes are a national recognition or the EU-wide decision, and the date of the latter is now uncertain. Norway will not introduce the system before it meets UN Regulation 171, as the transport minister told the Storting on 16 October.