Finland could become the next European country to clear Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised), and it may not wait for Brussels to decide first. On 23 June 2026, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom, said it is "prepared to proceed on a faster schedule after the summer if the necessary additional information has been obtained on the key areas of assessment."
That matters because of the calendar. An EU-wide committee vote on FSD Supervised is expected in October 2026, with the next member-state discussion scheduled for 30 June. Finland signalling it might move ahead of that bloc-wide decision would put it among the countries shaping how the system reaches European roads, rather than waiting on a collective ruling.
A Positive but Conditional Assessment
Traficom's overall view of the system is positive. The agency has said FSD Supervised has significant potential to reduce accidents caused by human error and to make traffic flow more efficiently — language that echoes the safety case Tesla has been making across Europe this spring.
Approval is not a formality, though. Traficom set out three areas it still wants resolved before signing off:
| Assessment area | Traficom's concern |
|---|---|
| Driver takeover | How quickly a driver can retake control of the vehicle |
| Overtaking | Performance in low-visibility conditions on Finnish roads |
| Speed offset | The feature that lets the car exceed posted limits by a set margin |
The speed-offset feature is the sticking point shared across the region. Neighbouring Sweden and Norway have both flagged it, and Sweden has gone as far as urging the EU to reject FSD unless the speeding behaviour is removed. Finland's review folds the same question into its own national assessment.
How Many Cars Are Affected
The immediate population is small. Roughly 6,500 Teslas in Finland already have the FSD hardware installed — about 0.24% of the country's 2.7 million passenger cars. So an approval would not transform Finnish roads overnight. Its weight is regulatory: another national authority concluding that the supervised system belongs on public roads, on its own timeline.
Where Finland Fits in Europe
Finland would join a fast-moving list. The Netherlands opened the door in April, followed by Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark and Belgium, the fifth country to approve the system. Most leaned on the provisional type approval first issued by the Dutch authority RDW, a cross-recognition route that has let approvals stack up quickly.
What makes Finland's signal notable is the timing relative to the EU vote. If Traficom moves after the summer, it would be acting before the October committee decision rather than waiting for it — a reminder that, for now, FSD Supervised in Europe is being decided country by country.
Tesla has not commented on a Finnish timeline, and Traficom stressed that its faster schedule is conditional on getting the additional information it has requested.
Sources
Reporting compiled from Reuters (via The Star) and Elektrowoz.