Tesla launched FSD (Supervised) in Lithuania on 20 May 2026, making it the second European Union country where customers can use the system on public roads. The Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration confirmed it had recognised the Dutch RDW type approval that first cleared FSD in Europe just over five weeks earlier, on 10 April 2026. Tesla announced the rollout via its FSD account that morning, saying "FSD Supervised is now rolling out to Teslas in Lithuania".
Mutual recognition — the fast lane through EU rules
Lithuania did not run its own independent assessment. Under EU type-approval rules, any member state may recognise another member state's approval and allow a certified system on its roads without retesting. With the Dutch RDW having already granted FSD type approval under UN R-171 — as TeslAnt covered in the Netherlands FSD launch in April — Lithuania's regulator was able to clear the system in a matter of weeks rather than the year-plus that an independent national assessment can take.
This is the mutual-recognition route that Tesla and EU regulators have been quietly pointing to since the Dutch decision: one EU country approves, the rest can follow without duplicating the work. It is also why smaller EU markets — not just the biggest ones — look likely to make up the first wave of follow-on launches.
A different path from Belgium
Most observers had expected Belgium to be the second European country, after the Flanders regional government authorised supervised FSD testing earlier in May. But Belgium's process was structured as an independent testing programme, not as recognition of the Dutch type approval, and that testing remains ongoing. Lithuania's pragmatic mutual-recognition approach overtook the Belgian timeline despite Belgium starting earlier.
The contrast matters: countries that go via mutual recognition can switch FSD on in weeks; countries that build their own testing programmes — Belgium, but also Germany, France, Italy and others — are months out at best.
What Lithuanian Tesla owners get on day one
Tesla has not published a separate Lithuanian feature list, but the rollout uses the same FSD (Supervised) software stack now shipping in the Netherlands — currently FSD v14.3.3 inside firmware 2026.14.6.6, detailed in the v14.3.3 release notes. That includes the redesigned post-disengagement menu, the live intervention-free streak counter and the unified Actually Smart Summon backend. Tesla did not describe the Lithuanian launch as a limited-market trial — it is the same FSD (Supervised) product, with the same supervision requirements, simply switched on in a new market.
Subscription pricing for Lithuania has not yet been confirmed by Tesla. In the Netherlands, FSD (Supervised) launched at €99/month.
What this means for the rest of the EU
Lithuania becoming the second country sets a useful precedent for the smaller EU markets that have been quietly probing Tesla on approvals — including Ireland, which TeslAnt covered as in active talks with Tesla, and Czechia, where a citizen petition has been pushing the same line. None of these requires a new homologation — just a national regulator willing to recognise the Dutch approval.
For European owners, the message is simple: FSD (Supervised) availability in your country no longer depends on Tesla winning a fresh national approval. It depends on your transport authority deciding to recognise the one Tesla already has.