Tesla’s push to bring FSD (Supervised) to European roads has hit a significant milestone. The company has confirmed that the RDW — the Netherlands’ vehicle authority — has communicated an expected approval date of April 10th for Tesla’s FSD (Supervised). That’s a shift from the previously targeted March 20th date, but it’s still a landmark moment for autonomous driving technology in the EU.
November 28, 2025, Tesla has quietly launched its first FSD (Supervised) demonstration program across Europe, giving customers a passenger-seat preview of what autonomous driving could look like on their roads.
April 6, 2025, Tesla Europe released a video showcasing the technology navigating the challenging streets of Amsterdam. This isn’t just a Netherlands story. Once the RDW grants approval under UN R-171 and Article 39 exemptions, other European countries can recognize that approval nationally — effectively opening the door for a broader rollout. Tesla is already anticipating a possible EU-wide approval sometime this summer, which would mark a turning point for how Europeans interact with driver-assistance technology.
To get here, Tesla and the RDW completed the final vehicle testing phase together, with all required documentation officially submitted. RDW is currently reviewing the full test results package internally.
Getting to April 10th didn’t happen overnight. Tesla’s European approval process has spanned 18 months of rigorous testing, documentation, and audits. Numbers tell a compelling story: over 1,600,000 km of FSD (Supervised) testing conducted on EU roads, more than 13,000 customer ride-alongs, 4,500+ track test scenario executions, and thousands of documentation pages covering over 400 compliance requirements. Dozens of independent research studies on safety performance round out an extensive dossier submitted to regulators.
That’s a substantial body of evidence, and it reflects the regulatory complexity of introducing semi-autonomous systems into markets with distinct legal frameworks.
Tesla’s EU customers have waited considerably longer than their American counterparts for access to FSD (Supervised). If April 10th holds, they’ll finally get their turn. Summer EU-wide approval timeline, while not guaranteed, suggests Tesla’s European expansion of the feature could move quickly once the Netherlands sets the precedent.
Will every European country adopt the approval on day one? Probably not. But the regulatory groundwork is clearly laid.
April 10th won’t just be another date on Tesla’s calendar, it could be the day Europe’s autonomous future gets its full start.
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