Tesla’s driver-assistance system in Europe can no longer be configured to travel as much as 50% above the speed limit. the Netherlands’ vehicle regulator, the RDW, has approved an update capping the speed margin at 10% and renaming “FSD Supervised” to Tesla Assisted Driving.
The RDW said the previous margin could be set as high as 50% above a detected limit. Under the update, the maximum is 10%, and the setting resets to 0% every time the vehicle starts. The regulator also said other speed-related functions are now disabled by default, but did not specify which ones.
The new name appears on the vehicle display, in the owner’s manual and in other driver information on HW4 vehicles. Tesla delivers the changes over the air. The RDW said it reviewed the update, found no adverse or unintended effects, and added it to the existing type approval without changing or extending that approval. It also stressed that the name change does not alter how the system works: it remains driver assistance, and the driver remains responsible.
The Netherlands approved the system on April 10. The RDW has since notified nine other countries that recognize its approval: Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Including the Netherlands, the approval is recognized in 10 countries.
The update comes as EU member states consider approval across the bloc. Germany said last month that it would support EU approval after Tesla agreed to drop the “Full Self-Driving” name and limit the speed margin to 10%. Sweden, however, had called for the system to have no setting above the posted limit.
The EU-wide decision rests with the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles. The RDW said discussions are confidential and declined to comment on them. A vote has been pushed to December at the earliest, and approval requires a qualified majority of 15 of the 27 member states, representing at least 65% of the EU population.
Sources: Electrek.