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Musk's Europe gamble: Will others follow the Dutch and approve FSD?

Ars Technica·Jonathan M. Gitlin·28 days ago
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RDW’s approval took 18 months and was based on more than a million miles (1.6 million km) driven on EU roads, 13,000 customer ride alongs, and several filing cabinets full of documents. And, based on its judgement, it says the system is safe if used properly. Today, RDW will present to other European regulators about its findings. At some point, probably later this summer, the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles will vote whether or not to adopt RDW’s approval across the rest of the EU; Tesla needs 15 of the 27 member states to say yes to make that happen. Based on emails seen by Reuters, some of those other regulators are skeptical. A Swedish official was “quite surprised” to learn the system had been programmed to break speed limits, something he would not condone. He also questioned if the name FSD “risks giving consumers a misleading ⁠impression,” something that critics have long-maintained results from Tesla’s naming practices.…

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