Tesla appears to be edging closer to launching Full Self-Driving (FSD) in Europe, with newly discovered code in recent FSD v14 updates revealing clear signs of regulatory preparation—and a shift in how the system identifies itself.
The changes, uncovered through a deep dive of the latest software builds by noted hacker @greentheonly, suggest Tesla is moving into the final stages of readying FSD for European roads after months of targeted testing across key markets.
One of the notable discoveries is that Autosteer no longer carries the “beta” label in the internal code. While the feature name shown to drivers has fluctuated in the past, the removal of the beta designation behind the scenes is a strong indicator that Tesla is aligning its terminology with the language European regulators expect.
Europe’s UNECE rules have long been stricter than North American requirements, particularly around how automated driving features are described, so dropping “beta” may be part of Tesla’s compliance strategy. Tesla has of course already dropped the beta label for FSD, instead renaming it FSD (Supervised).
The new code also introduces three attention-monitoring icons related to head position and gaze tracking, with different levels of severity. These assets correspond to Tesla’s vision-based attention monitoring system, which the company has steadily improved throughout 2024 and 2025. Europe has been especially firm about robust driver-monitoring requirements for any hands-free or partially automated features, and Tesla’s expansion of visual cues appears to be another step toward satisfying those standards.
But it’s the final change that is perhaps the best indication of FSDs imminent launch in Europe – a new system message that reads, “Approaching a country border, FSD features might become unavailable.”
This message strongly suggests Tesla is preparing to manage feature availability on a country-by-country basis, aligning with the patchwork of regulatory approvals needed across Europe. As green put it, the messaging “might mean not all of Europe would get FSD at the same time.”
These software clues follow several months of heightened FSD activity across Europe. Tesla has been conducting extensive FSD supervised testing in several European countries, with the company sharing videos of FSD operating in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Paris (France), Rome (Italy), and Berlin (Germany). Tesla has also been hiring for Vehicle Operators across Europe recently, another sign FSD is getting closer to its European debut.
Taken together, the latest changes represent the clearest signal yet that Tesla is preparing for a staged entry of FSD into Europe—likely beginning early next year with a handful of early-adopter countries with more flexible regulatory pathways.
