Tesla’s push for FSD approval in Europe may be facing a new obstacle. A safety group has urged the EU to reject the application, citing concerns over speed limit offset.
The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has opposed Tesla’s Full Self-Driving approval bid. The safety organisation is taking issue with a feature of FSD that allows the vehicle to speed 50 percent over the speed limit.
As the ETSC points out, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) usually prohibits driver-assistance systems from exceeding speed limits on the road. Tesla, however, has not applied for an exemption for its FSD.
Exceeding speed limits remains contentious across Europe. The ETSC stated that Tesla did not get an exemption for the speed limit even in the Netherlands, where it has been approved (Member nations can grant the exemption). Sweden and France are also pushing back against the speed offset feature.
Meanwhile, the ETSC is also objecting to the FSD feature that matches other cars’ speeds.
Tesla’s FSD is approved in eight European markets, including Croatia, Czechia, Belgium, Slovenia, Estonia, Denmark, and Lithuania.
Meanwhile, the EU-wide vote expected in October has been postponed, with the earlier likely date now in December. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, however, believes the repeated delays will literally cost lives.
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