In Australia and New Zealand, Teslas have driven more than 160 million kilometres with FSD (Supervised) engaged since its launch in September 2025. Tesla says so in a submission sent on 16 October 2026 to the Australian Senate, in which it asks for two things: a first autonomous vehicle trial on public roads as early as 2027, and the national autonomous vehicle law brought forward by two years, from 2029 to 2027. A French version of this article is available here.
What Tesla is asking the Senate
The document, registered as submission 258 by the Senate Select Committee on Productivity in Australia, deals mostly with electrification: the grid, electric trucks, road user charging. Its last two recommendations are about autonomous driving:
- Recommendation 7: that the Commonwealth “support an AV trial in 2027”, working with industry to grant permits for trials on public roads until the national framework is in place;
- Recommendation 8: that it work with the states and territories to “prioritise and accelerate” the proposed Autonomous Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL), currently expected in 2029.
Tesla notes that the framework was first proposed by the National Transport Commission in 2016 and remains “fragmented”, with “uncertain timelines”. Bringing the law forward by two years would, according to the company, “save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries” and unlock more than $10 billion in benefits, a figure it attributes to modelling by the Autonomous Vehicle Association of Australia. It also cites a federal estimate of up to 800 lives saved a year at full adoption.
FSD figures in Australia, according to Tesla
Compared with Teslas driven without FSD (Supervised) engaged, Tesla says drivers with it activated have seen:
- 40% fewer collisions;
- 90% fewer harsh braking incidents;
- 86% fewer harsh acceleration incidents.
These are Tesla’s figures; the submission does not detail the method, the period covered or how collisions are counted. Tesla also stresses that Australian road deaths hit a 15-year high in 2025, and that FSD (Supervised) is an SAE Level 2 system, compliant with current laws, which requires the driver to stay in control at all times.
Source: Tesla Motors Australia, submission 258 to the Senate Select Committee on Productivity in Australia, dated 16 October 2026, read in full by Tesla Mag. Photo: Tesla.
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