The speed offset of Tesla’s FSD (Supervised) drops from +50% to a maximum of +10%. The Dutch vehicle authority, the RDW, announced on Tuesday 3 November that it had assessed and approved the changes requested by Tesla: the system will be called “Tesla Assisted Driving” in the car, and its speed offset will be capped and reset to zero every time the car starts. That is the 10% cap Germany had obtained from Tesla before backing an EU-wide approval.
What the RDW says (Dutch vehicle authority), 3 November 2026
“The driver can set a speed margin: a percentage by which the system may deviate from the applicable speed limit if necessary for safety and traffic flow. This margin was +50% and is now being limited to a maximum of +10%.”
What changes in the car
- The name. “Tesla Assisted Driving” (TAD) will appear on the in-car display, in the manual and in all other information for the driver. Tesla has been using it on its European websites since 8 October.
- The speed offset. It drops from +50% to a maximum of +10%. On a French motorway limited to 130 km/h, that means 143 km/h at most, against a theoretical 195 km/h with the old setting (Tesla Mag calculation).
- The default at start-up. Every time the car starts, the offset goes back to 0%, and other speed-related functions are disabled by default. The RDW does not say which ones.
- Cars concerned. Teslas equipped with Tesla Assisted Driving and hardware version 4.0 (HW4) or later.
- The update. It will arrive over the air, like other software updates. Neither the RDW nor Tesla has given a date.
The way the system works does not change, the RDW stresses: it remains a driver assistance system, and the driver remains responsible. The authority says it checked how the changes were implemented and how the system behaves as a result, and found no adverse or unintended effect on the car’s driving behaviour.
Why it is a step towards EU approval
Speed was the sticking point. At the EU meeting of 5 May, two member states raised concerns about this “speed offset”, according to the Commission’s minutes. On 6 October, German Transport Minister Steffen Bilger announced an agreement with Tesla limiting the offset to 10% and pledged to push for a quick approval across Europe. The name “Full Self-Driving”, which Berlin found “somewhat misleading”, is also leaving the screens. Both German requests are now written into the Dutch approval.
For the RDW, these are “minor changes” requested by the manufacturer: the type approval remains valid, under the same conditions and for the same use. The authority has informed the nine states that accepted it on their territory: Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Together with the Netherlands, ten European countries therefore allow the system.
For the rest of the Union, the process continues within the EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles, which needs a qualified majority: at least 15 of the 27 member states, representing 65% of the population. Its discussions are confidential, the RDW recalls, and it does not comment on them. No vote date has been published. Italy joined Germany on 29 October in calling for a swift approval.
What it means for owners elsewhere in Europe
- The system is still not allowed in France, Germany or Italy. France’s transport ministry has been testing it on the road since 2 September; its written answers to our questions are pending.
- Wherever it is approved next, it will be in this version: a 10% offset at most, the Tesla Assisted Driving name, and the driver responsible.
- Teslas with HW3 hardware are not mentioned by the RDW.
Country by country, what remains to be obtained is detailed in our report on 28 European governments, and the Czech transport minister told us how Prague recognised the Dutch approval. Drive a Tesla? Register your car on Mon Tesla Mag to be told when the system reaches you.
This article is also available in French.
FSD and Europe’s governments. On 20 October 2026, Tesla Mag launched a written consultation of the transport authorities of 28 European states on Tesla’s FSD (Supervised). Official answers, commitments and refusals: follow the consultation, state by state, in our report.
Sources: RDW, “RDW approves changes to Tesla driver assistance system”, 3 November 2026 (rdw.nl), read on 3 November around 20:50 CET; German Federal Ministry of Transport, statement of 6 October 2026; minutes of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles meeting of 5 May 2026; the committee’s voting rules. Tesla had not commented at the time of writing. Photo: Tesla.
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