Finland now allows Tesla Assisted Driving, the European name of FSD (Supervised). Traficom, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, announced on Wednesday 11 November that it has recognised the provisional type approval granted by the Netherlands. Tesla can offer the system to its Finnish customers “immediately”, the agency says. According to the list published by the Dutch authority on 3 November, ten European countries already allowed it: Finland is the eleventh.
What Traficom says, 11 November 2026
“Winter conditions were taken into account in the design of the system and in the approval assessment, but its operation may be limited when the cameras are covered by snow, slush or other dirt, and when traffic conditions become more complex than usual.”
Jukka Juhola, senior specialist at Traficom. Published in Finnish, translation by Tesla Mag. Read Traficom’s announcement.
What Traficom approved
- The name. The system is called “Tesla Avustettu ajo” in Finnish and Tesla Assisted Driving in English. The Finnish translation of the old name described a “fully self-driving” car; that reference is gone, including in the Swedish-language material.
- Speed. The driver can no longer have the system drive 50% above the limit all the time. Speeding settings are cleared at every restart. This is the change the Dutch RDW approved on 3 November, with an offset capped at +10%.
- No inspection. An unmodified car does not need a modification inspection. One may be needed with unusual tyre sizes or a lowered suspension.
- Responsibility. It stays with the driver, speeding fines included.
Why now, ahead of the EU
Traficom says it is moving “slightly faster” than the EU process for two reasons: the changes Tesla has already made, and the chance for Finnish owners to get to know the system before the hardest winter conditions. The agency expects an EU-wide decision “during the coming winter”, as Tesla has been willing to make the changes requested by member states. More changes are expected before then, to help drivers stay alert.
This recognition does not bind Finland in the EU vote, Traficom adds. The EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles still has to vote; the approval then takes about three weeks to apply across the Union. No vote date has been published.
What about the rest of Europe?
France, Germany, Italy and Spain still do not allow the system. Traficom is one of the 28 authorities Tesla Mag has been questioning since 20 October; it had not answered us as of 27 October. Where the system stands, country by country, is in our European tracker and on our FSD in Europe page.
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 (in French).
Sources: Traficom, “Teslan kuljettajaa avustava järjestelmä on nyt sallittu Suomen tieliikenteessä”, 11 November 2026, 7:53 Helsinki time (traficom.fi), read on 11 November around 10:30 CET; RDW announcement of 3 November 2026. Tesla had not commented at the time of writing.
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