Nine European countries already allow Tesla’s FSD (Supervised). Switzerland is not one of them, and Bern has refused nothing: Tesla has not asked. “So far, FEDRO has not received any application from Tesla for such an approval in Switzerland,” the Federal Roads Office writes in answer to Tesla Mag’s questions. What Bern says, and what it means for Swiss owners.
No application filed in Bern
In its written answer of 23 October 2026, the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO, known in French as OFROU and in German as ASTRA) is clear: Tesla’s FSD “currently has neither a European type approval nor an approval for Switzerland”. And the office has received no application from the carmaker.
The detail matters. The provisional approval granted in April by the Dutch authority, the RDW, does not automatically apply in other European countries: each EU member state can choose to recognise it, and can ask Tesla for adjustments before allowing the system on its roads. Switzerland does not recognise it automatically either. Only a European type approval, granted at EU level, would apply in every member state, and Switzerland would adopt it under its agreements with the EU. For Switzerland, Tesla therefore has two routes: file an application with FEDRO, which would assess it under Swiss law, or obtain a European type approval. “The choice of when and in which country to have a vehicle or a system approved belongs to the manufacturer,” the office points out.
Elsewhere, approval is moving country by country: on 16 October, Slovakia became the ninth European country to allow the system. Follow every country in our report on Europe’s governments.
Driver assistance, not automated driving
FEDRO classifies Tesla’s system, “in its current state”, among Driver Control Assistance Systems (DCAS): assistance systems “capable of taking control of the vehicle”, at level 2+. The direct consequence: “the driver remains responsible for driving” and, for the office, “hands must remain on the steering wheel at all times”.
The line is drawn at level 3, that of automated systems. “Only from level 3 systems onwards can the driver take their hands off the wheel, and does liability fall on the vehicle manufacturer in the event of an accident with the system engaged,” the office says. No level 3 system is approved in Switzerland to date. FEDRO explains these nuances on its blog (in French).
What it means for Swiss owners
- FSD (Supervised), which Tesla now calls “Tesla Assisted Driving” in Europe, cannot be activated in Switzerland.
- A Swiss approval requires either an application by Tesla to FEDRO, or a European type approval of the system.
- Even if approved, the system would remain driver assistance: the driver keeps responsibility, as in the countries where it is already on the road.
For the safety record Tesla publishes on FSD, read our analysis of the FSD safety report. Drive a Tesla in Switzerland? Register your car on Mon Tesla Mag to be told when the system reaches you.
This article is also available in French. FEDRO’s answers were written in French; quotes are Tesla Mag’s translation.
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: written answer from the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO/OFROU), Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, to Tesla Mag, 23 October 2026, text reviewed by FEDRO on 28 October 2026; FEDRO blog “En route”. Photo: Tesla.
