Tesla has secured national approvals in eight EU member states, covering approximately 12.6% of the EU population. The Dutch authority RDW granted Tesla a provisional EU type approval on April 10, 2026, after 18 months of testing including over 1,000 tests and 1.76 million kilometers of driving. The EU-wide Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) failed to vote at its expected October 6, 2026 meeting and may delay its decision until December 2026. Tesla’s core safety argument that FSD produces seven times fewer crashes than average US drivers is being challenged by independent researchers who call the comparison misleading, while the Dutch testing data remains sealed as a commercial secret.
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