Tesla ‘FSD’ faces EU regulator skepticism over speeding, safety concerns

Emails obtained by Reuters from European regulators reveal significant skepticism toward Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system, with officials raising concerns about speeding, icy road safety, and driver distraction — just as the company pushes for EU-wide approval.

The revelations come on the same day that the Dutch regulator RDW is presenting Tesla’s FSD approval to the EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles, a critical step toward broader European deployment.

Regulators raise red flags

Tesla secured its first European approval for “FSD (Supervised)” from the Dutch RDW on April 10, but regulators in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway — countries whose votes could prove critical to EU-wide approval — have raised multiple concerns about the technology.

A Swedish Transport Agency investigator wrote in an April 15 email that he was “quite surprised” to learn Tesla allowed FSD to speed, and said that should not be permitted. Other concerns include whether the system is safe on icy roads and whether drivers can circumvent features designed to prevent cell phone use while the system is active.