Czech Republic approves Tesla’s FSD after earlier safety concerns

(Reuters) – The Czech Republic on Monday provisionally approved Tesla’s Full ​Self-Driving (FSD) system, reversing a ‌previously sceptical stance over issues including speed-limit compliance and driver oversight.

  • The ​ministry based its decision ​on experience from other countries, additional ⁠European data and safeguards ​to monitor the system.
  • “Clarification of ​specific issues relating to the safety and operation of the system was ​crucial to the Czech Republic’s ​decision,” it said in a press ‌release.
  • Tesla ⁠said in a post on X that the system’s rollout in the country would begin ​soon.
  • The decision ​follows ⁠provisional approval of the system by Dutch regulator ​RDW in April.
  • Several European ​countries, ⁠including Slovenia or Estonia, have approved the use of the system earlier ⁠this ​year.

Reporting by Marie ​Mannes in Stockholm and Vera Dvorakova in ​Gdansk; Editing by Matt Scuffham