Tesla Offers to Rename Full Self-Driving System on Some European Websites

Tesla has offered to rename its European driver-assistance system as Germany presses for clearer responsibility language around a product that still requires drivers to monitor the vehicle.

The proposed change would replace “FSD – Full Self-Driving Supervised” with “Tesla Assisted Driving.” Tesla’s German and U.K. websites now use the new name, while pages in France and the Netherlands continued to display “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” when last indexed.

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Transport has characterized the system as assisting with acceleration, braking and steering rather than taking over the full driving task. Drivers must remain attentive and retain full responsibility for safe vehicle operation.

Tesla’s 2025 annual report also describes FSD Supervised as requiring active driver supervision and warns that it “does not make the vehicle autonomous.”

The proposed branding change comes as the system is being considered for broader use in Europe. The Netherlands Vehicle Authority granted European type approval for use in the Netherlands on April 10, 2026, after more than 18 months of assessment and testing.

The review covered more than 3,000 hours of testing, more than 1,000 test runs and 1.8 million kilometers driven in Europe with FSD Supervised. Nearly 40,000 Teslas equipped with the system had traveled about 24 million kilometers in the Netherlands since approval, with no relevant incidents reported as of June 17, 2026.

European rollout depends on national authorities recognizing the Dutch approval rather than on a single completed European Union-wide authorization. Germany reached an understanding with Tesla in Sept. 2026 covering approval discussions and allowing the system, depending on the situation, to exceed the posted maximum speed by no more than 10%.

German Federal Transport Minister Steffen Bilger said his goal was for Tesla drivers to use Assisted Driving across the European Union as quickly as possible.

The proposed name change underscores the difference between “Full Self-Driving” and the system’s regulatory classification as driver assistance. The approval process continues under a framework in which drivers must keep monitoring the vehicle.