AMSTERDAM/SAN FRANCISCO –
Dutch regulators approved the use of Tesla’s self-driving software with required human supervision on highways and city streets in a European first for the electric car maker, which hopes to see similar action from the rest of the European Union.
Wide FSD ​adoption is central to Tesla’s growth strategy. Much of the company’s $1 trillion valuation hinges on Chief Executive Elon ‌Musk’s bet ‌that artificial-intelligence-driven self-driving software and robotaxis will become a major revenue stream.
The Netherlands’ approval for ​the technology, called Full Self-Driving Supervised, which can steer, brake and accelerate a car, follows more than 18 months of tests and analysis by the Dutch vehicle authority RDW.