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Sweden Tells EU to Reject Tesla’s FSD Unless Speeding Feature Is Removed

The Swedish transport authority says a setting that lets cars drive above posted limits must be disabled because it would undermine road laws and safety expectations.

A logo of Tesla Motors on an electric car model is seen outside a showroom in New York June 28, 2010. Electric carmaker Tesla Motors raised the number of shares it will sell in its initial public offering by 20 percent, an early sign that investor interest in the startup is strong. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

Overview

  • Reuters and other outlets reported on June 18 that the Swedish Transport Administration sent a letter dated April 30 asking the EU Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles to vote against Tesla’s Full Self‑Driving (Supervised) unless its speed‑offset feature is removed.
  • The objection targets FSD’s “Speed Offset,” which allows drivers to set the car to exceed posted speed limits and which Sweden says would let automated systems systematically break traffic laws.
  • The TCMV will discuss the dossier on June 30 and a later qualified‑majority vote would decide whether the Dutch provisional approval becomes EU‑wide authorization.
  • If the EU committee rejects the dossier the Dutch provisional approval would lapse after six months and national permissions that relied on it could be withdrawn, putting recent approvals in countries like Denmark and Estonia at risk.
  • The dispute raises wider concerns about Tesla’s safety claims, driver‑monitoring, and winter performance and could materially affect Tesla’s EU sales strategy if the company must change the product or loses bloc‑wide approval.