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Tesla Says It Completed Dutch FSD Tests, Targets Netherlands Approval on April 10

U.S. regulators have escalated their FSD investigation to an engineering analysis, highlighting parallel safety pressures.

A Tesla electric vehicle is parked at a Tesla dealership in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

Overview

  • Tesla says it has finished the final RDW vehicle testing phase for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in the Netherlands and submitted its documentation for review.
  • The company says the Dutch regulator has indicated April 10 as the expected approval date, a delay from the previously touted March 20 target.
  • RDW had earlier corrected Tesla’s claims of a committed timeline and is currently conducting an internal review of the test results package.
  • If the Netherlands grants national approval, other European countries could recognize it under mutual recognition rules, and Tesla says an EU-wide decision could come in the summer.
  • In the U.S., NHTSA upgraded its FSD probe to an Engineering Analysis covering about 3.2 million vehicles from model years 2023–2025, focusing on detection of system degradation and driver inattention.